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 Objective To evaluate the association between patient, health system, geosocial, and environmental factors on the likelihood of MA in Family Medicine clinics.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patient Important Outcomes (PIOs) was first introduced in the literature with the criticism that research studies were designed with outcomes relevant to health care providers, but not relevant/important to patients. Study Design & Analysis: Mixed methods study employing physician survey and patient focus groups.

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Patients Patient-Centered Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective chart search of the electronic medical records of a specific sub-group of patients at UNMC. Number of patients who meet inclusion criteria at Family Medicine Clinics: 6,551 Patients. Setting: Criteria Time Frame: 2013-01-01 to 2023-12-31. are White or Caucasian.

Internal Medicine 130

Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We used the patient portal (Opal) to administer the I-Score, a 7-item electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) of barriers to ART adherence. Objective: To describe patient and service-related outcomes of the I-Score intervention and outline adherence barrier management by physicians.

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Clinic Patients Electronics Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To assess patient perceptions of a primary care-based LM clinic. Study Design and Analysis Survey; t-test and chi-square tests to evaluate variation by race and income status, approximated by having Medicaid, based on the clinic’s goal of reaching underserved community members.

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Clinic Patients Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The collective experience of exemplary, compassionate physicians, the narrative experiences of patients, as well as the documented science of healing clearly verifies the reality that much of healing occurs through the listening, trust, optimism and communication of compassion that comes through relationships.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 24, 2024

This year’s event was a testament to the vibrant community of family physicians, medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing family medicine in Alabama. Her career before this includes significant positions across Alabama, showcasing her commitment to family medicine and rural health.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

It offers care where people already are: their doctor’s office, their community mental health clinic, their OB/GYN’s exam room. Fund technology that supports behavioral health labs —routine assessments just like bloodwork—to inform care in real time and empower patients. You don’t have to build it from scratch.

Integrated Care 390

Integrated Care Primary Care Mental Health Family Healthcare 390

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participating clinic sites offered convenience sample frame, patients with legal needs were identified through universal and secondary screening approach. Setting or Dataset: Clinics: AF Williams Family Medicine, Lowry Internal Medicine; EPIC data; legal records.

Medical 130

Medical Referral Screening Internal Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The ability to reach and engage in the care process varies considerably depending on patients’ socio-demographic characteristics which we need to understand to address inequitable access issues. Setting: 104 PHC clinics across Quebec, Canada.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Clinic Chronic Condition Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Understanding patients’ experience accessing primary health care (PHC) is necessary in order to move toward better service organization and more equitable PHC access. This cross-sectional study builds on survey data collected in multidisciplinary PHC clinics. 104 PHC clinics across 14 regions of Quebec, Canada.

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Nurse Practitioner Clinic Family Physician Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A t-test and discrimination index was performed to evaluate responses to the survey with descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Fisher Exact test performed on chart review data.

Family Medicine 130

Family Medicine DO Screening Education 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: The overarching objective of the MU is to enhance the delivery of high-quality care to a broader patient population. Population Studied: The populations included in our research are providers and staff working in the MU and aggregated data on patients seen at the MU practice.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Telehealth Hypertension 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Economic analysis utilized "difference in difference" methodology comparing individuals who received legal services to control groups: a) in the same clinic; b) in 12 other primary care clinics within the same health system. Clinics: AF Williams Family Medicine, Lowry Internal Medicine.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Medical Behavioral Health Services Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patient-oriented evidence supporting PrT is growing. PrT has historically been taught in mentored clinical settings and medical conferences, not in academic training programs. 8.5% (31) of Family Medicine programs reported that they include PrT in residency training.

Family Medicine 130

Family Medicine DO Patient-Centered Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Older adults with multiple chronic conditions are underrepresented in clinical trials, with especially low enrollment of Hispanic/Latino populations. Objective: Understand the perspectives of older Hispanic/Latino adults regarding clinical trial participation. The mean age was 72.3 Participants took a mean of 7.1 (SD=3.6)

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Clinic Chronic Condition Transportation Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Respiratory infections are a prevalent health issue that concerns patients and stresses healthcare resources. To improve preventive first line healthcare, we need to understand the uptake and perspective of patients on vaccines. Vaccines can prevent several respiratory infections, but the uptake is variable. 63.3% (95%CI 55.6-70.3)

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Primary Care Vaccination Family Doctor Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: We aimed to compare medication review activities between private and public clinics. Setting: One private primary care clinic and two clinics of a safety net hospital system that serves inner-city populations with significant socio-economic challenges. vs 35.4%) and less likely Hispanic (20.7 vs 41.1%) background.

