Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Background: Hypertension and depression frequently co-occur, complicating patient management and worsening outcomes. This scoping review aims to systematically map non-pharmacological interventions for managing comorbid hypertension and depression, providing insights into current practices and guiding future research.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Management Individual Clinical Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is a promising method for improving the healthcare system and responding effectively to changing patient needs. Champions in CQI refer to individuals who lead or facilitate such initiatives, and they seem to be a key ingredient in promoting quality improvement in Primary healthcare Clinics (PHC).

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Clinic Individual Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Post-Covid-19 Condition (PCC), or "long-Covid," is symptomatically complex and impacts several aspects of patient’s livelihoods. 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 130

Primary Care Patients Relationship Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) in Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) remains unclear. Objective: To assess the epidemiology and mortality risk among patients with AKI discharged from AMCs in the US from October 2019 to December 2023. The mean observed LOS was 7.1

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Patients Medical Diagnosis 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: The aim of this study is to explore how to enhance primary healthcare capacity in China from the perspective of managers of primary health care institutions. Results: Four main categories of enhancement elements were identified: 1) Receipt of Care; 2) Provision of Care; 3)Outcomes of Care; 4) Ecology of Care.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Management Finance Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patient Important Outcomes (PIOs) was first introduced in the literature with the criticism that research studies were designed with outcomes relevant to health care providers, but not relevant/important to patients. Study Design & Analysis: Mixed methods study employing physician survey and patient focus groups.

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Patients Patient-Centered Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: For many patients with long-COVID, primary care is the first point of interaction with the healthcare system. In principle, primary care is well-situated to manage long-COVID. However, beyond expressions of disempowerment, the patient’s perspective regarding the quality of long-COVID care is lacking.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Primary Care Patients Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context With buprenorphine prescribing restrictions lifted, primary care physicians (PCP) are frequently the first contact for patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and require treatment with buprenorphine. Study Design A behavioral health curriculum was designed for second year residents.

Education 130

Education Primary Care Physician Primary Care Family Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

OBJECTIVE We assessed feasibility and patient-reported clinical outcomes of adjunctive use of SNI in ARS. Secondary: average rate of SNI use, percentage of participants who used SNI at least 50% of study days; perceived effect on sino-nasal symptoms; association of SNI use with validated clinical outcomes instrument severity score.

Clinic 130

Clinic Management Provider Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A critical shortage of clinicians who specialize in treating patients with OUD exacerbates this issue. While primary care (PC) settings have the potential to bridge this gap in care, many care teams lack the education and training required to effectively manage patients with OUD.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Education Individual Screening 130

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. Only the most recent published standards were used in analysis.

Finance 130

Finance Telemedicine Relationship Government 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Both providers and mothers reported limitations in patient understanding and knowledge. However, most mothers reported receiving clear education about their condition during delivery, positive delivery experiences, and helpfulness from the clinical team.

Provider 130

Provider Patients Healthcare Professional Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, mental health conditions and health-related social needs (HRSNs) can complicate patients’ success. Addressing mental health and HRSNs can improve diabetes outcomes, but stigma surrounding these issues can make both patients and providers uncomfortable during clinical discussions. Outcome Measures: Emergent themes.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Diabetes Relationship Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a virtually-delivered health professions education model, designed to improve patient care by enhancing primary care capacity in specialty topics. Clinicians from rural and Northern Ontario particularly benefited as access to specialists in their areas was sparse to none.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Diagnose Clinical Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Nearly all patients with type 2 diabetes have comorbid chronic conditions, adding complexity to self-management. A tool to more efficiently relay points of patient-perceived treatment burden during a primary care visit may lead to more patient-centered care plans and improved outcomes.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Screening Patient-Centered 130

PEMBlog

JUNE 26, 2025

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, we explore the clinical pearls behind “no-zone” management, how to distinguish hard and soft signs, when to image versus operate, and why airway always comes first. Management of penetrating neck injury in children: A review of the National Trauma Data Bank.

Management 59

Management Transportation Patient-Centered IT 59

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

The PATHWEIGH trial aims to embed structured obesity care into primary care, addressing barriers and boosting clinician confidence and patient outcomes. In addition, behavioral and lifestyle interventions, which are foundational to long-term weight management, are difficult to coordinate within the confines of short primary care visits.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Management Primary Care Physician Chronic Disease 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Primary care team members involved in high blood pressure management. Intervention: COACH — a patient-facing decision support tool integrated into the electronic record. Results: 72 care team members at 9 clinics participated. Consideration of the care team workflows (i.e.,

Electronics 130

Electronics Patient-Centered Hypertension Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Existing therapies are suboptimal and many patients resort to opioid therapy. Setting Multi-site study, with participants recruited from outpatient clinical and community settings. Context Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a serious public health problem impacting function and quality of life (QoL).

