Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: We conducted focus groups, key informant interviews, and in-depth interviews with leaders from ODM, CBOs, and regional health systems, triangulated with thematic review of community health needs assessments.

Community 130

Community Diabetes Referral Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study population: PLO, healthcare professionals and community workers. This was followed by semi-structured interviews with a citizen partner, a health system manager, and a community worker to document their perspectives and implications and contextualize findings to the study region.

Community 130

Community Healthcare Professional Healthcare Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: All health/community settings. Intervention/Instrument: No intervention; study included if reported any analgesic or non-analgesic medication used to manage pain or treat a painful condition. Narrative synthesis of findings. Study designs: observational, qualitative, mixed methods.

Management 130

Management Medical Healthcare Professional Chronic Condition 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

SETTING: Outpatient and community. Intention-to-treat, linear mixed effects model analysis compared treatment effectiveness of MBT relative to CBT at 6 and 12 months. Qualitative interviews augmented the quantitative data. POPULATION: Adults with CLBP treated with long-term daily opioids.

Management 130

Management Screening Physicals Community 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. Methods We adopted a multi-method study design, where qualitative and quantitative components of this study were conducted.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Diagnose Clinical Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting Multi-site study, with participants recruited from outpatient clinical and community settings. Study Design In-depth interviews, completed at the 12-month follow-up, yielded qualitative data, which were transcribed and analyzed (thematic analysis) through NVivo software.

Management 130

Management Mental Health Physicals Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

County governments are struggling to manage the opioid crisis. Caldwell County is getting $800,000 per year from the Purdue Drug Settlement for the next 15 years but our county manager states it will take ten times that much money to address this crisis appropriately. County budgets are strained as a result. Through a funded grant.

Community 130

Community Mental Health Management Hospital 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Lifestyle medicine programs have demonstrated a positive impact in managing these diseases but are poorly implemented and unavailable in rural communities. Lifestyle medicine involves ongoing engagement with a multidisciplinary team to support health-improving lifestyle changes.

Chronic Disease 130

Chronic Disease Community Hypertension Physicals 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Reducing healthcare costs per capita has focused on reducing Super-utilization using system transformation and care management approaches. Methods: Utilizing primary articles, search terms were refined iteratively for searches on Super-utilization, Super-utilizer, and Care Management themes. Care Management was the second common theme.

Utilities 130

Utilities Management Hospital Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Community-based study using Clalit Health Services (CHS) data. Data for this investigation were sourced from a community-based approach, utilizing information from CHS, which integrates data from community sources and hospitals.

Complication 130

Complication Diabetes Individual Chronic Disease 130

Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

Finding ways to manage pain that are both effective and sustainable is possible. Non-opioid pain relief Analgesics and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ( NSAIDs ) are readily available over the counter and effectively manage mild to moderate pain. Finding relief requires practical, adaptable strategies that can be managed at home.

Management 52

Management Patients Healthcare Patient-Centered 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset PWH were recruited using convenience sampling at the Chronic Viral Illness Service (CVIS), McGill University Health Centre and HIV community centres (REZO, AIDS Community Care Montreal) in Montreal, Canada. Population People with HIV.

Education 130

Education Community Illness Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Lifestyle Medicine (LM) is an evidence-based approach to prevention and treatment of chronic disease by addressing six pillars: physical activity, nutrition, sleep and stress management (recovery), connection, and substance use. There is limited research on implementation of LM in medically underserved communities.

Clinic 130

Clinic Patients Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Together with ten patients who have experience managing chronic illness or life-limiting conditions, PERC encourages and supports the meaningful engagement of patients as partners in PC research. Study Design and Analysis: Process evaluation Setting: Community. Population Studied: PC researchers, PERC patient partners.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Community Illness 130

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.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Northern New England CO-OP Practice and Community-Based Research Network (NNE CO-OP PCBRN) conducted an operational survey to gather insights from primary care (PC) practices across Northern New England (NNE). Intervention/Instrument: N/A. The findings show elements that support and limit research environments.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Telehealth Patient-Centered Community 130

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. Setting: Community-based. Therefore, we have developed Proactive, a self-administered screening questionnaire that enables older people to independently monitor their risk of functional decline.

Screening 130

Screening Primary Care Clinic Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In both cases, TBC can help by providing a collaborative approach to care that can better manage the complex needs of patients. These same access challenges can also impact populations with barriers to care in urban areas, through different mechanisms.

