Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Using community-based participatory methods, the I-CREAte (Innovations for Community Resilience, Equity and Advocacy) team conducted a multiple case study exploring the lived experiences of families experiencing adversity. Results were validated with I-CREAte community advisory board.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Canada has a primary care crisis, with fewer family physicians providing care to meet population needs. Identifying communities with greater disparities in primary care access requires integration of data from a range of sources. Objective: To examine primary care access across neighbourhoods in Ottawa, Canada.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 24, 2024

The Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) held its 2024 Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium from June 20 to June 23 at the beautiful Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. She operates Anderson Family Care in Demopolis, Alabama, where she combines her role as a physician with the responsibilities of ownership.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

At the University of California Los Angeles, the PRIME Leadership and Advocacy (PRIME-LA) program prepares medical students to be leaders and advocates in clinical care, research, or policymaking for marginalized communities. Family Medicine was the most common specialty among alumni respondents (29.9%). identified as Black, and 44.2%

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Canadian Family Physician

MARCH 18, 2025

Objective To determine what factors individual physicians in a remote northern Saskatchewan community consider when advising patients on an obstetric delivery location. Setting La Ronge, a remote northern Saskatchewan community. Participants Eleven family physicians providing full-scope care in a remote medical clinic.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Although occupational therapists contribute to the overall improvement of primary care services, their presence in family medicine groups is still limited, mainly due to a lack of knowledge about their role in this practice context. Context: The practice of occupational therapy in primary care is still developing in Quebec and in Canada.

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The Health Policy Exchange

JUNE 24, 2013

Forty years ago, Eric Redman's classic book The Dance of Legislation provided a compelling "insider's account" of how the U.S. Envisioned by Seattle pediatrician Abraham Bergman, MD as a way to recruit idealistic young physicians to "doctor deficient" communities throughout the U.S.,

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants with prior research experience expressed greater trust in their health care providers than their counterparts. Participants with clinical trial experience stated that they would recommend clinical trial participation to their friends and families.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

During the session, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians actively represented the interests of its members on a range of healthcare initiatives. Sponsored by Representative Paul Lee, the legislation removes the burdensome 100-hour annual service requirement, facilitating greater access to care for underserved communities.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Data analysis revealed five themes for positive experiences: regular treatment seeking, strong family and community support, positive family attitudes, trust in healthcare providers, and a positive outlook. Results: Among the 11 respondents, 54.6% were males and 45.4% were females.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it. As your trusted healthcare providers in Mesa, Arizona, we’re committed to helping you understand and access the preventive services that can keep you and your family healthy for years to come.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

There is a gap in the literature on understanding experiences of food insecurity in rural dwelling older adults and the role primary care providers can play in systematically screening older adults for age related food issues. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.

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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

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. In addition, 56 respondents provided short-answer responses to an open-ended question about improvements to the map.

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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

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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Sound Physicians

MARCH 12, 2025

With the absence of intensivists on the ground in these community hospitals, the question becomes how to treat these patients where and when they need care. Increasingly a valuable option for rural hospitals, tele-ICU provides access to higher acuity care and support to emergency and hospital medicine clinicians who are called to the ICU.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 20, 2025

AAFP Denounces Changes to ACIP and Vaccine Recommendations The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) stands with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) in denouncing the recent decisions made by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Call to Action The MAFP urges members to speak out.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) maintains that clinical privileges should be based on documented training and experience rather than the physician’s specialty.

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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). It can provide insights into the nature, causes and consequences of change as well as identifying continuity, stability and lack of change.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. Engaging researchers and leveraging evidence are essential for addressing the challenges faced by FM and family physicians.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To this end, The Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors (AFMRD) Diversity and Health Equity (DHE) Committee developed and piloted a framework to measure DEI initiatives across 5 domains: Curriculum, Evaluation, Institution, Resident Pathway, and Faculty Pathway. Analysis of variance was used for subgroup comparisons.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Conclusions: Socioeconomic aspects of the communities and a practice-level capacity to address SDOH were the biggest predictors of documenting SDOH.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A recent review of national diabetes treatment guidelines recommended adjustments to DM to reduce financial strain (eg, selecting lower cost medications), as well as directly intervening in response to an identified social need (eg, referral to a community-based service). Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Successful implementation required the development of a scalable family history collection tool, the Genetic and Wellness Assessment (GWA) and Breast Health Assessment (BHA) tools; integrated pharmacogenomics programming; educational programming; electronic medical record integration; and robust clinical decision support tools.

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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. M Health Fairview’s Fair Table program ensures convenient access to food during medical appointments.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Pre-consultation tools are considered a promising way to support health providers and older adults in identifying multiple and often complex needs. Objective: This study compared the perspectives of patients and providers using ESOGER, a novel multidimensional assessment tool for older adults.

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Barton Associates

JUNE 5, 2025

Firsthand Impact On Underserved Communities Locum tenens provided Laurence with exposure to communities that were significantly different from the patient population he served at his private practice. “My first experience was great,” he said. When it was over, I called Jordan Kelly and said, ‘Okay, find me another assignment.’”

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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. 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. Family Physicians of St.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Burnout among family medicine residents is widespread, impacting the workforce. As part of the BRIDGE program, the AAFP hosted Project ECHO® (ECHO: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) sessions, focusing on resident wellbeing and burnout prevention.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

An innovative and brief intervention, Baby & Me, was developed to provide critical parenting information timed to align with parents’ visits to Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) offices. Assessments were developed based on existing research tools including Family Map Inventories.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

Doc4aDay is a community outreach program provided through the Maine Medical Center Department of Medical Education. For the past few years, MAFP has provided financial support for this opportunity hoping to encourage young adults in communities under-represented in medicine to become physicians (and hopefully family physicians!).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Family medicine is uniquely placed to help, but lacks structures, tools and funding to do so. Objective The GP-MATE study has built a new intervention for family medicine and patients/carers through co-design.

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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 emphasized that well-being is a shared responsibility—systems must provide adequate resources and a healthy environment to prevent burnout, which is an occupational issue.

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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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