Clinic, DO and Relationship - Primary Care Digest

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

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.

Relationship

Relationship Family Medicine DO Primary Care

Levers and challenges to recruiting clinical settings for a shared decision-making stepped wedge cluster randomized trial [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Little is known about factors influencing clinical settings (sites) recruitment for a shared decision-making (SDM) stepped wedge cluster randomized trial (SW-cRT). Moreover, flexibility, adapting the SWcRT to sites’ context and creating a relationship of trust with sites are assets that facilitate recruitment.

Clinic

Clinic DO Family Medicine Relationship

Clinician perception of the relationship between mental health, health-related social needs, and diabetes outcomes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Addressing mental health and HRSNs can improve diabetes outcomes, but stigma surrounding these issues can make both patients and providers uncomfortable during clinical discussions. Consequently, clinicians may avoid these stigmatized topics and provide general recommendations that can’t be followed by patients.

Mental Health

Mental Health Diabetes Relationship Primary Care

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

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.

Appointment

Appointment Primary Care DO Family Medicine

Important Outcomes for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Patients Perspective [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Academic family medicine clinic in Edmonton, Canada. Family physicians who practiced at the clinic were eligible to take part. Population Studied: Seven physicians and 15 patients took part in the study. Moreover, patients commented on the value of having their doctor understand what is important to them.

Diabetes

Diabetes Patients Patient-Centered Family Physician

Translating complex clinical environments to virtual care: Standards of Care in Virtual Medicine in Canada [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures Definition of Virtual Medicine, Ethical, Professional and Legal Obligations, Requirements that preceded Engaging in Virtual Medicine, Establishing a Patient-Physician Relationship, During and After Engaging in Virtual Medicine, Prescribing and Authorizing.

Finance

Finance Telemedicine Relationship Government

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: A participatory approach to cross-sectional surveys was facilitated through the building and nurturing of relationships based on trust and transparency with all members of the research team. Setting: Primary care clinics across Saskatchewan. Descriptive and inferential statistics were undertaken.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Relationship PCP

"We feel alone and not listened to": Somali, Hmong and Latin American Parents Perspectives on Pediatric Serious Illness [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants: Twenty-six parent participants (eight Somali, ten Hmong, and eight Latin American) of children with serious illness were recruited through local clinics and hospitals. Results: Parents desired two-way trusting and respectful relationships with medical staff. Intervention: NA. Outcome Measures: NA.

Illness

Illness Medical Staff Community Healthcare

Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Medical Office Assistants Working in Family Medicine Clinics in Ontario [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

MOAs leveraged their healthcare system knowledge and therapeutic relationships with patients to reduce patient distress. The MOA-FP relationship was strengthened when FPs recognized MOAs’ critical role on primary care teams, expressed concern for their welfare and included MOAs in pandemic planning and educational sessions.

DO

DO Family Medicine Primary Care Families

Symptoms of Long-COVID and their impact on primary care patients livelihoods - Part 2 of 3 [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Research on symptom’s impact on work or relationships has previously been explored, but other experiences have not received equal attention. Population Studied: Using purposive sampling from a long-COVID clinic, we conducted semi-structured interviews with English-speaking, adult primary care patients describing symptoms of long-COVID.

Primary Care

Primary Care Patients Relationship Illness

An Innovative Approach to Enhancing Community Health Collaborations: A Community Engagement Directory [Participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context UT Southwestern utilizes community engagement strategies to improve health and integrate stakeholder priorities in clinical care and research. social service, clinics) serving medically underserved populations in the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas, USA.

Community

Community Utilities Relationship Clinic

Digitally Mediated Therapeutic Relationships in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Therapeutic relationships have been demonstrated as fundamental to primary care delivery. Questions remain regarding what impact this transformation will have on the relationships between primary care providers and patients.

Primary Care

Primary Care Relationship Nurse Practitioner Provider

Developing a patient-reported outcome measure for patient experiences of social needs care [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

who 1) were aged 18 or older, 2) spoke either English or Spanish as their primary language, and 3) had an experience with social care in a clinical setting within the last 12 months. Study Design/Setting/Population We recruited patients from across the U.S

Patients

Patients Screening Relationship Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

At a recent conference, a neurologist demonstrated an AI tool that captured and structured his clinical notes while he was able to be present and maintain eye contact with the patient. How are you integrating AI into your clinical, teaching or supervisory work? Annals of Family Medicine , 23(1), 5–6. Anderson, E.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Integrated Care Primary Care Healthcare Professional

Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

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

Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health

Introducing longitudinal qualitative research to family medicine community

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.

