Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To synthesize data on the effectiveness, generalizability, and clinical relevance of ML models in detecting AFib cases using EHR in primary care settings. Risk of bias was assessed with PROBAST tool and clinical applicability with MI-CLAIM checklist. Population Studied: Adults without a prior AFib diagnosis.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design: This retrospective case series analysis utilized Vizient's clinical database data. The decrease in MR among patients with AKI post-COVID also may reflect the improvement related to possible earlier diagnosis and management of AKI. Mixed models were used for analysis.

Patient-Centered 130

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

diagnosis of a condition; biological markers; knowledge; attitude; quality of life and change in symptoms; individual or group behavior, skills; healthcare process and system outcomes). Intervention/Instrument Multiple interventions utilized, as specified in each study.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Public health initiatives, including community engagement projects, are vital for promoting early diagnosis and encouraging behaviors to combat PAD.

Community 130

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This approach emphasizes the utilization of stories to improve care, thereby supporting experience as evidence and informing decision-making in clinical settings.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To explore participants’ barriers to and facilitators of engagement in a multilevel, cross-sector clinical trial designed to address social needs and improve health-related outcomes for individuals with T2D experiencing food insecurity. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g., their 3-month endpoint visit).

Diabetes 130

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

METHODS We analyzed national weekly diagnosis data for acute respiratory infections (ICD-10 codes J00-J22) in Poland from 2010 to 2019, covering all 380 county-equivalent administrative regions and encompassing 292 million consultations.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants were recruited from two clinics in Flint, Michigan, a low-income urban community facing numerous health disparities. Diagnosis for GDM and GHTN were at 31- and 26-weeks’ gestation, respectively. Despite an important role in disease development, few have described maternal diet of those diagnosed with GDM/GHTN.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Misdiagnosis and over-diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) are a leading cause of inappropriate antimicrobial use. This case definition will facilitate research on UTI treatment in community-dwelling older adults and inform Quality Improvement initiatives that align clinical practice with evidence based guidelines.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Depression remains a prevalent mental health condition, with rates of diagnosis disproportionately increasing for women and Black or Hispanic adults. However, variations in these disparities due to marital status remains unclear. However, males, Asian, AA participants, and NH White individuals did not exhibit the same results.

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Illness Mental Health Individual Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To describe how primary care clinics have considered social needs in DM, and identify opportunities to support primary care clinics. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g., All participants are referred to receive free produce ("standard of care").

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To compare demographic, clinical and psychosocial characteristics of children with FAP or IBS in PC with those seen in hospital care by a pediatrician. Comparison was based on an estimation of potential clinical relevance. Sixteen children in PC did not have a Rome diagnosis of FAP or IBS (10.5%).

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Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

METHODS We conducted a single-arm pragmatic clinical demonstration project in 7 diverse primary care clinics to test implementation of the Linus Health Core Cognitive Evaluation and Digital Clock and Recall DCAs (Linus Health, Inc). received a new diagnosis of ADRD, and 5.1% Eligible patients were aged ≥65 years.

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Primary Care Diagnosis Screening Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We identified difficult decisions in terms of diagnosis, treatment, daily living, and consultation and stratified results using respondents’ most difficult decision. We found thirty-six difficult decisions related to medical consultation, diagnosis, treatment, and daily life.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Describe demographics and outcomes of adults with cancer who received services at integrative medicine clinics. Setting: Integrative medicine centers (n=17) in PRIMIER (Patients Receiving Integrative Medicine Effectiveness Registry) of the BraveNet Practice-Based Research Network.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Anyone suffering from pain could register for the program without needing a referral or formal diagnosis from a health care practitioner. Among the 151 participants (15% of the total sample) who completed a PAM survey at baseline and follow-up, 69% (104/151) experienced a clinically meaningful increase of four points on the PAM scale.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

clinical consensus, financing mechanisms) and the organization (e.g., Conclusions To meet pressing needs for ADRD diagnosis and management, early detection of cognitive issues in primary care settings is needed. Intervention Real-world implementation of DCA and BBM tools with embedded training and technical assistance.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Healthcare Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To compare demographic, clinical and psychosocial characteristics of children with FAP and IBS who are recruited by their GP versus via media. Study Design and Analysis: This ancillary study compared baseline data from an RCT between two groups based on recruitment method.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care GP Patients General Practitioner 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of a PHQ9 outreach to patients via a mobile app to increase clinical engagement and improve depression care quality. Eligible patients had a diagnosis of MDD, but had not filled out a PHQ9 in the past 2 weeks to 6 months. Patients with severe depression should fill out PHQ9s more frequently.)

