Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Community health worker (CHW) interventions show promising outcomes for T2D and HTN control particularly among low income and historically marginalized patients. However, studies on the generalizability and implementation of CHW interventions in clinical and community settings are limited. I) There was a mean of 2.8

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To evaluate the effect of brief dermoscopy training on primary care providers' diagnostic accuracy on a test and in clinical practice. Setting: Divisions of Family Medicine and Community Internal Medicine at a large academic medical center in Southeast Minnesota.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The research team comprised experienced (2), midcareer (2) and junior researchers (2) working with structurally vulnerable populations across a range of communities. Setting: Community based researchers from a Canadian academic setting. Reflexive thematic analysis.

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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. It offers care where people already are: their doctor’s office, their community mental health clinic, their OB/GYN’s exam room.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Science and health literacy is limited particularly in under-represented communities. Plain language, communication at the 5th grade reading level, is an important tool to improve scientific literacy, build mutual trust and respect, and ensure the success of our studies.

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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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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

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. reported providing clinical care for underserved populations. Of all respondents, 50.6%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context 2-1-1 is a designated phone help line in Canada and the US that provides referrals for individuals to local government and community-based services for a wide variety of needs, including social, health care, and mental health services. 2-1-1 Nova Scotia has operated since 2013 as a nonprofit that offers 24/7 assistance.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants' comments while completing Proactive provided a qualitative assessment of the validity of the response process, and interviews assessed social validity. Setting: Community-based. A single participant with severe loss of autonomy found Proactive less useful as it did not provide him with any new information.

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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.,

Primary Care 130

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

By engaging with lawmakers and key stakeholders, the Academy worked to ensure that the voices of family physicians were heard in discussions that have the potential to impact healthcare delivery and access for communities across the state. What Happened: This legislation has been enacted into law.

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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.

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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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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

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 8, 2025

Evidence-based strategies for increasing vaccine uptake A recent systematic review provides an overview of evidence-based strategies for increasing vaccine uptake and indicates that multi-component interventions are more effective than single-component interventions.

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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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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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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.

Primary Care 130

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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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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

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. Our female practitioners understand the unique health needs of women in our community.

Preventive Care 100

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To synthesize literature on pain-related medication in adults with ID and examine how it relates to MLTCs and polypharmacy and explore the views of adults with ID, caregivers and healthcare providers on pain medication use. Setting or Dataset: All health/community settings. Narrative synthesis of findings.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset De-identified data from 268 primary care providers participating in the Manitoba Primary Care Research Network (MaPCReN), the Manitoba network within CPCSSN. Population Studied Providers participating in MaPCReN represented 306,394 patients with ≥1 visit between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2021.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The review included the most recent and relevant articles to provide a narrative of the diverse set of taxonomies related to Super-utilization. Health services must contain costs and meet the felt needs of under-resourced personal journeys and underserved communities. Articles were intentionally chosen to illustrate primary themes.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

One practice developed materials with examples of alcohol-related myths frequently heard from their patients and community and used science-based responses to address stigma and foster conversation around alcohol use. While screening and brief counseling in PC is considered best practice, it is not standard practice.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Lehigh Valley Practice and Community Based Research Network(LV-PCBRN) conducts weekly meetings to engage members in discussion about active and future research, and quality improvement projects conducted by colleagues, residents, and medical students.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It is paramount to understand the barriers faced by the AI/AN community to better serve their medical needs. The impact of long-standing inadequate access to basic healthcare coupled with generational trauma has contributed to community distrust of western medicine.

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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. “The After operating his private dental practice for over four decades, Laurence M. I just wanted to be a dentist.”

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

TL1 or KL2), including in team science, community-engaged research (CER), and implementation science (IS), all well aligned with PC research. Culturally-competent, high-quality training is provided via coursework, seminars/workshops, and mentored, hands-on research. However, most PC departments are not leveraging such programs.

Primary Care 130

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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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Intuitive Intelligence

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Napping can provide temporary relief by allowing emotional processing and physical recuperation. Are you part of a disconnected community? Sleep is a fascinating journey into the subconscious and unconscious world. Have you ever wondered why we spend roughly one-third of our lives sleeping? Sleep: A Waste of Time or a Vital Necessity?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Caregivers of People Living with Dementia (PLWD) face multiple challenges in their caregiving role where the informal care provided by the caregivers of PLWD in Canada has a financial burden on the total out-of-pocket costs of $1.4 In addition, it takes 1.5

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 10, 2025

He provides Kate with a free, evidence-based app called MealMate, designed to assist in maintaining a healthy diet. The app also offers a community feature, where Kate can join groups with similar goals. When we discuss digital health, it’s easy to lose sight of the big picture. In 2022, 2.5 billion adults were overweight.

General Practitioner 72

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Here, we examined the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the eFI-CGA by primary care providers (PCP). Method : We enrolled community-dwelling older adults with mild/moderate frailty under the care of Fraser Health and Nova Scotia Health (n=100). The ICC value for the eFI-CGA by PCP and geriatrician was 0.91 at baseline and 0.87

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Sound Physicians

APRIL 28, 2025

The challenge with this approach is that comparing total cost doesn’t always provide the complete picture. What I hear on the other side of their decision is that hospital executives wish they’d known what to look for — how to really compare apples to apples — before moving forward with what seemed like the obvious choice. Why the gap?

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

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. It was true in both university and community settings, urban- and rural-focused programs, large and small. ” The top answer across the board?

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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. An excerpt follows: 2024-04.

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