DO

DO Family Medicine Families Family

Lived experience of individuals with thalassemia in Eastern India [Allergy/Immunology]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The study aimed to explore the lived experiences of thalassemia patients in Eastern India and examined how social relationships impacted treatment adherence. Methods: The authors employed a qualitative research design to study thalassemic patients receiving outpatient treatment at a suburban hospital clinic in Kolkata, India.

Individual

Individual Relationship Community Family

Insights from an Operational Survey within the NNE CO-OP PCBRN [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: The structured questionnaire covered various aspects of primary care practice, including the scope of clinical learners, specialties offered, onsite services, telehealth, EMR data querying, patient advisory groups, and IRB affiliation. Intervention/Instrument: N/A.

Primary Care

Primary Care Telehealth Patient-Centered Community

Adherence Labeling: Understanding the Origins, Limitations, and Ethical Challenges of "Diagnosing" Nonadherence [Theory]

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

Promoting adherence to medical recommendations remains one of the oldest yet most persistent challenges of modern clinical practice.

Diagnose

Diagnose Clinical Practice Relationship Clinic

Relationship between Social Risks and Diabetes Metrics in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In this practice-based, primary care population of adults with type 2 diabetes, this data reinforces the important clinical impact social risk factors have for our patients and highlights the need for more interventional studies.

Diabetes

Diabetes Primary Care Relationship Transportation

Health Care Homes Certification: Advancing Primary Care in MN

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 24, 2025

Minnesota’s Health Care Homes (HCH) certification program is transforming primary care by recognizing clinics that prioritize patient-centered, team-based care. This free and voluntary program offers significant benefits to clinics, health care professionals and patients across the state. What is a Health Care Home?

Primary Care

Primary Care Board-Certified Patient-Centered DO

Impact of Financial Incentives and Department Size on Scholarly Activity Output [Original Research]

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

Family Medicine DO Family Families

Understanding components of Maternal Diet among those diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and/or Hypertension in Flint, MI [Community based participatory research]

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. Future research should explore relationships between maternal dietary patterns, GDM and/or GHTN and better tailor education/resources during this critical period of development.

Diagnose

Diagnose Hypertension Community Diabetes

How can you improve your relationship with food?

Vida Family Medicine

APRIL 4, 2023

As a primary care physician, I see many patients who struggle with their relationship with food. If you have struggled with your relationship with food- you are not alone! So what can we do to improve our relationship with food? If you want to improve your health and are struggling with your relationship with food- we can help!

Relationship

Relationship Mental Health Primary Care Physician Diagnose

Relationship between Social Risks and Colorectal Cancer Screening/Surveillance in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To determine the association of patient reported social risk on CRC screening/surveillance rates in a large US primary care population Study Design and Analysis Cross-sectional analysis comparing adult patients age 50-75 who have completed colorectal screening/surveillance to those who have not Setting Mayo Clinic Midwest adult patients with (..)

Screening

Screening Primary Care Relationship Transportation

Dr. Donovan Ogboh, DO Comes To Plum Health DPC July 2025

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.

Board-Certified

Board-Certified Primary Care Family Medicine DO

A Primary Care PBRN Impact and Strategic Clarity Initiative : Journey, Outcomes and Lessons Learned [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Réseau de recherche en soins primaires de l’ Université de Montréal (RRSPUM) is the Primary Care (PC) Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine (DFMEM) of our University (Quebec, Canada).

Primary Care

Primary Care DO Family Medicine Consulting

Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To explore and measure the outcomes of HTA organizations’ guidelines in family medicine. Phase-1: We conducted a hybrid deductive-inductive thematic analysis, identified the types of outcomes, and displayed the relationships between these types on a concept map. Setting: Community-based primary health care.

General Practitioner

General Practitioner Lab Testing Relationship Family Physician

An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention.

