Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

It offers care where people already are: their doctor’s office, their community mental health clinic, their OB/GYN’s exam room. We’re already doing it in places like community health centers in New Mexico, rural clinics in North Carolina, and urban hospital systems in Chicago. You don’t have to build it from scratch.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Three communities in Ontario, including fitness facilities and major junior hockey teams. to 2585), total physical activity (+796 MET minutes/week, 95% CI 521 to 1071), healthful eating score (-1.1, to 2585), total physical activity (+796 MET minutes/week, 95% CI 521 to 1071), healthful eating score (-1.1, kg (SD=20.4)

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context and objectives First defined by a Maori nurse, cultural safety is a concept encompassing environments and therapeutic relationships that are spiritually, socially, emotionally and physically safe for Indigenous peoples; free from aggression and racism or denial of their identities or needs (23).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is associated with improved access and engagement in mental health services and mental and physical health patient outcomes. Intervention The IBH Primary Care (IBH-PC) Toolkit intervention included four components: 1) workbooks; 2) online education; 3) online learning community; and 4) remote coaching.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting Multi-site study, with participants recruited from outpatient clinical and community settings. Outcome Measures Open-ended scripted questions on the interventions’ impact on pain, function, mental and physical health QoL, and opioid use. Results Fifty participants (26 MBT, 24 CBT) were interviewed.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Despite success in some community health centers and Federally Qualified Health Centers, IBH is not widely implemented in other settings. Context: Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is a model in which medical and behavioral health providers work together to provide whole person care, usually in primary care settings.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

SETTING: Outpatient and community. ±14.0), impaired physical (28.5±8.3) 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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Substance use disorders (SUD) significantly impact the physical, social, and mental health of individuals, their families, and the wider community. The existing literature does not adequately address substance use within the context of family and community resilience.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

JUNE 1, 2025

This is a time when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people and allies alike unite to support each other, strengthen the community, and celebrate themselves and others with parades and joyous events. The stigma creates serious problems and the judgment that those in the community experience every day is exhausting.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This can have wide-ranging negative effects on both physical and mental health. There was no difference in the degree of development of the character, their community involvement, and their relationships in films before and after 1990. Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) often experience negative stigma from society.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Midwestern clinicians within the specialties of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics (671 clinicians); and all Midwestern adult patients aged over 18 years (257 000 patients). Physicians were more likely than APPs to ask about well water, with pediatricians were most likely to ask.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 17, 2025

(NEW) TLDR at the bottom* Welcome back to our series on physical well-being investments. Funke Brown, one of our previous guest coaches in the JoyFM Community, is a sleep medicine specialist (with lots of expertise for parents too!) How challenging that can be in this line of work! Have a joy-filled and rested week!

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It gathers contextual information on physical, cognitive, mental, and social health, and generates an automated summary report of potential vulnerabilities. The tool was implemented and tested in four university-affiliated family medicine groups in Quebec, Canada from December 2021 to October 2022.

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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.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

MAY 1, 2025

Therapists and counselors, as well as community support groups, can provide much-needed guidance. Keep in mind that mental and physical health are linked, as anxiety, for example, can show itself through physical attacks. If you have any questions or would like more information, contact the Center for Family Medicine.

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Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

Hands-on healing Physical therapy focuses on improving strength, flexibility, and function to reduce pain. Rural patients can often receive preliminary guidance from a visiting physical therapist and continue exercises at home. Finding relief requires practical, adaptable strategies that can be managed at home.

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BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Some will be at the forefront, others will be doing telehealth, or may find themselves back in a hospital situation rather than in the community. Staying psychologically and physically healthy in this environment will be a challenge. It is imperative that we are intentional in how we look after our psychological and physical health.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

That has placed them in the rare company of becoming one of the Top Fifteen Under 15 businesses in our community. Family Physicians of St. Joseph, the family medicine practice is committed to providing exceptional, affordable, patient-centered primary care in SW Michigan without reliance on insurance companies for payment of services.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: People living in precarious socio-economic conditions are at greater risk of developing mental and physical health disorders, and of having complex healthcare and social needs (hereafter complex needs). Appropriate care for these people calls for integrated care from the healthcare, social services, and community networks.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

Regular physical activity can make your heart healthier and may help bring down levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol. Check if your local YMCA or community center has affordable access to pools. appeared first on Imperial Center Family Medicine. Swim for at least 30 minutes before building up to an hour.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Community-dwelling adults 65 years & older from the selected states that collected all the three optional modules including the ACEs, cognitive decline, and inadequate sleep (N=21,722) in BRFSS data.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While SMS is well established for chronic physical conditions, evidence is lacking to support the implementation of structured SMS programs for common mental disorders, and particularly anxiety. Findings suggest that SMS should be routinely offered in the community in a recovery-oriented approach.

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BMJ

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

NHANES collects data through interviews and physical examination covering two years in the US civilian, non-institutionalized population. NHANES is designed and conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. We talk about diagnosis, et cetera, but it’s almost more of a community conversation. It’s going to be at home what community resources are out there.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

You just got to take a good history and do a physical examination, especially when the symptoms are typical, like regurgitation, heartburn, or epigastric pain in an older child or adolescent. Again, otherwise the diagnosis is based on history and physical examination. You want to take a good history on feeding or dietary habits.

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Edge Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Edge Family Medicine , serving Upland, Montclair, and Rancho Cucamonga , offers both telemedicine and in-person visits , ensuring you get the right care when you need it. When to Visit in Person Annual physical exams & vaccinations. Why Choose Edge Family Medicine? Let’s break it down. What Is Telemedicine?

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Dr. James Martínez, family medicine physician at Community Health Partners, explains: “Preventive care represents one of the most powerful tools we have in medicine. Age-appropriate physical examination that typically covers heart, lung, abdominal, skin, neurological, and musculoskeletal assessments.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Dr. Okah is a family medicine clinician and NRSA research fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and she studies the association between the use of race in medical decision-making and beliefs regarding the etiology of disparities in health outcomes. Essien MD, MPH, Jazzmin Williams, Alec J. JAMA Pediatr.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Minority stress theory posits that individuals belonging to stigmatized minority groups experience increased levels of proximal and distal stressors that can lead to negative physical and behavioral health outcomes, including higher odds of substance abuse. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: People experiencing homelessness (PEH) and type 2 diabetes are hospitalized more often, develop diabetes complications, and die on average 10 years earlier than their housed peers due to poorly controlled chronic physical and behavioral health conditions.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Comprehensive Primary Care for Michigan Communities What sets this clinic apart is its comprehensive approach to primary care. Whether you need a routine physical, vaccination, or management of a chronic illness, this clinic has you covered with a focus on holistic and individualized care.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

We are also joined by LaVera Crawly, a physician turned chaplain, now VP of Spiritual Care at Common Spirit Health (and author of another of my favorite and most cited papers on palliative care in the African American Community ). LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. You started off as a physician, right? LaVera: Yes.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Alex: And Sammy Winemaker, who’s a palliative care physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care. How you actually physically started doing this and built up so many followers over time and why are you doing it? Sammy: Thank you so much.

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Vida Family Medicine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Following the recommended vaccine schedule is a safe and effective way to keep yourself, your children, and your community healthy. Typically they will check your vital signs, perform a physical exam, and order bloodwork depending on your age and health status. At Vida Family Medicine we are currently accepting new patients.

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