DO, Family Medicine, Hospital and IT

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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.

Appointment

Appointment Hospital Management Family Medicine

An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

We’re already doing it in places like community health centers in New Mexico, rural clinics in North Carolina, and urban hospital systems in Chicago. We’re already doing it in places like community health centers in New Mexico, rural clinics in North Carolina, and urban hospital systems in Chicago.

Integrated Care

Integrated Care Primary Care Mental Health Family Healthcare

Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Phillips, Jr.

Primary Care

Primary Care Primary Care Physician Patient-Centered Behavioral Health Services

Developing an intervention to assist older patients communication with their GP practice after discharge from hospital [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In the post-discharge period from hospital acute inpatient care, the older patient is at risk from a lack of joined-up care. Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Family medicine is uniquely placed to help, but lacks structures, tools and funding to do so.

GP

GP Hospital Family Medicine DO

San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

It’s a wonderful way to practice medicine.” About Margaret Greenough, MD Dr. Margaret Greenough is a Family Medicine Specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA with over 10 years of experience in the medical field. Greenough adds. ” Dr. Greenough’s practice is located at 4251 S.

Family Medicine Specialist

Family Medicine Specialist Medical Family Medicine DO

Caring for the underserved: The National Health Service Corps

The Health Policy Exchange

JUNE 24, 2013

At around the same time, a commentary by Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan advocated for a more expansive role for the NHSC in the 21st century, including options to practice community-oriented primary care, in urban hospitals, in public health, and in prison and international health settings. Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Director, Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

Primary Care

Primary Care Community Family Doctor Family Medicine

The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Bush Administration and reached an agreement to redirect a multi-million dollar fund for Massachusetts hospitals to provide subsidized health insurance for lower income workers. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Owning a car is a choice. Phillips, Jr.

Insurance

Insurance Family Medicine DO Management

Emergency Room vs. Urgent Care

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

JULY 1, 2025

If you have a cold, respiratory infection, bladder infection, or other health issue that can be treated without hospital care, then you need urgent care. When To Go To the Emergency Room (ER) Emergency rooms are typically part of hospitals, and generally are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Emergency Room

Emergency Room ER Family Medicine DO

An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention.

Healthcare

Healthcare Primary Care Family Medicine DO

Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

Patients with heart failure show less hospital admissions improved symptoms (in correlation to their weight loss). Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. mg is not recommended. 9 The American Academy of Ophthalmology offers more information here 11.

Diabetes

Diabetes Patients Medical Family Medicine

A Comprehensive Approach to the Opioid Crisis in Caldwell County, North Carolina [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We invited all of the people who are touched by the opioid crisis (addicts, family members of addicts, the faith based community, law enforcement, public health officials, county commissioners, EMS personnel, physicians, hospital representatives, the legal community, etc.) County governments are struggling to manage the opioid crisis.

Community

Community Mental Health Management Hospital

Exploring Primary Care Provider eConsult Utilization Trends [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: CUSOM and University Hospital. Objective: To determine how primary care providers (PCP) utilize the eConsult platform. Study Design and Analysis: This retrospective analysis of program data spans from 2018 through 2023. It includes templated eConsult exchange data extracted from the electronic health record.

Utilities

Utilities Primary Care Provider PCP

Super-utilization interventions - failing or evolving in complex systems? A scoping literature review [Complexity science]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction: Super-utilization (frequent acute hospital care use or frequent emergency department (ED) utilization and readmissions) describes high rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions by some individuals. The complex dynamics of human systems driving Super-utilization lack prominence.

Utilities

Utilities Management Hospital Community

Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. The practice steadily grew through the 80’s and 90’s, and Dr. Eggebrecht joined in 1993, at a time when family doctors still rounded in the hospital and delivered babies.

Family Physician

Family Physician Family Families Primary Care

Personal and Professional Impact of Health Equity Efforts on Medical Assistants in Primary Care Practices [Practice management and organization]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset Participants were employed in 5 urban Colorado hospital-owned family medicine clinics. Context Healthcare organizations are increasingly focusing on health equity (HE) and social determinants of health (SDOH). using a thematic summary approach incorporating both inductive and deductive strategies.

