Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, the factors influencing the dynamics of adherence among young Chinese patients with hypertension remain unclear. Objective The present study investigates the factors influencing the dynamics of medication and non-medication adherence in young Chinese adults with hypertension. Population Studied A single-center cohort study.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

That small win reminded me that artificial intelligence is already shaping the way our patients (and our families) search for health advice. Our Patients Are Already Using AI Many people now ask their first health question to a chatbot rather than to a clinician. Below, I share three reasons why. References Menchaca, J.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention ECHO Pain started in June 2014 and offered weekly 90-minute sessions that include a didactic lecture followed by a de-identified patient case presentation. In this study, we present a narrative summary of our program achievements and research in the past ten years.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Western values of heroism and individualistic empowerment exert significant influence over how we make meaning out of patient stories. Currently, the field of narrative-based medicine (NBM) lacks research that examines the potential harms of using dominant Western narrative forms to represent patients’ lived experiences.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context When it comes to advanced directives, research has shown that providers should initiate the conversation for their patients, however completion rates for these conversations are very low. It is important to decrease these barriers for providers, so that patients are able to benefit from these conversations.

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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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The collective experience of exemplary, compassionate physicians, the narrative experiences of patients, as well as the documented science of healing clearly verifies the reality that much of healing occurs through the listening, trust, optimism and communication of compassion that comes through relationships.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Respiratory infections are a prevalent health issue that concerns patients and stresses healthcare resources. To improve preventive first line healthcare, we need to understand the uptake and perspective of patients on vaccines. Recruitment continues but will close before NAPCRG, final results will be presented.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Center presented preliminary results of an ongoing Phase I clinical trial demonstrating successful re-treatment with CAR T cell therapy for patients whose cancers relapsed after previous CAR T therapy at the 2022 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Their recent study, which was presented online in Gynecological Cancer, assessed the readability of gynecologic cancer clinical trial descriptions on National Cancer Institute Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center (NCI-CCC) websites.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context The introduction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test and the 2012 Cervical Cancer Screening (CCS) guidelines expanded the way providers offer and interpret screening for their patients. These factors will be discussed in the presentation. Results The rate of Pap tests between Black and White women was 95.2%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Existing therapies are suboptimal and many patients resort to opioid therapy. The present study reports on the findings from one-year follow-up qualitative data collected to better understand the interventions’ effects. Setting Multi-site study, with participants recruited from outpatient clinical and community settings.

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A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 31, 2025

However, as Pirsig argues in his book, focusing solely on the mechanical aspects of any practice—be it fixing a motorcycle or treating a patient—risks losing sight of the human element that gives the work its meaning. This presence transforms routine care into something meaningful for both patient and practitioner.

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A Country Doctor Writes

APRIL 3, 2025

Patients have been seen on time, my office notes have been completed in real time and my superbills have been submitted before each patient reached the check-out station. Every day I walk the fine line between well oiled efficiency and letting patients take the time they need to tell their stories. Things were really humming.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Welcome, Clinical Problem Solvers, to our first post in the “Clinical Reasoning Corner,” where we will take a deeper dive into key concepts that shape how we think through cases. The “Clinical Reasoning Corner” will provide an introduction to the topics that keep our reasoning rooted in the core principles of clinical problem solving.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Clinical Reasoning Corner: Likelihood Ratios By Jack Penner Welcome back, Clinical Problem Solvers! Thank you for reading the latest post in our “Clinical Reasoning Corner”, where we discuss key clinical reasoning principles that shape how we think through cases. The inverse also holds true An LR of 0.5

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

CONTEXT Primary care (PC) is well-positioned to address rapidly evolving public health priorities and research meaningful to patients and other stakeholders. The 60+ Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSAs)-supported institutional programs also offer robust training (e.g., Research training is rate-limiting.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

[link] Dr. Steph Sherman, Lindsey , Emma , and Sharmin tackle a case presented by Anna Want to learn more about Women in Diagnosis (WDx) series? She spends her free time with her husband, fellow clinical problem solver Zaven Sargsyan, and their ever-more-mobile 8-month-old son. Blog post – by Smitha Want to test your learning?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 24, 2023

[link] In this episode of WDx, Dr Rebecca Berger joins Kara, Jane, & Sharmin to discuss a clinical unknown. Presented by Kara, the case starts with a young woman presenting with chronic isolated thrombocytopenia.

