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

Annals of Family Medicine

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

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Enhancing Advanced Access in Primary Healthcare: Key Change Strategies from a Quality Improvement Initiative [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Timely access is crucial for high-quality primary healthcare delivery, yet remains a pervasive challenge globally, including in Canada. year Quality Improvement initiative aimed at enhancing AA in multidisciplinary primary healthcare. Objective: To delineate key change strategies from a 3.5-year

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Optimizing participation in the OECD PaRIS Project: Lessons learned in Saskatchewan [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Leading the OECD PaRIS Project in Saskatchewan (SK) was an integrated primary care collaborative team consisting of primary care providers (PCPs), people with lived experience (PWLE) aka patients, health system partners and researchers. Descriptive and inferential statistics were undertaken.

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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit Visiting a primary care provider for the first time can bring up many questions. This blog covers everything you need to know—from appointment types and coding to telehealth options and what really happens during your time with the provider. What does the doctor do first?

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Gathering Family Perspectives on Integrated Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

By integrating patient perspectives, healthcare systems can more effectively tailor and assess improvements in the 4Cs, leading to more responsive, efficient, and effective primary care delivery. The value of her role is consistently highlighted throughout the interview, as it is the trust in all their providers.

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From Numbers to Names: How Concierge Care is Redefining the Doctor-Patient Experience

Concierge Choice Physicians

For medical professionals and those working in healthcare, the article was grim. Time constraints and pressure on physicians, leading to a decay in the doctor-patient relationship, have eroded trust. Physicians, particularly primary or family care doctors, value the doctor-patient relationship too. But what can be done?

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Spiritual History-Taking Amongst Southeast Asian Immigrants and Refugees [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Surveys were conducted in the exam room immediately before or after an appointment with a provider. Outcome Measures: Patients’ perceptions of the relationship between their faith and their health; their attitudes towards being asked about religion/spirituality in a primary care setting.