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Utilization of Treatment for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in the Primary Care Setting Using the American Family Cohort [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: Electronic health records from the PRIME Registry, years 2018-2022. The electronic health records are stored in the American Family Cohort, the largest national United States primary care database. treatment rates, respectively. 15% of the chlamydia cases were treated using doxycycline, and 38.7%

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Resident Voices: Key Findings from Journal Club Surveys [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Last year, our Family Medicine Residency Program restructured the Journal Club to incorporate a more resident-driven approach. The new format paired each resident with one focal research faculty and one focal faculty advisor, and enabled them to select articles that align with their individual interests.

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Economic analysis of virtual Medical Legal Partnership model [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Economic analysis utilized "difference in difference" methodology comparing individuals who received legal services to control groups: a) in the same clinic; b) in 12 other primary care clinics within the same health system. Setting or Dataset: Medicaid Claims, Epic electronic health record.

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Exploring Iron Deficiency in Alberta: Following up on Clinical Observations [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Iron deficiency (ID) is a common and preventable micronutrient deficiency, affecting cognitive development, immune function, and well-being of individuals, and leading to substantial health care costs. Population/Participants: Cohort of 94,264 individuals aged six and older residing in Alberta. 2020-2022).

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Development and Testing of an Interoperable e-care Plan for Person-Centered Care Planning for Multiple Chronic Conditions [Multimorbidity]

Annals of Family Medicine

Background: Multiple chronic conditions (MCC) the most common condition seen in practice are present in 33% of adults and 80% of individuals age > 65.

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A Multisite CFIR Study of Readiness to Implement Collaboration Oriented Approach to Controlling High Blood Pressure (COACH) [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: Three academic health systems with EPIC and Oracle electronic health records. Intervention: COACH — a patient-facing decision support tool integrated into the electronic record. Study design: Deductive qualitative analysis. Population Studied: Primary care team members involved in high blood pressure management.

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SGLT-2 inhibitor, cardiovascular risk and outcome in patients with comorbidity of hypertension and diabetes [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset Five electronic systems of community clinic. Population Studied individuals with comorbidity of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Results After propensity score matching, a total of 3546 individuals with average age of 70 years were included, and 388 (10.94%) individuals were treated by SGLT-2 inhibitors.