Clinic 130

Clinic Medical Primary Care Insurance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This makes determining HBPM accuracy of great clinical importance, but there is no established method of doing so in the office. Objective To introduce the novel approach of using a T-Connector between a patient’s HBPM and their physician’s office sphygmomanometer to permit a simultaneous blood pressure reading.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Family Physician Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Primary care must address the complex needs of patients with multiple chronic conditions, given 40% of patients seen in primary care have behavioral health needs. Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is associated with improved access and engagement in mental health services and mental and physical health patient outcomes.

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Chronic Condition Primary Care Patients Clinic 130

Family Medicine Initiative

MAY 7, 2025

It’s the number of patients you need to treat to prevent one bad outcome. However, a 2020 analysis of 875 clinical trials showed that only 9% reported an NNT. Baseline risk: NNT depends on the average baseline risk of study participants, which can differ in real life patients. erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Large-scale electronic health record (EHR) programs have reported a number of issues to their implementation in primary care including physician patient-centredness and clinical performance. Setting: An academic primary care clinic based in a hospital. Population: Ten resident physicians and six staff physicians.

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Electronics Education Patients Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To determine the effect of a standardized patient-delivered intervention on low-value imaging among primary care patients with acute low back pain. Study Design: Randomized clinical trial (NCT 04255199). Setting: 10 primary care clinics in Sacramento, CA. 0.81)] and conveying empathy [aSD 0.85 (0.40-1.30)].

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Clinic Primary Care Patients 130

Plum Health

JUNE 9, 2025

Donovan Ogboh is a Family Medicine Doctor in Detroit Michigan Dr. Donovan Ogboh is a board-certified family medicine physician with a dedicated interest in preventive care, sports medicine, pediatric care, women’s health, and the ongoing management of chronic conditions.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Maternal depression appears to have negative effects on child development (cognitive, language, emotional) in part because of the impact of depressive symptoms on parenting practices and family life, particularly in early childhood. using items adapted from the Family Map Inventories (measured pre- and post-intervention).

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Family Medicine DO Family Families 130

BMJ

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Value, challenges and practical considerations when designing, conducting and analysing a longitudinal qualitative study in family medicine | Family Medicine and Community Health (bmj.com). While it is being increasingly used in applied health research, it is relatively underutilised in family medicine.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Families Family 40

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, multiple organizations operate under a ‘boutique’ medicine model where patients pay a block or annual fee to access primary care services. Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. Study Design and Analysis.

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Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care 130

The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Phillips, Jr.

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Primary Care Primary Care Physician Patient-Centered Behavioral Health Services 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context With the goal of advancing health equity, the US healthcare sector has expanded activities to identify and intervene in patients’ experiences of social adversity, sometimes referred to as "social care". Yet, no measure of patients’ experiences with social care has been developed to date.

Patients 130

Patients Screening Relationship Healthcare 130

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 25, 2025

The study found that using the wrong cuff size led to misdiagnoses, particularly when cuffs were too small for obese patients: Are wrist blood pressure measurements reliable? It showed that, for these patients, a measurement on the upper arm with the correct cuff size was meaningful.

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Family Medicine DO Patients IT 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Prenatal care can be difficult for patients to accomplish, with frequent visits and time-sensitive health screenings. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many clinics shifted to a virtual visit format. Patient interviews, providing qualitative information to augment study findings.

Patients 130

Patients Clinic Utilities Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Community health worker (CHW) interventions show promising outcomes for T2D and HTN control particularly among low income and historically marginalized patients. However, studies on the generalizability and implementation of CHW interventions in clinical and community settings are limited. Setting 3 primary care clinics in SW Virginia.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Community Diabetes Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) in Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) remains unclear. Objective: To assess the epidemiology and mortality risk among patients with AKI discharged from AMCs in the US from October 2019 to December 2023. The mean observed LOS was 7.1

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Patients Medical Diagnosis 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Targeted users of mHealth tools include clinicians, patients, and caregivers. 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. Ultimately, the synthesis included 29 reviews (16 systematic, 10 scoping, 1 rapid, 2 other).

Patients 130

Patients Clinical Practice Electronics Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Our study investigates ID prevalence in Alberta from 2010 to 2022 and its association with patient and provider characteristics. We hypothesize that the prevalence of ID in Alberta has been increasing over the past decade based on clinical observations and anecdotes. 2020-2022).

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Clinic Primary Care Electronics Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Medical Office Assistants (MOAs) are front line workers and the most accessible member of the team for patients seeking primary care. MOAs, also known as receptionists, clerks, secretaries and medical administrative assistants have direct contact with patients.

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Family Medicine DO Primary Care Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is a promising method for improving the healthcare system and responding effectively to changing patient needs. Champions in CQI refer to individuals who lead or facilitate such initiatives, and they seem to be a key ingredient in promoting quality improvement in Primary healthcare Clinics (PHC).

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