Healthcare

Healthcare Primary Care DO Family Medicine

Physicians Perspectives on Race and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk Calculator [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

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. This approach could also help clinicians discuss the relationship between race and ASCVD risk.

Primary Care Physician

Primary Care Physician Internal Medicine DO Family Medicine

Researchers document and test new continuity of care measure

Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Continuity of care is essential to the clinician/patient relationship within family medicine. However, researchers have few ways to track continuity of care as a measurement of clinical quality.

Family Medicine

Family Medicine DO Relationship Family

Nurturing collaboration between non-profit organizations and primary healthcare partners: An instrumental case study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

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

Healthcare Finance Integrated Care Relationship

Teamwork Among Primary Care Staff to Achieve Regular Follow-Up of Chronic Patients [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

PURPOSE Although studies have shown that more temporally regular (TR) primary care visits are associated with improved patient outcomes, none have examined what clinic staff can do to encourage greater TR visits. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and coded using Atlas qualitative data analysis software (Lumivero, LLC).

Primary Care

Primary Care Patients Primary Care Physician Chronic Condition

Lets Dare to Be Vulnerable: Crossing the Self-Disclosure Rubicon [Reflections]

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

Physician self-disclosure is frequently employed intentionally to establish rapport, cultivate trust and reciprocity, convey empathy, offer hope and reassurance, or strengthen the credibility of clinical recommendations. This narrative tells my story as a primary care physician trying to help a patient having anxiety and depression.

Primary Care Physician

Primary Care Physician Mental Health Primary Care Relationship

A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physicians Approaches to Caring for Adult Adopted Patients [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

METHODS We used critical adoption studies as a theoretical framework for this study to understand how adoptive identity might shape clinical experiences. We conducted hour-long semistructured qualitative interviews incorporating hypothetical clinical vignettes.

Primary Care Physician

Primary Care Physician Primary Care Patients Mental Health

Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Hopefully, on the other side we will be more aware of the importance of our relationships and our small objects of gratitude. By Jill Benson, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, jill.benson@adelaide.edu.au

DO

DO Family Medicine Mental Health Family

Pursue Your Passion with Healthcare Jobs in CT at Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Healthcare opportunities at PACT If you are looking for a healthcare job in CT, PACT has a variety of options across different areas, including administrative, clinical, nursing, and specialty roles. Clinical: Clinical support professionals are critical to our organization. Nurses can practice in different specialties as well.

Healthcare

Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered Primary Care Physician

Empowering trusted intermediaries to navigate the complex challenges of COVID-19 vaccination in ethnocultural communities [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: Real time outreach, information sharing, resource creation and pop-up clinics. Conclusions: Supporting trusted intermediaries with existing relationships, solutions, and infrastructure will advance ongoing pandemic response and recovery efforts, and future emergency planning to strengthen the resilience of health systems.

Community

Community Vaccination Relationship Management

Portage: A cultural safety intervention co-developed with three Atikamekw communities in Quebec [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context and objectives First defined by a Maori nurse, cultural safety is a concept encompassing environments and therapeutic relationships that are spiritually, socially, emotionally and physically safe for Indigenous peoples; free from aggression and racism or denial of their identities or needs (23).

Community

Community Patient-Centered Relationship Government

Telehealth for Maternity Care: Qualitative Perspectives of Clinicians and Mothers [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, health leaders have cautioned about expanding telehealth into maternal-fetal medicine. This concern is in part due to the risk of replacing in-person visits, which are beneficial for building rapport in the mother-infant-provider relationship. For example, telehealth was not viewed as user friendly for clinical use.

Telehealth

Telehealth Consulting Hypertension Mental Health

Integrated care for adults with complex needs: opportunities of case management in primary care to improve equity [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting/Population studied/Intervention: A case management program (CMP) for people with complex needs was implemented in four primary care clinics of an urban area. Having more consultation time and establishing a relationship of trust with people helped to address their unmet social needs.

Integrated Care

Integrated Care Primary Care Management Healthcare

How Your Emotional Health Impacts Blood Pressure

Imperial Center Family Medicine

MAY 5, 2025

Being aware of this intricate relationship is the first step to learning to control your emotions to improve heart health. People with clinical depression often have elevated cortisol levels, potentially leading to high blood pressure over time. The mind-body connection has surprising implications for blood pressure management.