Primary Care

Primary Care Medical Management Screening

Learn CPR!

Noreta Family Medicine

MAY 21, 2024

I recently organized several CPR classes for Noreta Family Medicine patients as well as their family and friends. Also, I think many of us have joked with family when they start to cough while eating, asking them if they need the Heimlich, but do YOU actually know the correct placement of your hands, and how hard to press?

Family Medicine

Family Medicine DO Families Family

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Population: Thirty-six residents from UTSW, Parkland, Children's Hospital, and Texas Health Resources were surveyed. Study design and analysis: Descriptive statistics were used in SPSS to present demographics and responses and Chi-squared tests evaluated relationships between demographics and attitudes.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Most practices were clinician owned solo or group practice (n=13), followed by hospital or health system owned (n=6). Context: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is now considered a standard treatment option in diabetes care. Results: 23 practices enrolled in virCIS (21 referred patients; 19 had patients enroll in the study).

Primary Care

Primary Care Diabetes Patients Education

Clinical outcomes of administering an ePROM of barriers to adherence to ART to people with HIV through a patient portal [Clinical research (other)]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: A hospital-based clinic in Montreal, Canada. Objective: To describe patient and service-related outcomes of the I-Score intervention and outline adherence barrier management by physicians. Study Design Analysis: 6-month one-arm implementation pilot study.

Clinic

Clinic Patients Electronics Management

Declines in Self-reported Panel Size among Family Physicians & Explanatory Factors, 2013-2022 [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To characterize and estimate recent trends in patient panel sizes among a nationally representative sample of Family Physicians, exploring variations across different subgroups. Results Among 55,605 Family Physicians, self-reported panel size decreased from by 25% from 2013-2022, from 2,386 patients per FP down to 1,786.

Family Physician

Family Physician Families Family Board-Certified

Evaluating the Impact of Data Visualization with China-PAR on Hypertension Management in Primary Care: A Pilot Study [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Moreover, the intervention has been shown to reduce hospital admission rates among patients with hypertension (RR=10.26, 95% CI 1.24-84.82). Context Data visualization is useful to contemporary methods designed for clarity and communication of information.

Hypertension

Hypertension Primary Care General Practitioner Management

Primary care workforce planning within integrated care models: Application of a workforce planning toolkit [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Regional human resources and population health data was collected from multiple data sources including federal, provincial/territorial, regional, and hospital/primary care levels, along with surveys to all providers. Descriptive analysis was conducted for quantitative data. Qualitative data was analyzed used thematic analysis.

Integrated Care

Integrated Care Primary Care Finance Provider

Staff perspectives of a novel integrated community care hub in an urban underserved population (UK) [Child and adolescent health]

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.

Community

Community Integrated Care Finance Family Practice

Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Three PC practices (two private and one hospital-based) in the High Plains Research Network and the Colorado Research Network in rural Colorado. While screening and brief counseling in PC is considered best practice, it is not standard practice. Population Studied: PC clinicians and staff.

Primary Care

Primary Care Screening Nurse Practitioner Referral

Diabetes related complications among Ethiopian Jews-Outcomes of a 10 years cohort study in Israel [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Data for this investigation were sourced from a community-based approach, utilizing information from CHS, which integrates data from community sources and hospitals. Setting: Community-based study using Clalit Health Services (CHS) data. Intervention: 10-year follow-up to track T2D outcomes.

Complication

Complication Diabetes Chronic Disease Individual

Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 10, 2025

Kaiser Permanente is comprised of the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals. Improving access in adult and family medicine at TPMG by reducing appointment booking times by more than 33%. Advancing the highest quality specialty care. million Kaiser Permanente members.

