Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Research from North America shows that a common reason for high emergency department (ED) use is the inaccessibility of primary care. Patient and visit-level data on gender, age, residence location, ambulance arrival, triage category, specialist consultations, ICD-10 discharge diagnosis, and hospital admission were analyzed.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

CFHA represents thousands of professionals across the country who are implementing integrated care —the coordination of medical and behavioral health care in primary care and specialty settings. Also encourage state Medicaid offices to renew efforts to limit regulation related to integrated care practices.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Pre-consultation questionnaires designed to provide rapid assessments of the physical, social, mental and cognitive health of older adults may support effective primary care management and improved patient outcomes for this population. Study Design and Analysis: Multi-center, 1:1 individually randomized trial design.

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Primary Care Consulting Patient-Centered Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

o Context or Objective: The UK is witnessing an increase in emergency department use and hospital admissions for children and young people from underserved populations, exacerbated in the UK by continued issues around access to primary care.

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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. Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Family medicine is uniquely placed to help, but lacks structures, tools and funding to do so.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

One of the most rewarding parts of being a primary care physician is when I am able to work with a patient to help them find answers to unexplained symptoms they have been dealing with, sometimes for years! If you have other questions or comments on these tips, please leave a comment below.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. In some cases, you may be referred to a hospital or specialty service. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated.

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