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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In recent years, given significant challenges with accessing primary care physicians in Canada, there has been increased attention towards involving other health care providers, such as rehabilitation professionals, for managing different conditions.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Analyses were stratified by the number of consultations in the last 12 months: between 1 and 5 or over 5 consultations. A patient-reported experience survey on primary care. Patients from medium size clinics compared to small clinics had better experience of care for both outcomes. Population studied. Instrument.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Pre-consultation telemedicine tools have been proposed as an effective solution to optimize the care of the growing number of older patients with chronic conditions. However, little information exists on how to successfully implement these tools in the primary care setting.

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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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The Health Policy Exchange

MARCH 26, 2014

But how has the specialty of family medicine fared, and what else can be done to extend capacity of the existing primary care workforce? A recent issue of Health Affairs examined potential strategies to extend primary care capacity in the absence of an (increasingly unlikely) surge in generalist trainees. Phillips, Jr.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This study aimed to explore discussion strategies used in real-world GP-patient consultations when discussing obesity. Method: Secondary data analysis of Australia’s first, and only, Digital Library of real-world video recorded consultations was used.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A consultation was conducted with eight members of the Deaf community to complete the results. Setting: Any context of health care or services. Intervention/Instrument: Access to health care and services as conceptualized by Levesque et al. Popay et al.’s Population Studied: Deaf adults.

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A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 18, 2025

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. My theory is that the behavioral health staff members felt isolated and not integrated with the primary care providers.

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Integrated behavioral health (IBH) within primary care can help patients receive quality whole person care, however little is documented about the distribution and nature of time spent in key activities by integrated psychologists (i.e., Behavioral Health Providers, BHPs).

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Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

PURPOSE Although studies have shown that more temporally regular (TR) primary care visits are associated with improved patient outcomes, none have examined what clinic staff can do to encourage greater TR visits. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and coded using Atlas qualitative data analysis software (Lumivero, LLC).

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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

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of 2-step active opportunistic screening using POC-cHbA1c versus venous HbA1c (vHbA1c) in improving T2DM detection among at-risk primary care patients. They were identified during primary care consultations using consecutive sampling and eligibility screening.

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

That's why I'm here to introduce you to the world of direct primary care (DPC) in Michigan. What is Direct Primary Care? Direct primary care (DPC) is a membership-based healthcare model that offers patients unlimited access to a primary care physician for a fixed monthly fee.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting/Population studied/Intervention: A case management program (CMP) for people with complex needs was implemented in four primary care clinics of an urban area. Having more consultation time and establishing a relationship of trust with people helped to address their unmet social needs.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Réseau de recherche en soins primaires de l’ Université de Montréal (RRSPUM) is the Primary Care (PC) Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine (DFMEM) of our University (Quebec, Canada).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Integrated Primary Care (IPC) has increased due to increased demand for behavioral health services. However, which approaches are optimal remains unknown. Further, culture in the context of IPC and how cultural context shapes behavioral health processes is understudied.

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Primary Care Behavioral Health Services Patient-Centered Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context The primary care practitioners’ (PCP) perceptions of disease given patients’ conditions are reflected in their narrated questions to specialists while using eConsult, an online primary care service.

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Plum Health

MAY 19, 2023

Plum Health DPC has a primary care solution designed just for you: Embrace the Benefits of Direct Primary Care Direct Primary Care is a membership-based healthcare model that emphasizes a direct relationship between patient and doctor. Perhaps a plan from the Healthcare.gov marketplace?

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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. However, few studies have evaluated preconsultation tools targeting older adults and healthcare professionals.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Tonsillitis is a common reason for visits to the doctor and prescriptions of antibiotics in primary care. To determine whether a patient needs antibiotics, doctors use the so-called Centor Criteria for tonsillitis. The criteria include fever, tender and swollen lymph nodes in the angles of the jaw and inspection of the tonsils.

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 29 videos of GP-patient consultations in an academic general practice clinic in China. RESULTS The median length of the 29 video-recorded consultations was 23 minutes 54 seconds. We identified 77 segments focusing on discussions about treatment burden.

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Plum Health

AUGUST 30, 2024

Update: Click here to book a free 30 minute in-person consultation with Dr. Sharon or Dr. Mike to discuss affordable GLP-1 medication! But here’s the good news: at Plum Health Direct Primary Care in Michigan , we make Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound more affordable than ever, starting as low as $390 at the time of writing.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

A registered dietitian could be consulted to help develop a comprehensive, personalized plan that aligns with these nutritional targets. How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Implementing shared decision-making is an international priority in chronic pain care, especially for primary care clinicians. We identified difficult decisions in terms of diagnosis, treatment, daily living, and consultation and stratified results using respondents’ most difficult decision.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Though dementia can be managed in primary care, the complexity of the condition and high prevalence of multimorbidity often require advice from a variety of specialists. Travel to see consultants can be disorienting and difficult for persons living with dementia (PLWD). Context: Dementia affects nearly half a million Canadians.

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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. The process involved a variety of information-gathering and consultative steps. An environmental scan clarified the current research environment in Canada and internationally.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 6, 2025

But now, in a study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, researchers at UC Davis Health show that e-consults—in which primary care pediatricians have direct access to specialists—improve care for young patients. In some cases, children wait weeks or even months for appointments.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We weren’t consultants that swooped in, upended everything, and left. When we launched, it was mostly private primary care physicians who contracted with us. Our relationship was always built on ongoing service and support.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Increasing access to primary care clinicians who are better able to screen and treat pediatric mental health conditions can improve mental health and reduce unnecessary ED visits. Context: There has been a steady increase in pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for mental health. Results: 20.2%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A 2021 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation Vaccine Monitor revealed that 77-84% of patients surveyed would consult a health care provider when deciding whether to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Interviews with ~24 staff in family medicine who offered the GP-MATE consultations. For further information see GP-MATE ( warwick.ac.uk ) Outcome Measures Our feasibility study explores suitable outcome measures for a potential trial including hospital readmission, patient experience, primary care utilization and harm/error.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2025

Your Connecticut-based primary care doctor is a good place to start, as they understand your health history and can refer you to a trusted hormone doctor that specializes in your condition. When choosing a hormone doctor, ask if the doctor is accepting new patients, and how long the wait time is for a consultation.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Themes arising from the workshops were the need to improve access to primary care and increase community awareness. A panel of Pacific, Maori and clinical advisors were consulted to finalise one intervention for each health issue.

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Doctor On Demand

JUNE 2, 2025

Psychiatrist Yes Sometimes Psychologist No Yes Therapist (LCSW, LMFT, LPC) No Yes Primary Care Doctor Yes (limited) No When Should You See a Psychiatrist? Yes, licensed psychiatrists at Doctor On Demand can prescribe medication online after a virtual consultation. Offers Therapy?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

It takes more than just a physician’s clinical expertise to achieve optimal outcomes for these patients; it also requires effective communication and care coordination to ensure that physicians receive all the information necessary to care for their patients. Ask staff to pull reports each afternoon for the next day’s patients.

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