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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Despite efforts to improve patient-clinician relationships, access to care, and healthcare workflows, annual rates of missed appointments (MA) in the U.S Therefore, identifying appointments at risk of being missed is a crucial prevention strategy to optimize care quality, ensure continuity, and reduce costs. for CA, 0.85

Appointment

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Transitional Care Management care team impact on no-show rates to hospital discharge appointments [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The pre-intervention no-show rate of TCM appointments at Wellstar MCG Health was 44% per month. Setting: Wellstar MCG Health is a 520-bed tertiary hospital with a Family Medicine inpatient service and an attached Family Medicine resident continuity clinic.

Appointment

Appointment Hospital Management Family Medicine

Economic analysis of virtual Medical Legal Partnership model [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Medicaid Claims, Epic electronic health record. Clinics: AF Williams Family Medicine, Lowry Internal Medicine. Cost measures were adjusted to 2022 dollars using seasonally adjusted Personal Consumption Expenditures. Intervention/Instrument: Legal-needs screening tool.

Primary Care

Primary Care Medical Behavioral Health Services Utilities

Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting/Dataset: 121,570 registered patients over 18 years of age with an email address available in their electronic medical record. Setting: 104 PHC clinics across Quebec, Canada. Measures: The optimal number of profiles (four) was determined using LCA measures (best model determined by AIC, BIC, and entropy).

Healthcare

Healthcare Clinic Chronic Condition Finance

Patient and Caregiver Use of Patient Portal Features [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patient portals (PPs) are online healthcare platforms enabling patients access their electronic health records and offering different features to help patients manage their care such as viewing and entering health information, and permitting asynchronous communication between patients and their providers.

Patients

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instrument: REDCap survey administered electronically or by phone. Setting: LM Clinic in the SW Virginia safety net. Population Studied Patients who were referred to or attended the LM clinic between 5/1/22 and 5/31/24 (n=575).

Clinic

Clinic Patients Primary Care Chronic Disease

Seven Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care Electronic Visits: Qualitative Study of Staff and Patient Views [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Increased workload associated with electronic visits (eVisits) in primary care could potentially be decreased by the use of artificial intelligence (AI); however, it is unknown whether this use of AI would be acceptable to staff and patients.

Primary Care

Primary Care Electronics Patients Appointment

Electronically-delivered PHQ9s increase engagement in patients with depression [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Conclusions: A population health outreach system that used reminders for PHQ9s resulted in patients booking appointments to treat their mental health condition. When stratified by baseline depression severity, only patients with moderate depression had a significant difference in visit rate (3.52% difference, p<0.01).

Electronics

Electronics Patients Mental Health Primary Care

Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Individuals identified through electronic medical record (EMR) periodic surveillance with either diagnosed with HCV and either not engaged in treatment or not completed treatment, as well as those needing additional testing (SVR or high-risk re-testing). of patients attended appointments, 19.2% were female, 74.4%

Behavioral Health Services

Behavioral Health Services Primary Care Patients Healthcare

Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Nguyen shared the multiple benefits of an AI ambient listening tool — recently rolled out nationally to more than 25,000 Permanente physicians — that transcribes office visits (with patient consent) that can be edited and added to electronic health records. million members and patients. And who knows, you may just save a life.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Patients IT Medical

How to Prepare for Your Preventive Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Unlike appointments that address specific illnesses or injuries, preventive care visits focus on screening for potential health issues, assessing your overall wellness, and helping you establish healthy habits before problems develop. Consider creating a health folder containing this information that you update and bring to each appointment.

Preventative Care

Preventative Care Preventive Care Appointment Screening

Middle to Older Age Latinas Experiences Across the Cervical Cancer Continuum: Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment and Impact [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants were recruited via electronic healthcare records, community tabling events, and social media efforts. Cancer Screening: Challenges with making appointments and getting PAP Smears due to time, employment, transportation, and lack of established primary care provider. Our Community Advisory Board (CAB) guided this work.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Screening Transportation Diagnose

10 Things To Do To Keep Your Heart Happy

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

It is important to always schedule the next follow up appointment to prevent refill delays. Try shutting off the lights, putting your phone away, sleeping in a cool and comfortable bed, limiting electronics in the bedroom, and having no caffeine after 4pm. Limit Unhealthy Food Intake: Yes, I too love to eat “junk” food at times.

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Transitional Care Management care team impact on no-show rates to hospital discharge appointments [Patient education/adherence]

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Economic analysis of virtual Medical Legal Partnership model [Economic or policy analysis]

Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Patient and Caregiver Use of Patient Portal Features [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

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

Seven Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence in Primary Care Electronic Visits: Qualitative Study of Staff and Patient Views [Original Research]

Electronically-delivered PHQ9s increase engagement in patients with depression [Population health and epidemiology]

Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

How to Prepare for Your Preventive Care Visit

Middle to Older Age Latinas Experiences Across the Cervical Cancer Continuum: Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment and Impact [Health care disparities]

10 Things To Do To Keep Your Heart Happy

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