Electronics 130

Electronics Provider Family Physician Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Conclusions Effective prevention and management of CS are hindered by complex psychosocial factors, including structural stigma from healthcare providers, disclosure stigma from the patients’ community, and health literacy issues.

Provider 130

Provider Patients Healthcare Professional Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Case management in primary healthcare has been documented as a promising integrated care approach to overcome fragmented care faced by adults with complex healthcare and social needs (hereafter complex needs). Future research should explore ways to enhance partnerships between healthcare providers and community organizations.

Integrated Care 130

Integrated Care Primary Care Management Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Cultural health brokers are intermediaries between community and formal systems bridging cultural, linguistic, and knowledge gaps. 16, 2021 as they navigated COVID-19 vaccination controversies in their communities. Intervention: Real time outreach, information sharing, resource creation and pop-up clinics.

Community 130

Community Vaccination Relationship Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It includes modifications to the EpicTM electronic medical record (EMR) for guidance on treatment alternatives, support for provider-patient communication and goal setting, billing and coding support, and a new visit type called a Weight Prioritized Visit (WPV). Study Design and Analysis: Qualitative study.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Electronics Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Rural facilities report challenges and solutions to meet community needs for specialty care. Rural health system leaders described 5 methods to provide rural specialty access: community-based, visiting, referrals to larger towns, telehealth, and management by primary care with specialist support.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Community Telehealth Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To describe a decade-long implementation process for genomic and precision medicine embedded in a primary care community hospital network. Setting: Community-based integrated health system in northern Illinois and across metropolitan Chicagoland.

Community 130

Community Patient-Centered Primary Care Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To promote early management of frailty, we developed an electronic Frailty Index based on deficit accumulation in a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (eFI-CGA) from electronic health records. Method : We enrolled community-dwelling older adults with mild/moderate frailty under the care of Fraser Health and Nova Scotia Health (n=100).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Electronics PCP PCP 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Health insurance instability may be particularly challenging for patients with diabetes who need regular chronic care management to reduce the risk of diabetes complications. Study Design: Retrospective observational cohort study. Having a prescription of insulin was not associated with likelihood of churning.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Insurance Diabetes Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Self-management support (SMS) is a complementary intervention to evidence-based treatments that promotes self-efficacy and empowerment. Objective: To examine the effectiveness of a virtual group self-management support intervention as an add-on to treatment as-usual (TAU).

Management 130

Management Illness Clinic Mental Health 130

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.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Primary Care Family Medicine DO 52

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.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Electronics Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Adults with T2D often face unmet social needs, such as food insecurity, compounding the challenges associated with their engagement in disease management interventions. family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) at an urban academic medical center in the Midwest. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Clinic Transportation Internal Medicine 130

BMJ

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

People who are overweight or obese represent a high-risk population in prediabetes management. Did doctors deliver advice on lifestyle change to the overweight and obese population adequately in prediabetes management? People could get knowledge of prediabetes and lifestyle management from various sources to develop self-awareness.

Diabetes 40

Diabetes Management Healthcare Patient-Centered 40

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Setting and dataset: Community-based practice. The recruitment of older adults was diversified according to age, gender, and comorbidity.

Provider 130

Provider Primary Care Patients Consulting 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Though dementia can be managed in primary care, the complexity of the condition and high prevalence of multimorbidity often require advice from a variety of specialists. eConsult is a secure web-based platform that may make communication with specialists more accessible for primary care providers (PCPs).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Consulting Community PCP 130

Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

Check if your local YMCA or community center has affordable access to pools. Exercise offers superb benefits, including weight loss (if necessary), stress management , improved energy levels, and better sleep quality. Committed, consistent exercise can help you successfully manage cholesterol for life.

Screening 52

Screening Family Medicine DO Management 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Leadership identified structural changes needed to ameliorate primary care workforce challenges, including: policy investments in primary care and public health, investments in community, and primary care delivery transformation.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Government Community 130

Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 2, 2025

By regularly incorporating prebiotic foods or supplements into your diet, you effectively help feed and cultivate communities of ideal commensal flora adept at beneficial cholesterol conversions. The post How Gut Health and Digestion Influence Cholesterol Levels appeared first on Imperial Center Family Medicine.

Family Medicine 52

Family Medicine DO Screening Specialization 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: A tracking document used to manage the social needs screening and referral system. Outcome Measures: Program reach, descriptive information on the patient population, and HEC effort spent on cases, community engagement, administrative tasks, and presentations.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Referral Screening Patient-Centered 130