Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

There is limited research on implementation of LM in medically underserved communities. Objective To assess patient perceptions of a primary care-based LM clinic. Setting: LM Clinic in the SW Virginia safety net. Population Studied Patients who were referred to or attended the LM clinic between 5/1/22 and 5/31/24 (n=575).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To determine medical trainees’ perspectives on current NBM practices and on narrative humility, and to assess their views on the effectiveness of NBM education via peer-led interactive workshop. Population Studied: Participants were mainly medical students, as well as residents and clinicians.

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Education Medical Medical Student Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To identify different profiles of access to care and continuity experiences of patients registered at team-based primary healthcare clinics. Setting: 104 PHC clinics across Quebec, Canada. Setting/Dataset: 121,570 registered patients over 18 years of age with an email address available in their electronic medical record.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Clinic Chronic Condition Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To link primary care electronic medical record (EMR) data with community and hospital data and to test the utility of the merged dataset through a targeted quality improvement (QI) intervention among high-risk patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Electronics Hospital Medical 130

Mesa Family Physician

APRIL 24, 2025

A women’s health check typically includes a review of your medical history, a physical examination, and specific screenings based on your age and risk factors. An establish care visit helps create a baseline of your health and is typically your first interaction with a clinic or physician. What Is a Women’s Health Check?

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Screening Clinic Appointment Checkup 100

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite a joint recommendation in 2003 by the AAMC and CDC that bioterrorism and mass-casualty training be included in the medical school curriculum, few medical schools have incorporated formal disaster training. Only 15% (n=5) received emergency response training outside of residency, with 3% (n=1) during medical school.

Telemedicine 130

Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It included training in OUD diagnosis and management with modules, medication assisted therapy (MAT) clinics, inpatient addiction psychiatry rotations and didactic lectures. Results Residents primarily managed patients with OUD in MAT clinic and on inpatient rotations but also encountered them in primary care clinics.

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Education Primary Care Physician Primary Care Family Medicine 130

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. However, given the vast size of our medical center, many community engagement initiatives exist in silos and overlap in community areas creating inefficiency, inconsistency, and redundancy.

Community 130

Community Utilities Relationship Clinic 130

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 130

Illness Community Medical Staff Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: In a convergent, mixed methods design, a cross-sectional survey allowed us to assess the concurrent validity of Proactive by comparing its results with those of a clinical examination. Population studied: Individuals aged 65 years and older recruited in primary care clinics or senior residences.

Screening 130

Screening Primary Care Clinic Patient-Centered 130

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 19, 2025

In medical practice, vital signs have traditionally focused on four primary measurements , namely body temperature, pulse rate, breathing rate and blood pressure. This is why someone’s looks might not correspond to their chronological age, and this is a factor in medical assessments as well.

Individual 107

Individual Clinic Medical Patients 107

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.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Referral Integrated Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: We used information gathered from site visits and team meetings to understand how Compass Rose was being utilized across sites. Outcome Measures: We assessed patterns of social risk factors across our patient population as well as the extent to which patients wanted assistance from the clinic.

Referral 130

Referral Community Transportation Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many clinics shifted to a virtual visit format. Setting or Dataset: Chart reviews from an urban safety-net clinic in Anchorage, AK comparing pre-pandemic, during-pandemic and post-pandemic cohorts. Patient interviews, providing qualitative information to augment study findings.

Patients 130

Patients Clinic Utilities Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, studies on the generalizability and implementation of CHW interventions in clinical and community settings are limited. Setting 3 primary care clinics in SW Virginia. Results 10,509 unique patients with T2D and/or HTN visited the primary care clinics. Population Studied Adult patients with T2D and/or HTN.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Community Diabetes Patients 130

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. Develop and validate a text string search tool to identify medication discontinuation that will be adaptable and scalable across studies and settings.

Medical 130

Medical Clinic Electronics IT 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results Clinicians widely reported that they did not prioritize messages within their inboxes, primarily due to time constraints in the clinical environment and the necessity of attending to all messages, which made any prioritization or organization exercises purely additive to overall inbox time.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Primary Care Physician Patients 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. Phillips, Jr.

Primary Care 130

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

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

APRIL 12, 2025

The need for medical assistants is growing rapidly. Each year, an estimated 119,800 medical assistant jobs will open up across the country, including in Connecticut. Understanding medical assistant positions will help you take advantage of this career opportunity. Providing prescription information to pharmacies.

