Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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.

Clinic 130

Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Cohort in Primary Care (COPRI) is ongoing in 29 Family Medicine Groups (FMG) across Québec. Study design and analysis: Time between each step of the submission process were measured in days and descriptive results will be presented with tables and figures. COPRI protocol version 2.0

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Medicine DO Family 130

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A couple of years ago, I partnered with six family medicine residency programs for my CHARM Well-Being Leaders Longitudinal Certificate Course project. Prioritizing your well-being makes you more efficient, effective, and present. This benefits not just you but also your family, friends, colleagues, staff, and patients.

Physicals 130

Physicals Family Medicine DO Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: New ACGME guidelines in Family Medicine Residency training newly encourage training in point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS). In accordance with ACGME recommendations, we performed a community needs assessment to inform POCUS curriculum development within a Family Medicine residency.

Community 130

Community Education Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Participants were enrolled from primary care settings including outpatient clinics and urgent care from 6 practice-based research networks distributed across the United States. Additional data will be presented on the substance use and illness trajectories of the pilot study. reported daily/weekly use and 13.9%

Clinic 130

Clinic Illness Primary Care Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Family medicine research is essential to improving population health. Increasing research capacity continues to be a challenge; however, recent literature has touted the success of incentivization in several academic medicine specialties. Summary statistics and logistical regression analyses were conducted.

Family Medicine 130

Family Medicine DO Families Family 130

The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 23, 2021

[link] Simone and Lindsey present a case to Dr. Kirsten Austad, followed by a discussion about women in leadership and “the double bind” Want to test your learning? She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England. Chan School of Public Health.

Clinic 52

Clinic Family Medicine DO Patient-Centered 52

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.

Electronics 130

Electronics Education Patients Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention ECHO Pain started in June 2014 and offered weekly 90-minute sessions that include a didactic lecture followed by a de-identified patient case presentation. In this study, we present a narrative summary of our program achievements and research in the past ten years.

Management 130

Management Telehealth Education Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In the US, opioid use disorder (OUD) presents significant and urgent public health concerns. Study Design and Analysis: PC teams (clinical and non-clinical roles) attended 12 online monthly OUD sessions. Population studied: PC teams (clinical and non-clinical roles).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Education Individual Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Owing to the protean clinical presentations, heterogeneous diagnoses discussed in each patient case presented, and varied management approaches, capturing impact regarding clinical outcomes has proven challenging.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Diagnose Clinical Practice 130

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

Diabetes Clinic Transportation Internal Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To examine clinician self-report of clinic strong or weak functioning during the pandemic and determine which clinic and clinician characteristics were associated with ability to function, and why. For example, some in small clinics were able to implement changes rapidly without committee proceedings.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Clinic Healthcare Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

COVID-19's impact surpasses previous pandemics, disrupting medical education by delaying clinical rotations and necessitating a rapid transition to telemedicine due to isolation and PPE shortages. Objective: To understand COVID-19's impact on physicians-in-training and their preparedness and well-being amidst clinical and lifestyle changes.

Telemedicine 130

Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Shared decision making (SDM) is often underutilised in clinical practice. Objective: To explore the views of family physician educators about the implementation of SDM in clinical practice, with a focus on the delivery of preventive health care. Supporting quotes will be presented for each theme.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Education Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Background: Multiple chronic conditions (MCC) the most common condition seen in practice are present in 33% of adults and 80% of individuals age > 65. The testing demonstrated patients’ and clinicians’ desire to have integrated clinical and patient-reported data available for care planning and management.

Chronic Condition 130

Chronic Condition Patient-Centered Primary Care Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective The present study investigates the factors influencing the dynamics of medication and non-medication adherence in young Chinese adults with hypertension. Setting or Dataset general outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Chengdu. Intervention Demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, social support.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Patient-Centered Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective This systematic review aims to determine if oral antibiotic treatment is non-inferior to single dose IV followed by oral antibiotic treatment in terms of efficacy and complications in adults presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute pyelonephritis. Intervention N/A.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Complication Diagnosis Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective The primary aims of this study are to (1) Explore the beliefs, attitudes, and perceptions of clinical staff who are participating in healthcare activities that address health inequities, and (2) Develop recommendations for healthcare institutions engaging in HE work to minimize harms and maximize benefits to clinical staff.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Medical Management Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: This study was conducted at the 2023 annual Primary Care Leadership Track retreat for Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and at the 2023 GHHS Northeast Regional Conference. 5) that they intended to incorporate aspects of narrative humility into their clinical practice. Respondents strongly agreed (4.8/5)

