Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: 1) Test the virtual model of MLP to achieve more favorable economies of scale 2) Develop a policy-informed lexicon for MLP to inform model development, D&I research, and improve data sharing across models to ultimately advance sustainable state-based funding for MLP. Intervention/Instrument: Legal-needs screening tool.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Patients with recent hemoglobin A1c levels of ≥8% were invited to join the Diabetes Navigator program, identified through the electronic health record at two academic primary care clinics. Navigator outreach time parallels that of a standard 15-minute clinic visit, on average.

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Primary Care Diabetes Referral Integrated Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Administrative electronic health record (EHR) datasets offer a low-cost opportunity to investigate influences on knee osteoarthritis (OA) prevalence and outcomes such as total knee arthroplasty (TKA).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Because people with MCC typically see multiple providers in multiple care settings often using different EHRs, critical information is difficult to obtain, leading to fragmented care, clinician and patient burden, and suboptimal outcomes. Results of testing and evaluation will be presented.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Electronic health records (EHR) and patient portal systems have resulted in an unrestricted, undefined, and often uncompensated workload for Primary Care providers. Little information exists regarding the volume of work due to electronic portal messaging and if disparities exist among gender, race, age, and specialty of the provider.

Electronics 130

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

BACKGROUND: Despite the emphasis of primary care’s (PC) role in breast cancer follow-up improvements have had limited clinical impact. CONCLUSIONS: Stakeholder developed strategies were prioritized to inform the development of a multi-component intervention to improve follow-up care in PC.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Education Electronics 130

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 19, 2025

MBC is presented not simply as data collection, but as a dynamic, evidence-based clinical process that enhances outcomes, promotes equity, and strengthens team-based care. MBC supports optimal clinical practice, demonstrates the value of integrated care teams, and improves outcomes. What is MBC? 3, 4) Why is MBC important? 1, 8, 9) d.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To develop and validate a novel electronic medical records (EMR)-based UTI case definition that can be applied to elucidate and understand UTI treatment and practice patterns in primary care. Context Misdiagnosis and over-diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) are a leading cause of inappropriate antimicrobial use.

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Primary Care Clinical Practice Electronics Diagnosis 130

The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care. I stepped down as director of the Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Increased workload associated with electronic visits (eVisits) in primary care could potentially be decreased by the use of artificial intelligence (AI); however, it is unknown whether this use of AI would be acceptable to staff and patients. Retention of clinical oversight and ongoing evaluation was key to staff acceptability.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

Evidence‑informed care was literally at his fingertips. Reclaiming Time and Attention Primary care professionals may log more than eleven hours a day, over half of it in the electronic health record (Menchaca, 2025). How are you integrating AI into your clinical, teaching or supervisory work? References Menchaca, J.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 8, 2025

Personally, I think this would be a huge improvement for clinicians who are constantly trying to find the clinical essence among all the verbiage in modern day office notes. Think about it… A patient note, like a scientific article, should not present the information in reversed or scrambled order. It should follow logic.

Electronics 130

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 8, 2025

Below is a summary of the findings published in that review, which includes structural and operational approaches as well as interventions for clinical encounters. Likewise, training healthcare professionals on vaccine information alone has not been found to improve vaccine uptake.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 28, 2025

Widespread post-COVID neurological symptoms reveal hidden long-term impacts, calling for a proactive clinical response. Researchers conducted a retrospective study published in the June 2025 issue of BMC Neurology to evaluate the long-term neurological effects on adults with COVID-19 and to inform future mental health service planning. They performed (..)

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Mental Health Electronics Individual Clinic 75

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Despite the growing interest in DTs, the healthcare sector lacks unified frameworks that can explain the development, evaluation, and implementation of DTs in clinical decision-making. Study Design: We performed a scoping review searching three electronic databases.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

There is an urgent need to develop novel methods that accurately identify medication discontinuations in the electronic health record (EHR) to generate evidence to inform deprescribing. Text strings were based on verbatim clinical documentation of discontinuations extracted from chart reviews. Conclusions.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 12, 2023

Finding the right patients for clinical trials can be a struggle and require much time and effort. Clinical researchers have wondered whether screening the electronic health record (EHR) could improve the process. Could it provide enough information to determine whether a patient is a good fit for a study?

Electronics 93

Electronics Patients Screening Clinic 93

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: We conducted 25 semi-structured interviews informed by the Health Equity Implementation Framework. Setting: Primary care clinics in the Minneapolis-St. Population Studied: Clinicians, staff, and health system leaders in 5 primary care clinics from one health system. Paul, MN, metropolitan area.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Clinic Preventative Care 130

Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 16, 2025

What information should you bring? Doctor appointment length PCP appointment duration If you have multiple issues to discuss, be sure to mention that when scheduling so the clinic can allot enough time. Some clinics may offer a choice between an establish care visit vs physical. What does the doctor do first? Absolutely.

