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Transitional Care Management care team impact on no-show rates to hospital discharge appointments [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The Transitional Care Management (TCM) clinic visit is a uniquely billed visit type to review a recently discharged patient’s hospital course, reconcile medications, and continue ongoing workup. Population Studied: Inpatients were referred if they were being discharged from the Family Medicine service to home.

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Improving Scholarship in a Community Hospital Residency Program with a Curriculum featuring a Structured Roadmap, Indi [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Introduction The requirement of resident scholarship in all residency programs is mandated by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). This study aims to evaluate the impact of implementing a structured roadmap to enhance resident scholarly activity within a specific family medicine residency program.

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Rural Hospital Futures in Colorado - Rapid Review and Environmental Scan for Policy Opportunities [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Since 2005, over 180 rural hospitals have closed across the United States and 800 rural hospitals remain at high risk of closure. Nearly four million rural Americans lost a hospital in their county between 2005 and 2021. Rural hospitals with particular attention to Colorado. Study Design. Outcome Measures. Conclusions.

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Implementation of a novel linkage of primary care electronic medical record data with hospital data in South Eastern Ontario [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Currently, primary care data, community data, and hospital data are not linked in Ontario, resulting in a disconnect in continuity of care. Results: Robust legal, privacy, and technical processes were developed and applied to securely link and merge datasets.

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Electronic Health Record Use and Patient-Centredness [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: Mixed-methods study which adapted simulated patient standardized clinical scenarios from family physician certification oral examinations to include use of the EHR. Setting: An academic primary care clinic based in a hospital. Population: Ten resident physicians and six staff physicians.

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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

COVID-19's impact surpasses previous pandemics, disrupting medical education by delaying clinical rotations and necessitating a rapid transition to telemedicine due to isolation and PPE shortages. We aim to highlight educational gaps for future pandemic preparedness.

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Outcomes of a virtual CGM initiation service (virCIS) for primary care patients with diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Patients attended a virtual CGM initiation visit and three 1-on-1 interpretation visits with a diabetes care and education specialist and pharmacist, completed on Zoom. Patients were provided a CGM, received education on medication, diet and exercise, and completed surveys at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months. Two practices were FQHCs.