Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Primary care is the foundation of any health care system. Primary care improves the health of communities and decreases health inequities. METHODS We used the 2019 Virginia All-Payers Claims Database to identify primary care physicians (PCPs) and the number of distinct patients seen by each physician.

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Primary Care PCP PCP Primary Care Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

PURPOSE Much of the literature on team-based primary care has focused on physician productivity, workload, and burnout. Less is known about how team-based care influences patient satisfaction and perceptions of the trade-off between continuity and access.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care physician shortages are well documented and expected to worsen, particularly in specific regions in the US. Further, racial and ethnic minorities, particularly Black populations, have less access to primary care and worse health outcomes compared to white populations.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Here, we examined the feasibility, reliability, and validity of the eFI-CGA by primary care providers (PCP). Method : We enrolled community-dwelling older adults with mild/moderate frailty under the care of Fraser Health and Nova Scotia Health (n=100). by PCP, r≥0.45 The mean eFI-CGA was 0.28±0.11

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Continuity of care between a patient and their primary care practitioner (PCP) is a cornerstone of primary care (PC) and is associated with many positive health outcomes. Patients were attributed to the PCPs with whom they had the most visits in 2018.

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PCP PCP Finance Nurse Practitioner 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Continuity of care between a patient and their primary care practitioner (PCP) is a cornerstone of primary care (PC) and is associated with many positive health outcomes including decreased utilization of ER services and lower costs for some populations.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients with the worst outcomes often lack continuity of primary care and receive care at emergency departments during exacerbations. Setting: Primary care provider utilization was assessed among several patient center health outcomes. Design and Analysis: Patients were evaluated for 6-month pre/post.

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Primary Care Asthma Utilities Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Quantitate live discharges from a Medicare-certified home hospice program, determine rates of hospital utilization within 6 months of discharge, and review the discharge planning process including coordination of follow-up with a primary care physician following hospice discharge. metropolitan area. ordering meds).

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

The majority of adoptees have limited family medical history (LFMH). Primary care physicians (PCPs) rarely receive training about adoptees including their mental health needs and increased suicide risk. This study explores PCP training and approaches to adult adopted patients with LFMH.

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Primary Care Physician Primary Care Patients Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Primary care practices can increase access to effective care by providing treatment with buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD) and dependency. Study Design and Analysis Semi-structured interviews from 21 primary care practices. Population Studied PCP clinicians and staff.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: A patient’s relationship with their primary care physician (PCP) or advanced practice provider (APP) is instrumental in their healthcare journey. Results: 43% of designated providers were from non-primary care specialties. We also collected organizational characteristics from 19 FQHCs via survey.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Background Researchers use card studies to obtain observational data about primary care provider (PCP) knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors on a variety of topics. A survey of PCP users showed equal satisfaction with paper or EHR-based cards.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Primary care providers (PCP) formulate the questions to the specialist through the eConsult online system. LM helped extract latent information embedded in PCP’s reflections on dementia patients. Then we removed such terms to train the machine in the absence of such direct clues.

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PCP PCP Primary Care Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context The primary care practitioners’ (PCP) perceptions of disease given patients’ conditions are reflected in their narrated questions to specialists while using eConsult, an online primary care service.

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University of Utah Family Medicine Residency

AUGUST 30, 2023

Many primary care providers (PCP) continue to be wary of prescribing stimulants due to concerns of misuse and cardiovascular risk. ADHD is a … More Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Current Treatment and Follow-up Recommendations

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PCP PCP Primary Care Appointment 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting/Population: Primary care patients of a national membership-based primary care delivery system, operating in several metropolitan locations in the US. PHQ9 results were sent to the patient’s PCP, who could create a follow-up visit reminder, or take other action.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Though dementia can be managed in primary care, the complexity of the condition and high prevalence of multimorbidity often require advice from a variety of specialists. eConsult is a secure web-based platform that may make communication with specialists more accessible for primary care providers (PCPs).

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Primary Care Consulting Community PCP 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In Ontario, MD follow-up after ED discharge for chest pain is mostly provided by primary care physicians (PCPs) and sometimes cardiologists. Objective: We explored factors associated with PCP follow-up for patients discharged from Ontario EDs with non-life-threatening chest pain. Setting: Ontario, Canada.

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Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

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Primary Care Relationship PCP PCP 130

Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 13, 2025

While some of these changes are inevitable, many can be managed effectively with early intervention and regular medical care. A primary care physician ( PCP ) can help identify potential health problems and risks, provide preventative measures, and recommend the right screenings or treatments.

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PCP PCP Diabetes Primary Care Physician 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design This feasibility pilot uses a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Design incorporating mailed, telephone and contacts to facilitate population identification, pre-visit outreach, and decision-support to increase LCS rates in the Primary Care (PR) setting.

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