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Dr. Brittany Anderson Joins Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Board of Trustees

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

Congratulations to AAFP President Dr. Brittany Anderson who has been appointed to the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences Board of Trustees. Dr. Anderson, a respected figure within the health care community, has dedicated her career to the advancement of primary care and the pursuit of health equity.

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Patient Perceptions of a Lifestyle Medicine Clinic in Southwest Virginia [Mixed methods research]

Annals of Family Medicine

There is limited research on implementation of LM in medically underserved communities. Objective To assess patient perceptions of a primary care-based LM clinic. Setting: LM Clinic in the SW Virginia safety net. Conclusion The LM clinic was perceived as effective.

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Risk of Acute Rhinosinusitis Progression Based on Duration of Symptoms, Method of Care, and Setting of Care [Acute respiratory infections]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: One of the most common primary care illnesses is acute rhinosinusitis (ARS). Patients were recruited from primary care practices, emergency rooms and urgent care centers, and the community (e.g., Objective: To identify the factors associated with progression from upper respiratory infection to ARS.

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Primary care for all Americans

Common Sense Family Doctor

Even if drugmakers and PBMs could be brought to heel, though, America is still lacking a major ingredient of a truly patient-centered health system: well-resourced, adequately supported primary care. These days, most adults need to wait several months for a new patient appointment with a family doctor, if they can get one at all.

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The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

A Country Doctor Writes

If a primary care patient was going through a difficult time with their social life or mental health, we would walk them down the hall to meet a therapist right then and there. My theory is that the behavioral health staff members felt isolated and not integrated with the primary care providers.

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Logansport Memorial Welcomes New Primary Care Physician

Logansport Memorial Hospital

He is a primary care physician with a passion for providing full-spectrum primary care for his patients. Having grown up in Carroll County, Dr. Anderson-Been is familiar with the communities and patients we serve in the north central Indiana region.

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Addressing diabetes management in the context of social needs: a qualitative study of primary care providers [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

A recent review of national diabetes treatment guidelines recommended adjustments to DM to reduce financial strain (eg, selecting lower cost medications), as well as directly intervening in response to an identified social need (eg, referral to a community-based service). Outcome Measure: Themes that emerged from interviews.