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Nested order panels for primary care medication and laboratory orders: adoption and impact on ordering efficiency [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Electronic health record (EHR) order preference lists and order sets potentially improve efficiency but have limited utility in complex primary care settings. Setting: Primary care clinics partnered with an academic health center. A one-time survey was also conducted. nurse practitioners and physician assistants).

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Impact of an Intensive Primary Care Service on Health Services Utilization in a High-Utilizer Patient Population [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: High-utilizer patient populations reflect poor health for those patients and high resource use for health systems. Few studies of high-utilization patient programs found improvements in the intervention groups compared to controls. Setting: Safety net hospital/clinic system in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Payer Mix Association with Primary Care Telehealth Service Trajectories [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

How this finding translates to a clinic’s willingness and capacity to offer telehealth services is unknown. Measures: The outcome measure was the number of monthly telehealth services submitted for reimbursement per provider clinic. The primary exposure was the percentage of Medicaid patients’ claims at clinic level.

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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

Bill Easing Volunteer Rules for Retired Physicians Awaits Governor’s Signature What’s in the Bill: HB 346 streamlines volunteer opportunities for retired physicians at free health clinics is headed to the Governor for final approval. HB 86 – Rural Hospital Investment Fund Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep.

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Towards a Fundamental Unit of Continuity of Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Many proposed methods for measuring continuity utilize an aggregation of patient visits. Context: Continuity of care between a patient and their primary care practitioner (PCP) is a cornerstone of primary care (PC) and is associated with many positive health outcomes.

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Improving Patient Communication

CDOCS

Patients depend on our clinical knowledge as well as our recommendations and relationships with our specialist partners.</span></span></p> By the utilization of patient financing strategies, we can help to facilitate a means of affordability for the everyday patient.</span></span></p>

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Is your telehealth setup up to snuff? 7 quick checkpoints for practices

Physician's Practice

Telehealth is no longer an emergency patch; it’s a front-door service channel that patients expect to work every bit as cleanly as a clinic visit. Reynolds Fact checked by Chris Mazzolini Blog Article Telehealth has evolved into a vital service channel, yet many practices struggle with inadequate setups.