Clinic

Clinic Patient-Centered Healthcare Medical

Body Fat Percentage Better Predictor of 15-Year Mortality Than BMI

Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according to a study published online June 24 in the Annals of Family Medicine. Mainous III, Ph.D., adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Family Medicine

Family Medicine DO Families Family

Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Some will be at the forefront, others will be doing telehealth, or may find themselves back in a hospital situation rather than in the community. By Jill Benson, Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, jill.benson@adelaide.edu.au

Family Medicine

Family Medicine DO Mental Health Families

5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Disease Diagnosis If a patient visits a hospital with specific symptoms, a primary care doctor diagnoses what they're suffering from. Therefore, if you're feeling unwell, contact Hitchcock Family Medicine today to get started with an appointment. With that said, check out some essential services primary care physicians offer.

Primary Care Physician

Primary Care Physician Primary Care Doctor Provider Primary Care

2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

These crucial healthcare providers can be found in almost every healthcare setting, including, but not limited to: Hospitals Private Practices Urgent Cares Higher Education Corporate Clinics Telehealth Services Insurance Companies Correctional Facilities Indian Health Service (IHS) Facilities Why is the physician shortage growing?

Private Practice

Private Practice Healthcare Internal Medicine Family Medicine

Your Guide to Healthcare Careers in New Haven County, CT

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

It’s home to many reputable healthcare employers, from private practices like the Physicians Alliance of Connecticut to major hospital systems like Yale New Haven Health. Residents can access top hospitals, vibrant communities, and many lifestyle amenities, including parks, museums, and restaurants.

Healthcare

Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Professional Education

Well-being Investment: Nutrition

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 24, 2025

Diverse family preferences : Everyone wants something different. The value lies in revisiting such a list to discover ideas that resonate with you and inspire you to uplevel your nutrition. Also, take a deep breath. Your nutrition doesn’t have to be perfect; every small tweak helps. It just needs to work for you. Sound familiar?

Individual

Individual Specialization IT Family

Episode 153: Neurology VMR – AMS

The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 12, 2021

Andrew Levy Andrew Levy is a 4th-year medical student at the University of Colorado SOM applying to Family Medicine with interests in Primary Care, Global Health, and Population Health.

Medical Student

Medical Student Education Family Medicine DO

Baby Formula Shortages

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

MAY 11, 2022

Watering down formula to stretch it out can cause nutritional imbalances in your baby and lead to serious health problems that require hospitalization. Watering down formula to stretch it out can cause nutritional imbalances in your baby and lead to serious health problems that require hospitalization. Check social media groups.

Supply Chain

Supply Chain Specialization IT Family Medicine

Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Ruiz, MD, Chair, ABIM Geriatric Medicine Board The Geriatric Medicine Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 28, 2025. 4,372 of these (92%) also have a current valid certificate in Internal Medicine.

Board-Certified

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Government Community

A comparison of children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary care and secondary care [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It is not clear which children are referred and what the differences are between PC and hospital care populations. Insight in patient characteristics in both settings might invite to reflect upon referral strategies of general practitioners (GPs) and interpretation of study results from hospital care.

Primary Care

Primary Care General Practitioner GP Diagnosis

MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

Key proposals included increasing hospital Medicaid reimbursement rates , preventing mid-year changes to prescription drug formularies and establishing a School Health Advisory Committee. 2413 ( Senator Mann ) creates a new assessment on hospitals to increase Medical Assistance reimbursement rates. Read a summary of S.F.

Family Physician

Family Physician Insurance Finance Individual

2025 Physician Wellness Retreats | Physician “Burnout” Retreats

Pamela Wible MD

MAY 21, 2025

You saved my life.” ~ Family Medicine Resident, PA “As the son of a doctor and a psychiatrist, I’ve run across all kinds of would-be healers and experts of the mind. Sponsorships & discounts available—contact us to inquire. Can’t travel? Virtual retreat options available. And you did it without any pretenses, judgement, or b t.”

Private Practice

Private Practice Consulting Medical Student Engineering

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare use, mortality, and human rights of persons living with dementia in Canada [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcomes: Rates of all-cause emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and mortality. Results: In the first wave, community and NH populations experienced significant declines in the rates of emergency department visits (36% vs. 40%) and hospitalizations (25% vs. 22%). Experiences in terms of respect for human rights.

