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Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. This study offers insight into the practice patterns of boutique clinic primary care physicians, as well as the estimated public costs of this business model in Ontario. Study Design and Analysis.

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Effect of brief dermoscopy training on primary care providers' diagnostic accuracy on a test and in practice [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Brief dermoscopy training has been shown to improve diagnostic accuracy on image recognition tests, but few, if any, studies have examined its effect on clinician behavior and clinical outcome measures. Setting: Divisions of Family Medicine and Community Internal Medicine at a large academic medical center in Southeast Minnesota.

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Developing the BRANCH Initiative-Building Relationship science for Advanced Networks in Communication and Health: Year One S [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Foundations come from collective leadership over time in both relationship science and Family Medicine and from published literature. We connect the core principles and values of Family Medicine as relationship-based. This extends to patients, practitioners and stakeholders.

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Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

The 2024 Fall Forum is designed to bring together family physicians, general practitioners, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants from across the state. The event focuses on the latest clinical practices, innovations in healthcare, and topics trending in the field of family medicine.

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An umbrella review of mHealth tool implementation strategies: a 6-step guide to optimize patient, caregiver and clinician use [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

In clinical settings, uptake of mHealth tools has varied, with limited use explained, in part, by suboptimal adaptation of the tool and the implementation processes. Conclusions: Results provide a comprehensive process to adapt and implement mHealth tools in clinical settings.

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Project ECHO Rheumatology - Rationale and Results from a Multi-Method Study to Capture Impact [Musculoskeletal and rheumatology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Qualitative and quantitative data pertaining to provider self-efficacy, satisfaction, knowledge, and practice change have been rigorously collected since its inception. Clinicians from rural and Northern Ontario particularly benefited as access to specialists in their areas was sparse to none.

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Physician focused practice and added competence on primary care quality for older adults: A propensity score-matched study [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Analysis: Using logistic regression, we calculated propensity scores to match family physicians with ‘Care of the Elderly’ added training and/or focused practices with other family physicians. Family physicians were matched 1: 4 using a caliper of 0.2.