Management 130

Management Mental Health Physicals Community 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Caring for patients with multiple chronic conditions requires identifying those at risk, clear communication, and coordinated care to improve outcomes. Many of these patients are clinically complex and receive care from multiple professionals—which creates unique management hurdles.

Chronic Condition 59

Chronic Condition Patients Management Primary Care Physician 59

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Developing innovative approaches to prevent or manage age-related health problems and disabilities is a public health priority. Population studied: Individuals aged 65 years and older recruited in primary care clinics or senior residences. Objective: To validate Proactive. Setting: Community-based.

Screening 130

Screening Primary Care Clinic Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We noted that a small number of patients are readmitted multiple times. This indicates poor quality of life (QOL) for SCD patients and a high financial burden on the healthcare system. Study Design: Retrospective single-site cohort study of patients diagnosed with SCD (ICD10 codes starting with D57) from Jan 2020 to December 2023.

Finance 130

Finance Medical Patient-Centered Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Older adults frequently use primary care services, and family physicians exhibit differences in their knowledge and skills to care for older patients. Some family physicians pursue added training or focus their medical practice to increasingly care for older adults, which may influence quality of care and patient outcomes.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Physician Family Families 130

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. The apps also collect patient reported data on goals, social needs, and functional status.

Chronic Condition 130

Chronic Condition Patient-Centered Primary Care Electronics 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.

Primary Care 130

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

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MARCH 21, 2025

On January 7, 2025, SAMHSA announced the award of one-year Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) Demonstration planning grants to 14 states and Washington, D.C., Consider a tiered approach where generalist BHCs work within primary care while specialists manage higher-acuity cases through the CCBHC framework.

Behavioral Health Services 130

Behavioral Health Services Primary Care Integrated Care Mental Health 130

A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 11, 2025

My problem managing Jimmy’s medications is that he keeps getting hurt, more often than most other patients I have run into. And when he gets hurt, he reports more suffering than most other patients and he openly worries about how much things will hurt before they get better.

Patients 130

Patients Emergency Room Diagnosis Medical 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Hypertension Canada recommends home blood pressure monitors (HBPM) for diagnosing and managing hypertension. This makes determining HBPM accuracy of great clinical importance, but there is no established method of doing so in the office. Setting Kaye Edmonton Clinic Family Medicine Clinic and a hypertension research lab.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Family Physician Family Medicine DO 130

Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

Patients describe symptoms, cycle patterns, and other health concerns. Some clinics even offer home-testing kits for convenience. Treatment Options Through Virtual Clinics Once diagnosed, treatment options vary based on the root cause. Tia Health : Connects patients with licensed physicians online in minutes. Take action.

Management 52

Management Appointment Lab Testing Consulting 52

Medical Xpress

MARCH 14, 2023

The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) recently released a new clinical guideline on respiratory management of patients with neuromuscular weakness. Published in the journal CHEST, the guideline contains 15 evidence-based recommendations, a good practice statement and an ungraded consensus-based statement.

Clinical Practice 98

Clinical Practice Management Clinic Patients 98

Logansport Memorial Hospital

MARCH 4, 2024

Logansport Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the opening of a new pain management center on April 1, 2024. The Logansport Memorial Pain Management Center will be located at 1201 Michigan Avenue, Suite 70, Logansport, IN 46947. The Logansport Memorial Pain Management Center is now accepting new patients.

Management 52

Management Patient-Centered Community Referral 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Patients with hidradenitis suppurative seek advice online, highlighting unmet needs in clinician-patient education regarding daily self-management strategies. For clinicians treating patients with HS, the findings may inform more tailored patient engagement. Vaidyula and colleagues in Cureus.

Education 52

Education Patients Management Patient-Centered 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

A recent study offers recommendations on how to balance weight loss goals and bone health concerns in weight management programs for older adults. First, to meet protein needs, patients can be counseled to include 30 grams of high-quality protein sources at each meal. g/kg/d for someone who is starting at 75 kg (or 165 lb).

Management 52

Management Primary Care Physicals Telehealth 52

A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 18, 2025

This was in part because we shared patients and patient experiences between our departments and had a bidirectional way of making warm handoffs. If a primary care patient was going through a difficult time with their social life or mental health, we would walk them down the hall to meet a therapist right then and there.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patient-Centered Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Doctor 130

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

Background Team-based care (TBC) has established benefits for patient outcomes. In both cases, TBC can help by providing a collaborative approach to care that can better manage the complex needs of patients. In rural areas, TBC can help address challenges arising from limited access to specialized care.

Electronics 130

Electronics Provider Family Physician Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Healthcare providers often struggle to treat patients with chronic pain. One potential solution is to facilitate patient access to programs that develop skills and confidence in managing their own care. Dataset: We used data routinely collected through the CPSMP between December 2017 and May 2023.

Management 130

Management Utilities Referral Individual 130