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Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

To prepare family medicine (FM) residents for OUD care post graduation, it is critical they receive robust residency training in OUD diagnosis and management. Objective This study aimed to increase educational experiences for residents to increase comfort with diagnosing OUD and prescribing buprenorphine. Notable, 92.9%

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The Impact of a Health Professions Education Program on Concussion Management: A Multi-Methods Study of ECHO Concussion [Neurologic illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

ECHO Concussion was launched in 2019 to teach clinicians a comprehensive approach to concussion diagnosis and management. In terms of qualitative findings, clinicians were highly satisfied with ECHO Concussion, sharing that the program helped them stay on top of current evidence and better utilize resources and guidelines.

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Interventions Between Providers and Patients with Limited English Proficiency to Improve Health-Related Outcomes [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention/Instrument Multiple interventions utilized, as specified in each study. diagnosis of a condition; biological markers; knowledge; attitude; quality of life and change in symptoms; individual or group behavior, skills; healthcare process and system outcomes). Results Eighty-four studies fit inclusion criteria.

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Understanding components of Maternal Diet among those diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes and/or Hypertension in Flint, MI [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: This cross-sectional study utilized self-reported baseline data from a longitudinal study. Diagnosis for GDM and GHTN were at 31- and 26-weeks’ gestation, respectively. Participants were recruited from two clinics in Flint, Michigan, a low-income urban community facing numerous health disparities.

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Addressing diabetes management in the context of social needs: a qualitative study of primary care providers [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Purposive sample of care team members (eg, physicians, social workers, diabetes educators, dietitians, community health workers). Some providers felt that even with medication assistance programs and utilizing less expensive medications, medications and testing supplies remain a financial burden to their diabetic patients.

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Neighborhood Determinants of Primary Care Access in Virginia [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Guided by the Andersen model of health care utilization, we identified predisposing, enabling, need, and structural community characteristics from public data sources. Multiple enabling factors (ie, marital status, education, English language proficiency) were significantly associated with PCP access.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients. I know we go back quite a ways and that this is a very important topic for all of us to really to talk about and to be educated about.