Healthcare

Healthcare Community Hospital Management

Combating Food Insecurity in Minnesota

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

North Memorial Health develops customized meal plans for food-insecure patients via its Food as Medicine Program. Healthy Meal Programs for Discharged Patients through Sanford Health and Mom’s Meals ensures patients have healthy food options after a hospital stay. An excerpt follows: 2024-04.

Family Physician

Family Physician Community Families Family

Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya

BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By Paul Amendola, Executive Director, VecnaCares Reference: Bartlett L , Avery L , Ponnappan P , et al, Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000845.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Provider Clinic Patients

Getting Answers: A Patient's Guide to Discussing Unexplained Symptoms with Your Doctor

Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

Often patients tell me that they have struggled to find a doctor to help them or that previous doctors have dismissed or minimized their symptoms, or have not recommended any additional work-up after initial test results were normal. There are many factors that make it a challenge to get answers for unexplained symptoms. More on that below.

Patients

Patients Primary Care Appointment Diagnose

Patient Experience of Emergency Department Care in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The final analysis showed that age, gender and hospital location are associated with patient ED care experience. All the variables had a factor loading of ≥0.7 with the latent variable, except patient experience with staff responsiveness to requests. Older patients reported a better experience than younger patients [OR 1.11, CI 1.04-1.19].

Finance

Finance Patients Relationship Physicals

The Importance of Community Resources for Breastfeeding [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

SAFE used a stratified, two-stage, clustered design to obtain a nationally representative sample of mothers of infants; mothers were enrolled from 32 US birth hospitals, January 2011-March 2014. Context: Breastfeeding (BF) has many benefits for infant health. BF initiation and duration vary by parental characteristics (e.g.,

Community

Community Education Individual Hospital

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

An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Trending Sources

Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

Developing an intervention to assist older patients communication with their GP practice after discharge from hospital [Community based participatory research]

San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Caring for the underserved: The National Health Service Corps

The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

Emergency Room vs. Urgent Care

An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

A Comprehensive Approach to the Opioid Crisis in Caldwell County, North Carolina [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Exploring Primary Care Provider eConsult Utilization Trends [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Super-utilization interventions - failing or evolving in complex systems? A scoping literature review [Complexity science]

Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Personal and Professional Impact of Health Equity Efforts on Medical Assistants in Primary Care Practices [Practice management and organization]

Learn CPR!

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

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

Clinical outcomes of administering an ePROM of barriers to adherence to ART to people with HIV through a patient portal [Clinical research (other)]

Declines in Self-reported Panel Size among Family Physicians & Explanatory Factors, 2013-2022 [Economic or policy analysis]

Evaluating the Impact of Data Visualization with China-PAR on Hypertension Management in Primary Care: A Pilot Study [Hypertension]

Primary care workforce planning within integrated care models: Application of a workforce planning toolkit [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Staff perspectives of a novel integrated community care hub in an urban underserved population (UK) [Child and adolescent health]

Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Diabetes related complications among Ethiopian Jews-Outcomes of a 10 years cohort study in Israel [Population health and epidemiology]

Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Body Fat Percentage Better Predictor of 15-Year Mortality Than BMI

Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Your Guide to Healthcare Careers in New Haven County, CT

Well-being Investment: Nutrition

Episode 153: Neurology VMR – AMS

Baby Formula Shortages

Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

A comparison of children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary care and secondary care [Child and adolescent health]

MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Health Care Bills

2025 Physician Wellness Retreats | Physician “Burnout” Retreats

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare use, mortality, and human rights of persons living with dementia in Canada [Geriatrics]

Combating Food Insecurity in Minnesota

Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya

Getting Answers: A Patient's Guide to Discussing Unexplained Symptoms with Your Doctor

Patient Experience of Emergency Department Care in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

The Importance of Community Resources for Breastfeeding [Child and adolescent health]

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