Management

Management DO Family Medicine Hypertension

Feasibility and Acceptability of the "About Me" Care Card as a Tool for Engaging Older Adults in Conversations About Cognitive Impairment [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

A review of tools for older adults with cognitive impairment showed strong clinical specificity, with insufficient whole-person support for patients. Currently, 6.7 We developed and tested the feasibility and acceptability of a tool to enhance conversations for adults with cognitive impairment at the point of care.

Primary Care

Primary Care Relationship Community Individual

"Investigating White Culture": a Phenomenological Study on How Culture Shapes Behavioral Health Processes in Primary Care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Seven themes were identified: Eurocentrism-Americanism, cultural alignment, structural inequity, patient-first wellness-centered approach, cultural framework, relationship dynamics, and systemic outlook. Outcome Measure: The outcome was the lived experiences of how culture influenced screening, assessment, and treatment.

Primary Care

Primary Care Behavioral Health Services Patient-Centered Illness

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

Levers and challenges to recruiting clinical settings for a shared decision-making stepped wedge cluster randomized trial [Dissemination and implementation research]

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Clinician perception of the relationship between mental health, health-related social needs, and diabetes outcomes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

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

Important Outcomes for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Patients Perspective [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Translating complex clinical environments to virtual care: Standards of Care in Virtual Medicine in Canada [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

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

"We feel alone and not listened to": Somali, Hmong and Latin American Parents Perspectives on Pediatric Serious Illness [Child and adolescent health]

Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Medical Office Assistants Working in Family Medicine Clinics in Ontario [COVID-19]

Symptoms of Long-COVID and their impact on primary care patients livelihoods - Part 2 of 3 [COVID-19]

An Innovative Approach to Enhancing Community Health Collaborations: A Community Engagement Directory [Participatory research]

Digitally Mediated Therapeutic Relationships in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Developing a patient-reported outcome measure for patient experiences of social needs care [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Introducing longitudinal qualitative research to family medicine community

Lived experience of individuals with thalassemia in Eastern India [Allergy/Immunology]

Insights from an Operational Survey within the NNE CO-OP PCBRN [Research capacity building]

Adherence Labeling: Understanding the Origins, Limitations, and Ethical Challenges of "Diagnosing" Nonadherence [Theory]

Relationship between Social Risks and Diabetes Metrics in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Health Care Homes Certification: Advancing Primary Care in MN

Impact of Financial Incentives and Department Size on Scholarly Activity Output [Original Research]

Understanding components of Maternal Diet among those diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and/or Hypertension in Flint, MI [Community based participatory research]

How can you improve your relationship with food?

Relationship between Social Risks and Colorectal Cancer Screening/Surveillance in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Dr. Donovan Ogboh, DO Comes To Plum Health DPC July 2025

A Primary Care PBRN Impact and Strategic Clarity Initiative : Journey, Outcomes and Lessons Learned [Research capacity building]

Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Physicians Perspectives on Race and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk Calculator [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Researchers document and test new continuity of care measure

Nurturing collaboration between non-profit organizations and primary healthcare partners: An instrumental case study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Teamwork Among Primary Care Staff to Achieve Regular Follow-Up of Chronic Patients [Original Research]

Lets Dare to Be Vulnerable: Crossing the Self-Disclosure Rubicon [Reflections]

A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physicians Approaches to Caring for Adult Adopted Patients [Original Research]

Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

Pursue Your Passion with Healthcare Jobs in CT at Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Empowering trusted intermediaries to navigate the complex challenges of COVID-19 vaccination in ethnocultural communities [COVID-19]

Portage: A cultural safety intervention co-developed with three Atikamekw communities in Quebec [Community based participatory research]

Telehealth for Maternity Care: Qualitative Perspectives of Clinicians and Mothers [Qualitative research]

Integrated care for adults with complex needs: opportunities of case management in primary care to improve equity [Health care disparities]

How Your Emotional Health Impacts Blood Pressure

Feasibility and Acceptability of the "About Me" Care Card as a Tool for Engaging Older Adults in Conversations About Cognitive Impairment [Original Research]

"Investigating White Culture": a Phenomenological Study on How Culture Shapes Behavioral Health Processes in Primary Care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

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