Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective Our goal was to examine how message prioritization (as distinct from categorization) occurs in primary care, and to understand the approaches primary care clinicians deployed for managing their inbox workflows. Study Design Semi-structured interviews and inbox work observations at MedStar Health.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Clinicians and patients identify primary care settings as ideal for addressing weight management. Implementation of weight management approaches can be challenging, however, for many reasons such as inadequate training, comfort with addressing behavior change, and reimbursement. Intervention/Instrument: Semi-structured interview guide.

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Primary Care Management Medical Patients 130

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.

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Primary Care Primary Care Physician Patient-Centered Behavioral Health Services 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Data visualization is useful to contemporary methods designed for clarity and communication of information. Although data visualization is gaining traction in the hypertension, its use in health education and information dissemination is still underutilized.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dataset: Administrative data from the Optum Labs Data Warehouse 2015-2019 that contains de-identified medical and pharmacy claims and eligibility information for commercial and Medicare Advantage enrollees in the US. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

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Primary Care Management Utilities Chronic Condition 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Each case has been informed champion, change agent, peers and managers. The champion and peers targeted by the change were recruited to inform each case. Conclusions: These strategies provide comprehensive cues for managers and policymakers to promote efficient CQI processes.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

DESIGN/ANALYSIS: This multisite, pragmatic, stakeholder input-informed, randomized controlled trial (RCT) compared CBT and MBT in opioid-treated CLBP. Cognitive behavioral (CBT) and mindfulness-based (MBT) therapies are safe and evidence-based for chronic pain, but their long-term effects have not been well-studied in opioid-treated CLBP.

Management 130

Management Screening Physicals Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Primary care team members involved in high blood pressure management. Conclusion: COACH pre-implementation evaluation provided information that informed implementation and trial protocol changes and may increase the adoption of COACH. Study design: Deductive qualitative analysis.

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Electronics Patient-Centered Hypertension Primary Care 130

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Because it is National Diabetes Month, we wanted to provide some information that can help you learn about and, if applicable, manage the disease. How to Manage Your Diabetes If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, don’t worry—it’s possible for you to live a healthy life if you keep up with your health.

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Diabetes Family Medicine DO Diagnose 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Nearly all patients with type 2 diabetes have comorbid chronic conditions, adding complexity to self-management. The 13 clinician participants felt comfortable discussing topics (92%), felt the TBSD revealed new information (44%), focused patient conversations (44%), and uncovered issues that don’t typically arise (32%).

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Primary Care Diabetes Screening Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Asthma is a prevalent chronic disease that is difficult to manage and associated with marked disparities in outcomes. SDM involves a collaborative process between patients and providers to make informed healthcare choices.

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Asthma Patients Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: An exploratory study using key informant interviews and content analysis to develop major themes. Objective: To understand how clinicians perceive and discuss the relationship between mental health, HRSNs, and health-promoting behavior with patients with diabetes.

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Mental Health Diabetes Relationship Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patient portals (PPs) are online healthcare platforms enabling patients access their electronic health records and offering different features to help patients manage their care such as viewing and entering health information, and permitting asynchronous communication between patients and their providers.

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Patients Primary Care Appointment Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Nursing home residents and their families prioritised personalised care that meets their diverse physical, emotional, social, and cognitive needs, while preserving dignity and functional abilities. Our systems-thinking informed research identified the interdependent reasons standing in the way of ‘doing much better’

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

9 The American Academy of Ophthalmology offers more information here 11. Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. Both the FDA and EMA recommend that doctors monitor patients with diabetic retinopathy who are undergoing semaglutide treatment closely.

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Diabetes Patients Medical Family Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention Surveys were conducted at study start-up (providers) and enrollment (women) and gathered sociodemographic information, cancer screening history, barriers and facilitators to BC screening, and acceptability of integrating BC screening with CC screening.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Central tenets of primary care are essential to the delivery of effective MCC care: person & family-centered, comprehensive, equitable, team-based, collaborative, coordinated and integrated. The emergence of FIHR enables the development of interoperable apps to facilitate comprehensive, shared care planning.

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Chronic Condition Patient-Centered Primary Care Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: We conducted focus groups, key informant interviews, and in-depth interviews with leaders from ODM, CBOs, and regional health systems, triangulated with thematic review of community health needs assessments. Setting: Northeast Ohio.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Finding a great family doctor can be a daunting task given the critical role they play in our health and well-being. A family doctor is often your main healthcare provider tasked with everything from routine check-ups to chronic disease management. Reach out to us at Hitchcock Family Medicine.

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Family Doctor Family Families Board-Certified 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To describe patient and service-related outcomes of the I-Score intervention and outline adherence barrier management by physicians. We collected patients’ sociodemographic information at T1, and HIV viral loads at T1 and T3. Study Design Analysis: 6-month one-arm implementation pilot study.