Primary Care 100

Primary Care Appointment Telehealth PCP 100

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Many of these patients are clinically complex and receive care from multiple professionals—which creates unique management hurdles. While technology can help make patient information more visible and care coordination more seamless, opportunities for improvement exist. Have clinical indicators of disease complexity or advancement.

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Chronic Condition Patients Management Primary Care Physician 59

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Administrative activities, including work related to caring for individual patients and clinic administration, may play a substantial role in understanding changes to primary care workload. Results/Findings Information management is central to health care delivery, but often not valued or actively supported.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner Family Physician 130

Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

Yet this expansion has come with a significant administrative burden, particularly that of clinical documentation. This isn’t about replacing your clinical judgment. Ambient dictation, or ambient clinical documentation, represents a paradigm shift. This isn’t about replacing your clinical judgment. The result?

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Telemedicine Clinic Electronics 52

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? 9 The American Academy of Ophthalmology offers more information here 11. Tirzepatide (15 mg) showed slightly more noticeable effects than Semaglutide (2.4 Does the rebound effect really exist?

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Diabetes Patients Medical DO 130

FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Livornese As anticipated, the International Council for Harmonization (ICH) published the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guideline E6(R3) Principles and Annex 1 on January 6, 2025. By Julie Kim & Deborah L. No word yet on whether FDA will issue guidance endorsing the final ICH E6(R3).

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — As an end of the year gift, FDA finalized its guidance document, Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations , in late December. The guidance addresses the use of DHTs in clinical investigations of drugs, biologics, and medical devices.

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Clinic Manufacturing Provider Electronics 105

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

One proposed reason is the lack of knowledge about PGx among clinicians slowing down the potential for clinical implementation, showing the main barrier to implementation is lack of healthcare professionals’ education. PGx is an expanding research field, with a quickly growing body of evidence.

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Primary Care Education Family Medicine DO 130

The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

He spent his third year doing an MA in design that cemented his passion for using creativity and innovation to better deliver care and information to patients and providers. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Adelaide and is studying towards a Masters of Clinical Education.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Clissold — The trio of CDER, CBER, and CDRH released a new draft guidance titled “ Use of Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials ” that revises the 2006 guidance “Establishment and Operation of Clinical Trial Data Monitoring Committees” and, when final, will replace the 2006 guidance.

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Clinic Provider IT Utilities 105

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 27, 2025

Opportunities for healthcare admin assistants across Connecticut are growing, from clinics and hospitals to private practices like the Physicians Alliance of Connecticut. Managing accurate, up-to-date electronic health records while protecting patient confidentiality. What Does a Healthcare Administrative Assistant Do?

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Healthcare Private Practice Electronics Management 52

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 20, 2025

The demand for medical office assistants is growing in clinics, hospitals, and private practices, including here at PACT. They support patients and clinical staff by handling the essential administrative tasks that keep healthcare facilities running smoothly. Relaying information between patients and providers.

Medical 52

Medical Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered Healthcare 52

FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The development of an electronic submission template for 510(k) submissions is significant in that: eSTAR submissions are not expected to go through the refuse to accept (RTA) process. eSTAR will prompt for attachments when necessary; this includes financial certifications and disclosure statements for the section of clinical testing. (A

Electronics 45

Electronics Medical Screening IT 45

FDA Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Cato — On May 2nd, FDA released a new draft guidance with recommendations for decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for drugs, biologics, and devices. In a DCT, trial-related activities may occur in trial participants’ homes, at local health care providers’ offices, or in local clinical laboratories.

Clinic 59

Clinic Telehealth Provider Electronics 59

FDA Law Blog

JUNE 10, 2024

BIMO inspections can consist of on-site inspections, data audits, and remote regulatory assessments of nonclinical laboratories, clinical investigators, sponsors, contract research organizations (CROs), bioequivalence facilities, institutional review boards (IRBs), and postmarketing surveillance. Ask clarifying questions.

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Provider Electronics Clinical Practice Management 111

FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — Although it seems not widely known outside of the medical device industry, FDA can require sponsors to include clinical data as part of a 510(k) submission. By Adrienne R. The Draft Guidance provides specific examples illustrating the application of each scenario.

Clinic 64

Clinic Provider Medical Electronics 64

BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

In its best use case, such technology would provide the foundation of person-level digital information systems that can be used to accurately collect and use data in at two critical levels: in real-time to improve individual patient outcomes, and aggregated to monitor the health status of a population, i.e. the big numbers.

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Patient-Centered Clinic Provider Patients 40

FDA Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

FDA recognizes the potential of RWE to support regulatory submissions of medical devices and to inform benefit-risk analysis of such products, while assuring patients have timely access to devices. RWE is “the clinical evidence regarding the usage, and potential benefits or risks, of a medical product derived from analysis of RWD.”

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Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

During the appointment, you discuss your symptoms and clinical records. You will get hold of prescriptions electronically, and And observe-up visits manifest thru video or smartphone calls. The excellent information is that online endocrinologists comply with the equal medical suggestions and standards as conventional clinics.

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