Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It evaluated the nature and impact of stigma, health literacy, effective communication with healthcare providers, and the emotional responses associated with a CS diagnosis. Both providers and mothers reported limitations in patient understanding and knowledge.

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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. Objective: To assess the feasibility of implementing a lifestyle medicine program in a rural Ontario community for patients with chronic diseases.

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Chronic Disease Community Hypertension Physicals 130

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. Fund technology that supports behavioral health labs —routine assessments just like bloodwork—to inform care in real time and empower patients.

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Integrated Care Primary Care Mental Health Family Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a health professions education model that uses telehealth technology to bridge specialists to community clinicians to disseminate best practices and foster interprofessional collaboration.

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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.

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Primary Care Management Diagnose Clinical Practice 130

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.) County governments are struggling to manage the opioid crisis.

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Community Management Mental Health Hospital 130

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. Our tele-ICU program , which is part of our critical care specialty, has brought meaningful and much-needed intensive care to remote communities for the past five years.

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Telemedicine Community Hospital Patients 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Caring for patients with multiple chronic conditions requires identifying those at risk, clear communication, and coordinated care to improve outcomes. Many of these patients are clinically complex and receive care from multiple professionals—which creates unique management hurdles.

Chronic Condition 59

Chronic Condition Patients Management Primary Care Physician 59

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Community-based. Proactive identified more people at risk in Mood, Sleep, Communication, and Social Life compared to the clinical examination, suggesting that it can complement the clinical examination. Population studied: Individuals aged 65 years and older recruited in primary care clinics or senior residences.

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Screening Primary Care Clinic Patient-Centered 130

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 24, 2024

This year’s event was a testament to the vibrant community of family physicians, medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing family medicine in Alabama. in Psychology from Duke University, a Master’s in Rural and Community Health from The University of Alabama, and an M.D.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: This presentation looks back on 4 years of working in full partnership with three Atikamekw communities (Manawan, Wemotaci et Opitciwan) in Quebec to better understand, define and co-develop an intervention model to ensure cultural safety in care.

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Community Patient-Centered Relationship Government 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Advancements to evaluating the impact of participatory health research (PHR) have been made through comprehensive models like the community-based participatory research (CBPR) conceptual model, a useful framework for exploring how context and partnership processes can influence health research design and interventions.

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Community Relationship Individual IT 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) patients are disproportionately affected by deleterious health outcomes for many preventable disease when compared to their non-indigenous counterparts. It is paramount to understand the barriers faced by the AI/AN community to better serve their medical needs.

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Primary Care Utilities Community Preventive Care 130

Edge Family Medicine

JANUARY 9, 2025

As a leading family medical practice in Upland, CA, we champion evidence-based approaches that empower patients to take control of their health. Lifestyle medicine is a patient-centered, evidence-based approach that treats the root causes of chronic diseases. What is Lifestyle Medicine?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: In family medicine groups, older adults should be referred in occupational therapy as soon as they report difficulties in carrying out daily activities including mobility at home and in the community, self-care and participation in leisure activities.

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Primary Care Family Medicine DO Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Responsive approaches included starting with a sub-group of patients (vs universal screening), engaging support staff in protocols, an "SBIRT Olympics" competition, and continued conversations about the impact of substance use on health. While screening and brief counseling in PC is considered best practice, it is not standard practice.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Nurse Practitioner Referral 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Patients with hidradenitis suppurative seek advice online, highlighting unmet needs in clinician-patient education regarding daily self-management strategies. For clinicians treating patients with HS, the findings may inform more tailored patient engagement. Patients inquired about general advice for managing HS symptoms.

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Education Patients Management Patient-Centered 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Bold reform is needed centered on the values and priorities of patients and the public. Results OurCare engaged nearly 10,000 people across Canada over 16 months (9279 survey respondents,159 priority panel participants and 192 community roundtable participants). Setting Canada.

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Patient-Centered Primary Care Patients Community 130

Mere Mortal MD

JUNE 15, 2025

Exactly five years ago today I decided to stop drinking alcohol. In part, it was because I was very depressed, burned out from my job, and existentially unhappy. But it was also because I had a drinking problem. I told myself that because it was red wine—which of course is healthy! for you, wink, wink—it was okay.

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Mental Health Relationship IT Community 189

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

For residents of Mesa and the surrounding East Valley communities, staying current with recommended preventive care can lead to better health outcomes and reduced healthcare costs. Our female practitioners understand the unique health needs of women in our community.