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Clinic Patients Electronics Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Developing innovative approaches to prevent or manage age-related health problems and disabilities is a public health priority. A single participant with severe loss of autonomy found Proactive less useful as it did not provide him with any new information. Objective: To validate Proactive.

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Screening Primary Care Clinic Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Lifestyle medicine programs have demonstrated a positive impact in managing these diseases but are poorly implemented and unavailable in rural communities. Lifestyle medicine involves ongoing engagement with a multidisciplinary team to support health-improving lifestyle changes. Outcome Measures: Participant characteristics (ie.

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Chronic Disease Community Hypertension Physicals 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Lifestyle Medicine (LM) is an evidence-based approach to prevention and treatment of chronic disease by addressing six pillars: physical activity, nutrition, sleep and stress management (recovery), connection, and substance use. There is limited research on implementation of LM in medically underserved communities.

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Clinic Patients Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Together with ten patients who have experience managing chronic illness or life-limiting conditions, PERC encourages and supports the meaningful engagement of patients as partners in PC research. Patient Expertise in Research Collaboration (PERC) – primary health care (PHC) is a centre supported by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit.

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Primary Care Patients Community Illness 130

Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 28, 2025

So, get ahead by looking up nutrition information online and deciding what to order before you arrive. Imperial Center Family Medicine ’s team of healthcare providers offers personalized guidance to help patients gain control over cholesterol. Yet lifestyle changes can feel overwhelming to maintain alone.

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Management Screening Family Medicine DO 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Adults with T2D often face unmet social needs, such as food insecurity, compounding the challenges associated with their engagement in disease management interventions. family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) at an urban academic medical center in the Midwest. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Clinic Transportation Internal Medicine 130

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. Conclusions: It is imperative to provide specialized care for immigrant populations to enhance the management of chronic diseases and mitigate further morbidity risks.

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Complication Diabetes Chronic Disease Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study design: Qualitative interviews were conducted with older adults (n=19) and health providers (n=17) in 4 family medicine clinics (2 rural and 2 urban) in Quebec, Canada. Objective: This study compared the perspectives of patients and providers using ESOGER, a novel multidimensional assessment tool for older adults.

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Provider Primary Care Patients Consulting 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results/Findings Information management is central to health care delivery, but often not valued or actively supported. Within primary care most administrative work requires both information management and clinical judgment. Qualitative interpretation and analysis involved representatives from each stakeholder group.

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Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Motivation to overcome the many challenges is needed to meet the critical need for high quality, lifelong management of OUD, just as with any other chronic disease. Intervention: A rural-setting family physician scripted informal videos describing her extensive experience with treating patients with OUD using buprenorphine.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Education Patient-Centered Chronic Disease 130

Imperial Center Family Medicine

MAY 12, 2025

Getting the facts straight on some common blood pressure management myths can help you take control of your heart health. Following your physician’s treatment regimen, which may include medication and lifestyle adjustments, can help you regain control of your blood pressure management, regardless of your age.

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Management Family Medicine DO Hypertension 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Practice managers and medical directors of primary care practices within the NNE CO-OP’s network. Intervention/Instrument: N/A. Outcome Measures: Scope of clinical learners, specialties offered, onsite services, telehealth provision, EMR data querying, patient advisory groups, and IRB affiliation.

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Primary Care Telehealth Patient-Centered Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Case management in primary healthcare has been documented as a promising integrated care approach to overcome fragmented care faced by adults with complex healthcare and social needs (hereafter complex needs). Study Design: Qualitative descriptive multiple case study.

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Integrated Care Primary Care Management Healthcare 130

Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

Early screening arms you and your doctor with the information needed to custom-design a prevention strategy that works for your age, health status, lifestyle, and cholesterol levels. Side effects such as muscle aches rarely emerge and are easily managed by changing medication. Most young adults tolerate statins well.

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Screening Family Medicine DO Family 52

Vida Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

When it comes to your health, it is important that you have all the information you need to take the best care of yourself. Your doctor's job is to provide you with recommendations for managing your health based on their expertise, but it is ultimately your decision whether or not you will carry out those recommendations.

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Treatment Plan Insurance Primary Care Physician Primary Care 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study design and Analysis: Informed by the Checklist for Reporting Of Survey Studies, we conducted a population-based cross-sectional online survey across the 10 Canadian provinces. Conclusions: People living with chronic pain have unmet decisional needs limiting optimal decisions to manage their chronic pain.

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Management Primary Care Primary Care Physician Consulting 130

Oasis Family Medicine

JANUARY 31, 2024

While we have had neurofeedback therapy available at Oasis Family Medicine since 2017, it is always our goal to offer the most up-to-date therapies available. The previous neurofeedback system we had was a good one, but it became more difficult to manage, so it became obvious that it was time to find a different option.

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