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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?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 20, 2020

[link] Rabih and Reza tackle a clinical unknown at MUSC with host, Dr. Marc Heincelman. His passion for medical education stems from his mission to motivate and inspire learners to become the best physicians possible for their future patients. Roughly 10-12% of cases may present without rash (i.e.,

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

[link] Dr. Rezigh presents a case of fever in a patient newly diagnosed with HIV to Dr. Woc-Colburn. His clinical interests include medical education and clinical reasoning. His clinical interests include medical education and clinical reasoning.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

[link] CPS team Stephenie Le, Dan Minter, and Rabih Geha present a clinical unknown case to Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh. She cares for patients at UCSF in the medical and neurological ICUs, the general pulmonary outpatient clinic, and on the general medicine teaching service.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

My longitudinal project addressed both the 80% of occupational drivers of engagement or burnout (per research in Mayo Clinic Proceedings ) and the 20% within an individual’s control. Prioritizing your well-being makes you more efficient, effective, and present. Leading by example for patients and peers.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In our institution, screenings are completed for patients ≥15 years during well visits; those not presenting for well visits and under 15 may represent missed opportunities. Objectives: To implement SUD screening in patients aged 12-17 seen for all visit types (well and sick visits) and to quantify the rate of substance misuse.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Reza pursued additional scholarship in genomic medicine as an NIH T32-funded postdoctoral fellow and in healthcare quality as a Penn Benjamin & Mary Siddons Measey Fellow in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JULY 12, 2023

[link] In this Infectious Disease Rafael Medina Subspecialty episode, Dr. Jorge Salazar presents a case to Dr. Monica Gandhi of a transgender woman with a recent diagnosis of HIV presenting with fatigue and weight loss. She also serves as the medical director of the HIV Clinic at SFGH (“Ward 86”).

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 20, 2025

The findings were presented in an abstract at the American Diabetes Association 85th Scientific Sessions. Liver cT1, a biomarker of liver inflammation and fibrosis, decreased slightly (by 1%, or 10 ms), but this change was not clinically significant. These changes were accompanied by more modest declines in muscle mass, including a 3.8%

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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.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 1, 2025

In patients with an advanced type of skin cancer called cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), those who received the combination of the immunotherapy drug avelumab and targeted agent cetuximab had almost four times longer median progression-free survival compared to patients who received avelumab alone, according to the results of a phase 2 trial (..)

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 12, 2025

The FamilyPso questionnaire revealed caregiver burden among partners and family members of patients with psoriasis, which could bolster shared decision making. The burden of psoriasis extends beyond the patient to the caregivers who help to manage day-to-day symptoms. Disease Severity Of the 559 caregiver participants, 59.4%

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 29, 2019

[link] Episode description Dr. Janice Kwan presents a clinical unknown to Dan and Rabih Download CPSolvers App here Schema #1 Schema #2 Show Notes Dr. Janice Kwan Janice Kwan is a general internist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 19, 2022

[link] In this episode, Dr. Elliot Tapper discusses a clinical unknown case presented by Dr. Jennifer Mundell Jennifer Mundell Jennifer Mundell, MD FACP is the associate program director for Ascension St Vincent Internal Medicine Residency Program.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 23, 2021

[link] Simone and Lindsey present a case to Dr. Kirsten Austad, followed by a discussion about women in leadership and “the double bind” Want to test your learning? During this time she worked clinically as a nocturnist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Chan School of Public Health.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2019

[link] Episode description Dr. Katie Sullivan presents a clinical unknown to Dr. Sarah Goglin Download CPSolvers App here Dr. Katie Sullivan Dr. Sullivan graduated from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. She is a 3rd year resident of the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Program in San Francisco.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Data from patients and clinicians on the self-reported prevalence of well water use in the American Midwest and their knowledge regarding testing for arsenic and the risks of long-term exposure. Dataset: Questionnaires for clinicians and patients via emailed surveys.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 21, 2019

[link] Episode description Dr. Chris Jackson presents a clinical unknown to Rabih Download CPSolvers App here Schema Show notes Dr. Chris Jackson Dr. Chris Jackson serves as Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Program Director for Ambulatory Education at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).

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