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Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

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.

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Transitional Care Management care team impact on no-show rates to hospital discharge appointments [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The Transitional Care Management (TCM) clinic visit is a uniquely billed visit type to review a recently discharged patient’s hospital course, reconcile medications, and continue ongoing workup. Objective: Our objective was to improve the TCM clinic no-show rate and thereby improve patient outcomes.

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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

Setting: Primary care clinics across Saskatchewan. Descriptive and inferential statistics were undertaken.

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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

Doctor appointment length PCP appointment duration If you have multiple issues to discuss, be sure to mention that when scheduling so the clinic can allot enough time. Some clinics may offer a choice between an establish care visit vs physical. Common searches include: How long does a primary care visit last?

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I survived hospice: Live discharges from a Medicare-certified home hospice program [Palliative and end-of-life care]

Annals of Family Medicine

Outcome measures: Reason for live discharge, length of hospice stay, discharge planning steps documented, clinical course for 6 months post-discharge. Coordination of PCP follow-up was done for 13% of discharged patients and 22% had documentation of at least one step of the discharge planning process (e.g. Intervention/Instrument: N/A.

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Feasibility,reliability,validity of an electronic Frailty Index based on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Here, we examined the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the eFI-CGA by primary care providers (PCP). A PCP and a geriatrician assessed each patient independently at baseline and six months. PCP and geriatrician inter-rater agreements were tested using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). by PCP, r≥0.45

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Convenience or Continuity: When Are Patients Willing to Wait to See Their Own Doctor? [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

This study assessed the preferences of family medicine patients for seeing their primary care physician (PCP) vs other team clinicians based on visit type and wait time. METHODS Our cross-sectional online survey asked patients about their primary care clinics, PCP, portal use, self-reported health, and demographics.

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