Education 130

Education Medical Medical Student Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Observe integrated BHPs and report on clinical activities, workflows and team interactions. Setting: Seven family medicine practices in one Colorado USA health system. Population Studied: Integrated BHPs (N = 13) each observed over the course of one randomly selected full clinic day by a trained research assistant.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Provider Illness Consulting 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The rampant rise in the prevalence of diabetes presents a public health burden and a challenge to the primary care setting. As a result, we recommend a large-scale multi-center cluster randomized control trial to evaluate the effect of the DSM Coaching program on clinical and behavioral outcomes.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Individual Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The present study reports on the findings from one-year follow-up qualitative data collected to better understand the interventions’ effects. Setting Multi-site study, with participants recruited from outpatient clinical and community settings.

Management 130

Management Mental Health Physicals Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In our institution, screenings are completed for patients ≥15 years during well visits; those not presenting for well visits and under 15 may represent missed opportunities. Providers were alerted of positive screens by rooming staff to either assess further or refer to our Pediatric SUD Clinic to manage.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Referral Wellness Visit 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The context: Immigrants, particularly those moving from lower to higher-income countries, often exhibit a heightened susceptibility to non-communicable diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes (T2D), which may manifest at an earlier age and present with different complications compared to the native population.

Complication 130

Complication Diabetes Chronic Disease Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures Responses to questions about 1) receiving an HPV test, 2) receiving a Pap test, 3) receiving co-testing (both HPV and Pap test), and 4) being told by the clinic what kind of screening test was administered. These factors will be discussed in the presentation. and 94.9%, respectively, with no significant difference.

Screening 130

Screening Utilities Patient-Centered Insurance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To explore and measure the outcomes of HTA organizations’ guidelines in family medicine. Population Studied: Family physicians, general practitioners, and patients. learning), the use of guideline-based information in clinical practice, and subsequent patient health outcomes. Descriptive statistics (e.g.,

General Practitioner 130

General Practitioner Lab Testing Relationship Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The 60+ Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSAs)-supported institutional programs also offer robust training (e.g., CONTEXT Primary care (PC) is well-positioned to address rapidly evolving public health priorities and research meaningful to patients and other stakeholders. Research training is rate-limiting.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Education Mental Health Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, using race to guide clinical decisions is now controversial, potentially impacting clinician use of this tool. Population studied: Actively practicing North Carolina internal medicine and family medicine physicians. Most saw race as being presented as biological in the ASCVD risk calculator, which concerned them.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This is the first study elucidating clinician knowledge on the risk and symptomatic presentation of patient arsenic exposure from well water. Study Design: A cross-sectional survey of patients and clinicians active at Mayo Clinic in the American Midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa).

Patients 130

Patients Routine Screenings Provider Internal Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Recent Family Physician graduates practicing as locum tenens has been sometimes presented as a double-edged sword in addressing the Family Medicine workforce crisis. Objective: To explore the factors influencing early career family physicians’ (FPs) decision to do locums. parental leave).

Family Physician 100

Family Physician Family Medicine DO Families 100

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Smith, a general internist and professor of medicine and psychiatry at Michigan State University, explains why our medical system consistently prioritizes physical over emotional health and presents some ambitious proposals for how to rectify this harmful disparity. This relatively slim volume is divided into three parts.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health IT Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Patients at a large primary care practice in the Mayo Clinic Health System located in Mankato, MN. Outcome Measures: Program reach, descriptive information on the patient population, and HEC effort spent on cases, community engagement, administrative tasks, and presentations.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Referral Screening Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Card studies have been influential in changing clinical practice, such as the reduction of antibiotics in patients with upper respiratory infections. This talk describes revisions to their methods for designing and building EHR-based cards that can be replicated in academic healthcare settings and some community clinics.

PCP 130

PCP PCP Primary Care Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: 953 community-based primary care clinics in a national network from 25 states across the United States. Outcomes were analyzed using generalized estimating equations adjusting for patient- and clinic-level characteristics, with exchangeable working correlation, clustering on patient. Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Community Primary Care Patient-Centered 130

ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

At this meeting, the Geriatric Medicine Board received statistics on the current state of certification in geriatric medicine, assessment enrollment, demographics and pass rates, and data from post-assessment surveys. Get in Touch ABIM and the Geriatric Medicine Board value your feedback.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Government Community 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: A NPO and its partners in the healthcare (primary care clinics), social services, and community networks in a rural context. Methods: Data collection: Non-participant observation (n=14 meetings; n=2 clinical sessions) and semi-structured interviews (n=22). Study design: An instrumental case study design.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Finance Integrated Care Relationship 130