article thumbnail

Behavioral Health Provider Perspectives on the Integration of Behavioral Health into Primary Care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

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. Training should also be offered as continuing education for practicing physicians and part of on-boarding. Setting: Virtual interviews.

article thumbnail

Influence of social determinants of health and emotional health factors on female sexual health [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Social determinants of health (SDOH) are non -medical factors such as housing, poverty and literacy which can influence a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes. Population studied: All adult female patients referred to WH for sexual health or menopause consultations over the specified one-year study period.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Forecasting and adapting to the family medicine workforce shortage

The Health Policy Exchange

In the mid-1990s, the American Medical Association confidently predicted that the penetration of managed care would lead to a large "physician surplus" and convinced Congress to cap the number of graduate medical education (GME) positions subsidized by the Medicare program.

DO 130
article thumbnail

Co-development of a public primary care occupational therapy and physical therapy telephone consultation service [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

For instance, persons with symptoms related to musculoskeletal disorders, chronic pain, mobility limitations, or long COVID, for instance, could benefit from rapid access to advice and education by rehabilitation professionals, but access to public rehabilitation services is currently limited in the Canadian health care system.

article thumbnail

Episode 245: The Consult Question #7 – Brain Abscesses

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Dr. Jenn Davis presents a consult question to Dan, Doug, Emma, Sukriti, and Dr. Laila Woc-Colburn. She is a renowned medical educator and has a wide range of clinical interests including tropical medicine, HIV, and fungal diseases. She’s interested in HIV and medical education.

article thumbnail

9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

Just like in the case of other medical specialties , disruptive innovations will have a huge impact on how dentistry will be practiced and how patients will take care of themselves in the future. How about having a teledentist consultation? But AR also found a home in dentistry for both educational and clinical purposes.

Patients 126
article thumbnail

Evaluation of a Program Designed to Support Implementation of Prescribing Medication for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Practices [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

PURPOSE Offering medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in primary care can increase access to effective opioid use disorder treatment and help address the US opioid crisis. The intervention consists of a standardized curriculum, addiction medicine consultants, practice facilitation, and financial incentives.