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Preventive Care Preventative Care Family Physician Screening 100

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted LVOP, particularly among vulnerable communities. Objective A) Evaluate LVOP in Virginia during 2019-2021, and B) determine variation in LVOP for rural patients and those with low income in Virginia from 2019-2021. Outcome Measures LVOP rates per 1000 patients.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 8, 2025

Availability and Requirements Vaccination programs in communities, including schools, childcare centers, community gathering places, and homes, also successfully improve vaccine uptake, especially for children less likely to access healthcare. Requiring vaccines for school or childcare attendance can also contribute to improving it.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied Providers participating in MaPCReN represented 306,394 patients with ≥1 visit between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2021. A reference set included n=854 randomly selected adults aged ≥60 years, including 148 (17.3%) patients with ≥1 UTI encounter and 703 (82.6%) patients with no UTI encounters.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Clinical Practice Electronics Diagnosis 130

A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 18, 2025

This was in part because we shared patients and patient experiences between our departments and had a bidirectional way of making warm handoffs. If a primary care patient was going through a difficult time with their social life or mental health, we would walk them down the hall to meet a therapist right then and there.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patient-Centered Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Doctor 130

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. Though patients/carers are often copied in, they seldom get a plain English version or space to discuss its contents. A subset of ~24 patients/their carers will be interviewed.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 19, 2025

These measure the basic functions of one’s body, helping clinicians assess the general health and recovery progress of patients. Recently, a new trend has emerged where artificial intelligence (AI)-based apps are detecting vital signs as well as possible illness indicators from patients’ faces alone.

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Individual Clinic Medical Patients 96

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

It was true in both university and community settings, urban- and rural-focused programs, large and small. This benefits not just you but also your family, friends, colleagues, staff, and patients. This is for good reason: investing in your well-being produces significant returns! ” The top answer across the board?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

CONTEXT Primary care (PC) is well-positioned to address rapidly evolving public health priorities and research meaningful to patients and other stakeholders. TL1 or KL2), including in team science, community-engaged research (CER), and implementation science (IS), all well aligned with PC research. Research training is rate-limiting.

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Primary Care Education Mental Health Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Method : We enrolled community-dwelling older adults with mild/moderate frailty under the care of Fraser Health and Nova Scotia Health (n=100). A PCP and a geriatrician assessed each patient independently at baseline and six months. The mean eFI-CGA was 0.28±0.11 and 0.28 ±0.12). at baseline and 0.87

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Primary Care Electronics PCP PCP 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

There is robust data regarding the importance of patient connection and engagement in the hospital and clinic setting. Many of us are taught in medical school and residency the importance of patient communication on improving patient satisfaction scores, quality metrics, and professional fulfillment.

Chronic Disease Management 52

Chronic Disease Management Community Chronic Disease Education 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Electronic health record data from 541 community-based clinics across 17 states in the OCHIN network from 01/01/2019-5/31/2023. Population Studied: 1,792,934 adult patients with at least 1 telehealth (phone, video) or in-person primary care visit. It is unknown if these changes in screening persist.

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Primary Care Screening Telehealth Community 130

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 2, 2025

They hold the promise of improved health outcomes, greater accessibility, and cost-effectiveness in patient care when used based on proper evidence. This graphic visualisation captures how this new approach to treatment could help us achieve the same old goal of helping patients get better. But this isn’t just a novel concept.

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Healthcare Professional Patients Management Medical 69

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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Family Physician Families Family Primary Care 52

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. An excerpt follows: 2024-04.

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Family Physician Community Family Families 52

Sound Physicians

APRIL 28, 2025

Between 15 percent and 20 percent of our clinician compensation is tied to care quality and patient outcome metrics that are designed in partnership with your hospital or health system’s key performance indicators and goals. Not all contracts are created equal As CEO for Hospital Medicine , I’ve heard a version of this story time and again.

IT 52

IT Hospital Telemedicine Clinic 52

Logansport Memorial Hospital

MARCH 7, 2024

It’s important to be able to trust your caregivers, and here at Logansport Memorial, we go above and beyond to develop relationships with our patients and provide personalized, high-quality care for our community. When it comes to wound care, stress can play a major factor in your healing journey. But then I got the flu.

Patients 52

Patients Patient-Centered Diabetes IT 52

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. Setting and dataset: Community-based practice. However, few studies have evaluated preconsultation tools targeting older adults and healthcare professionals.

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