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"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

Context: The experience of ethnically diverse parents of children with serious illness in the US healthcare system has not been well studied. 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.

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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

Improvements in implementation of virtual care are needed across Canada for safer, equitable and accessible healthcare. When establishing a Patient-Physician relationship the disclosure of the patient's location, identity and verification of a safe physical setting was not mandatory across all jurisdictions.

Finance 130
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Optimizing participation in the OECD PaRIS Project: Lessons learned in Saskatchewan [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

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.

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

Annals of Family Medicine

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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Visiting a Health Clinic for Women’s Health Screenings

Mesa Family Physician

An establish care visit helps create a baseline of your health and is typically your first interaction with a clinic or physician. If your cycle is irregular or the appointment took months to book, your clinic may advise keeping the appointment, depending on your symptoms and flow. Can You Get a Pap Smear During Your Period?

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

Annals of Family Medicine

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.

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

Annals of Family Medicine

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.