Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Patient advocacy groups engage patients, families, and caregivers in navigating the cancer landscape, focusing on early detection/screening, as well as psychosocial and financial support during treatment. As these groups have grown, they have major influences over their communities, funding, and policy.

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BMJ

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Value, challenges and practical considerations when designing, conducting and analysing a longitudinal qualitative study in family medicine | Family Medicine and Community Health (bmj.com). While it is being increasingly used in applied health research, it is relatively underutilised in family medicine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Currently, primary care data, community data, and hospital data are not linked in Ontario, resulting in a disconnect in continuity of care. Datasets: Primary care EMR data from the Eastern Ontario Network and acute care, post-acute, and community mental health and addictions data from the Shared Health Integrated Information Portal.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

At the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA), we see your agenda aligning with ours in powerful ways. It offers care where people already are: their doctor’s office, their community mental health clinic, their OB/GYN’s exam room. You don’t have to build it from scratch.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: New ACGME guidelines in Family Medicine Residency training newly encourage training in point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS). Prior studies focus on the perceived needs of learners rather than needs of the patients or communities in which these residents practice.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In the post-discharge period from hospital acute inpatient care, the older patient is at risk from a lack of joined-up care. Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Though patients/carers are often copied in, they seldom get a plain English version or space to discuss its contents.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

3 Tufts University School of Medicine Maine Track students and 5 University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine students participated as teachers during the event. Doc4aDay is a community outreach program provided through the Maine Medical Center Department of Medical Education.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, poor treatment compliance among thalassemia patients remains a challenge, leading to less successful outcomes and negative perceptions of the disease. The study aimed to explore the lived experiences of thalassemia patients in Eastern India and examined how social relationships impacted treatment adherence.

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Canadian Family Physician

MARCH 18, 2025

Objective To explore how early-career family physicians integrated social accountability into their practices, how it shaped their practice choices, and the challenges they encountered. Participants Early-career family physicians. Design A secondary analysis of qualitative interview data.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants with clinical trial experience stated that they would recommend clinical trial participation to their friends and families. Participants emphasized the role of family support and their reliance on adult children for decision-making and assistance with transportation and interpretation.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A couple of years ago, I partnered with six family medicine residency programs for my CHARM Well-Being Leaders Longitudinal Certificate Course project. It was true in both university and community settings, urban- and rural-focused programs, large and small. Leading by example for patients and peers. You lead by example.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Community-based service learning is a proposed way to develop resident proficiency in core competencies and addressing and exploring social determinants of health. Setting: The Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota was chosen as there was an existing partnership with Mayo Clinic for community education by healthcare providers.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

We’ve been hearing from family physicians across Minnesota about the rapid pace of recent federal policy changes and concerns about their impact on patient care and the communities we serve. To help you navigate these changes, we’ve compiled a list of timely resources for family physicians. We’d love to hear from you.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We invited all of the people who are touched by the opioid crisis (addicts, family members of addicts, the faith based community, law enforcement, public health officials, county commissioners, EMS personnel, physicians, hospital representatives, the legal community, etc.) Through a funded grant.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To explore the views of family physician educators about the implementation of SDM in clinical practice, with a focus on the delivery of preventive health care. Population: We interviewed family physician educators based at three teaching units in Montreal. 2c) Resources and strategies are needed to put SDM into action.

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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 both cases, TBC can help by providing a collaborative approach to care that can better manage the complex needs of patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To help address this discrepancy, we developed a web-based mapping tool intended to help patients find language-concordant primary care from community-based family physicians in Ottawa, Ontario. Outcomes Measured: Patient/User experience.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding SDOH documentation in electronic health records (EHRs) is crucial for care management to improve patient outcomes and mitigate health inequities. Objective: To explore how family physicians document SDOH in EHRs and identify factors influencing this practice Study Design and Analysis: A cross-sectional observational analysis.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: After a Samoan patient from New Zealand (NZ) attended a PACE workshop at NAPCRG in 2016 with her general practitioner, she was inspired to set up a Pacific community group to work towards better health outcomes for Pacific people living in South Auckland, NZ.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. They have remained independent and committed to caring for patients as a small practice, all the while introducing new ideas and setting new standards in Michigan’s Great Southwest.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

JUNE 28, 2024

He is a primary care physician with a passion for providing full-spectrum primary care for his patients. Beginning in August, Dr. Anderson-Been will see patients in LMPN Family Medicine, located on the second floor of Medical Office Building West.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Study Design: A cross-sectional analysis of patients and FPs in Ontario from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 24, 2025

Minnesota’s Health Care Homes (HCH) certification program is transforming primary care by recognizing clinics that prioritize patient-centered, team-based care. This free and voluntary program offers significant benefits to clinics, health care professionals and patients across the state. What is a Health Care Home?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In 2014, Endeavor Health (formerly NorthShore University HealthSystem) launched the Center for Personalized Medicine to catalyze the delivery of personalized medicine. Objective: To describe a decade-long implementation process for genomic and precision medicine embedded in a primary care community hospital network.

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Plum Health

JUNE 9, 2025

Donovan Ogboh is a Family Medicine Doctor in Detroit Michigan Dr. Donovan Ogboh is a board-certified family medicine physician with a dedicated interest in preventive care, sports medicine, pediatric care, women’s health, and the ongoing management of chronic conditions.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: This study compared the perspectives of patients and providers using ESOGER, a novel multidimensional assessment tool for older adults. Study design: Qualitative interviews were conducted with older adults (n=19) and health providers (n=17) in 4 family medicine clinics (2 rural and 2 urban) in Quebec, Canada.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting & Population: All clinicians in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine caring for individuals aged 22 years and younger in the Virginia All Payers Claims Database (APCD). Clinicians receiving any support from VMAP tended to be female, <40 years old, and practiced in rural communities.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 10, 2025

Modern Healthcare honors physicians and clinicians in executive roles for their exceptional achievements in driving innovation, improving outcomes, serving their communities, and demonstrating exemplary leadership both within and beyond their organizations. Improving physician wellness. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

Rural patients can often receive preliminary guidance from a visiting physical therapist and continue exercises at home. Focusing on accessible, sustainable methods allows individuals in rural communities to better manage pain and improve quality of life despite these obstacles.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In this interdisciplinary collaboration, primary care and critical care clinician researchers came together with informatics and implementation experts to design this community-based pilot project. The adoption rate was 50% (19/38) among clinicians, but the reach was low at 17% (49/289) of eligible patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To evaluate the real-life experiences and impacts of primary care functional features under Shanghai’s family doctor contract service program, analyzing their effects and mechanisms on health outcomes. Population Studied: Shanghai patients enrolled in the family doctor contract service over the past twelve months.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Diabetes management (DM) for patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) can be hindered by non-medical, health-related social needs. family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) affiliated with an academic medical center serving a diverse population in a mid-western metropolitan area.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family Medicine (FM) and NAPCRG champion involving patients and communities in research. Clinical practitioners, patients, and community representatives increasingly make major contributions to primary care (PC) research.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 23, 2021

Take our episode quiz here Dr. Kristen Austad Kirsten Austad MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and a hospitalist at Boston Medical Center. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England.

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