Electronics 130

Electronics Patients Mental Health Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The most common BH diagnosis on file for patients with and without a chronic condition was Anxiety disorder, unspecified (17% of patients in either group). Understanding these patterns can help inform clinical care and policy decisions potentially leading to streamlined care and cost-savings.

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By Paul Amendola, Executive Director, VecnaCares Reference: Bartlett L , Avery L , Ponnappan P , et al, Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000845.

Patient-Centered 40

Patient-Centered Clinic Provider Patients 40

Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

In our direct primary care setting, we take the time to deep-dive and explain options to our patients so they’re comfortable with a diagnosis and treatment plan that might not require an X-ray. An MRI augments and adds confidence to our clinical diagnosis. Imaging isn’t always required to get them there. Reach out today.

Management 52

Management Primary Care Physician Primary Care Patient-Centered 52

Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

Ask questions: Ask what the doctor thinks are potential causes of your symptoms (this is called the differential diagnosis) and what they think is most likely. Many tests offered by alternative practitioners are not validated by high-quality clinical research and do not provide accurate or useful information.

Patients 52

Patients Primary Care Appointment Diagnose 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.

Screening 120

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 120

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Now, in the pediatric emergency department, the diagnosis of reflux is primarily clinical. Alright, let’s scope things out.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management Patient-Centered IT 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To encourage communication about social justice issues including reproductive health and abortion in the family medicine residency setting and to foster an environment of inclusive and open discussion about social justice in medicine. Population Studied: Mayo Clinic family medicine residents.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

In addition, Dr. Nguyen co-chairs the SCPMG Virtual Medical Center and brings extensive expertise as a practicing family medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente. I’m a family physician by training. Nguyen, I hear you time and time again emphasizing that this gets back to the roots of medicine.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Patients IT Medical 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective Describe the population of patients referred to a palliative care clinic and observe their healthcare utilization patterns. Study Design Retrospective chart review of patients seen in a palliative care clinic between June 2023 and August 2023.

Patients 130

Patients Diagnosis Patient-Centered Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention/Instrument: Disability status was identified from documented diagnostic codes from January 2018 to December 2019, and COVID-19 diagnosis was captured between April 2020 and December 2022. Results: Patients with disabilities and COVID-19 had greater and earlier onset of diagnosis of new circulatory (Time Ratio (TR) 0.8,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Diagnosis Family Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied – The Vizient® Clinical Data Base was queried for inpatient discharges between January 2016 and February 2024 with an ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for naegleriasis (B60.2). Objective: Determine the epidemiological trends for patients infected with N. Study Design and Setting: Retrospective case series.

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Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

MARCH 16, 2022

This important work observed that there was a relationship between radioactivity and the heavy elements of the periodic table, and led to much advancement in medicine. Throughout history, women have made significant contributions to medicine and we have benefitted from many incredible breakthroughs.

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Medical Education DO Family Medicine 40

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal.

Illness 137

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. But really those urinary tract signs and symptoms should be driving your diagnosis.

Management 123

Management IT Medical Patient-Centered 123

GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Alex: And Sammy Winemaker, who’s a palliative care physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care. Hsien, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Hsien: Hey, great to be here. Sammy, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Sammy: Thank you so much.

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Education IT Illness Healthcare 128

GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

Funding for research and clinical care is at risk, as USAID and PEPFAR (which is under USAID), are shuttered. And when she was here, she co founded the Golden Compass Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital for older adults living with HIV. Is a new diagnosis of HIV. If they did, it was before AIDS was a diagnosis.

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