Medical 52

Medical Healthcare Patient-Centered Primary Care Physician 52

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 130

Primary Care Telehealth Patient-Centered Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Healthcare research involving patient medical data is often delayed by lengthy approval processes. The Shared Health Research Information Network (SHRINE) offers rapid, secure access to aggregate counts of patient data from participating hospitals.

Electronics 130

Electronics Patient-Centered Utilities Hospital 130

Permanente Medicine

APRIL 16, 2025

Affiliation will allow groups to drive high-value care and innovation PORTLAND, ORE, April 16, 2025 – Oregon-based Northwest Permanente (NWP) and The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) of Northern California announced a formal affiliation today. Senior care: Both medical groups are dedicated to improving care for older patients.

Medical 52

Medical Patient-Centered Community Hospital 52

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

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 2, 2025

These could even make cough monitoring as common as step tracking to inform individual patients and provide doctors with deeper health insights. The power of cough information One question that will inevitably arise regarding cough monitoring is: why do it at all? One example is the clinically validated VitaloJAK.

Patients 85

Patients Primary Care Physician Provider Healthcare 85

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 20, 2025

Exploring a Medical Office Assistant Career Are you looking for a stable, rewarding career in the healthcare field that doesn’t require a degree? Becoming a medical office assistant might be the perfect choice for you. What Does a Medical Office Assistant Do? What Does a Medical Office Assistant Do?

Medical 52

Medical Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered Healthcare 52

Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 16, 2025

What information should you bring? Typically, it includes a full review of your medical history, a physical examination, and a conversation about lifestyle, medications, and future health goals. What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit Visiting a primary care provider for the first time can bring up many questions. Absolutely.

Primary Care 100

Primary Care Appointment Telehealth PCP 100

The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

By: Franco Murillo Reviewed by: Jack Penner Welcome back, Clinical Problem Solvers. Demonstrate the utility of an illness script in clinical reasoning 4.- An illness script is a clinical reasoning tool used by clinicians to collect and retrieve clinically relevant information about a particular condition.

Illness 52

Illness Clinic Utilities Lab Testing 52

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

Electronics Medical IT Individual 130

Sound Physicians

JUNE 25, 2025

Who you serve matters Every hospital and facility have a unique patient population and clinical environment. Talk to your recruiter to get a detailed understanding of what your day-to-day responsibilities might look like for the clinical teams you’re considering joining.

Clinic 52

Clinic Telemedicine Hospital Families 52

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.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Clinical Practice Electronics Diagnosis 130

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 24, 2024

This year’s event was a testament to the vibrant community of family physicians, medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing family medicine in Alabama. Dr. Anderson embodies the essence of dedicated medical service, leadership, and advocacy for health equity.

Medical Student 130

Medical Student Family Medicine DO Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective This study fills a knowledge gap by asking: What is the adherence, acceptability, and feasibility of poverty screening administered by providers to patients of an NB primary care clinic? Joseph’s Primary Care Clinic in Saint John, NB, Canada in 2023. Setting The study was set at St.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Provider Clinic 130

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

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.

Insurance 130

Insurance Family Physician Hospital Management 130

Medical Xpress

JANUARY 31, 2023

A medical knowledge graph is a specific way that researchers can organize and display information for use in medical research and clinical applications. The concept of a knowledge graph was originally developed by Google in 2012 as part of their search algorithm.

Clinic 80

Clinic Medical Diagnose 80

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: An AI clinical deterioration model-enabled intervention implemented at a large academic medical center in 2021 was recently reported to have decreased the absolute risk of care escalations among inpatients by 10.4% Setting or Dataset: An academic medical center (Stanford Health Care). over two years.

Clinic 130

Clinic Patient-Centered Patients Hospital 130

Louisville Lectures

JUNE 1, 2018

Christian Furman presents "Advance Care Planning and the Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) Form" by first discussing its importance. After, she completes the Medical Orders for Scope and Treatment Form and then documents Advance Care Planning and the MOST form in the EHR. For more information, see our citation page.

Medical 52

Medical Internal Medicine Clinic IT 52

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

Just like in the case of other medical specialties , disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. With AI tools having access to such information, they can instantly offer the best treatment options and probabilities of success.

Patients 126

Patients Treatment Plan Healthcare Medical Specialty 126