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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context While poverty is a risk factor for many chronic conditions, when it is recognized by care providers social screening can be used to positively impact patients’ health. Population Studied The study collected data from family physicians, nurse practitioners, and adult patients of the clinic. Of screened patients, 94.4%

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes. An excerpt follows: 2024-04. M Health Fairview’s Fair Table program ensures convenient access to food during medical appointments.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding where Ontario’s family physicians practice and how many can provide language-concordant care to official language minority communities can inform future research and policy development. French-speaking family physicians were more prevalent in Southern vs Northern Ontario (3.9

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 24, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians has been a longtime supporter of HCH, as some of our leaders were involved as the initiative came together. Many of our family medicine physicians work in certified health care homes; they value the infrastructure that the HCH model provides to ensure comprehensive and coordinated care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: A rural-setting family physician scripted informal videos describing her extensive experience with treating patients with OUD using buprenorphine. Population Studied: Licensed, actively practicing Internal Medicine and Family Medicine physicians and Non-physician practitioners in Kentucky.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting and Population Studied Interviewees were primary care providers and administrative staff representing a range of payment models, a variety of clinic models, from both urban and rural locations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Within primary care most administrative work requires both information management and clinical judgment.

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Noreta Family Medicine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Vonnegut’s book took me on an entertaining and insightful journey, ranging from very short and hilarious tales of his interactions with his pediatric patients and their parents, to longer chapters where he laments both the disappearance of private practice primary care offices and the loss of physician control in the healthcare system.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients without a regular primary care provider (a family physician or nurse practitioner) are considered "unattached,". million people aged 12 and older) were unattached to a regular primary care provider. In 2019, 14.5% of Canadians (approximately 4.6 Comparisons between CWLs within the three provinces were made.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Adults with complex needs require health and social services from a variety of providers, which can lead to frequent use of services. Better access to health information technology for case-finding was strongly recommended. Appropriate care for these people calls for integrated care.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Contributing to this challenge is the exponential growth of information, an expanding population of older adults, and office visit documentation. ” “Whether you’re the call center agent, the receptionist, [or] the lab tech, you participate and you provide the input into innovation,” said Dr. Nguyen.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dataset: Data from over 20,000 Peel Region residents were analyzed and 42 participants (35 healthcare users and 7 providers) were interviewed. Individuals not registered to a family physician, and living in lower socioeconomic status areas were less likely to undergo screening. Interviews revealed cultural barriers (e.g.,

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Understanding how to prepare for this important appointment ensures you receive maximum benefit from your healthcare provider’s expertise. Dr. James Martínez, family medicine physician at Community Health Partners, explains: “Preventive care represents one of the most powerful tools we have in medicine. .”

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Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Part 2 Here are some frequently asked questions I get as a Primary Care Provider. What is the meaning of Family Medicine? As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) Is a General Physician (GP) the same as a Family Physician (FP)?

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

The healthcare system must provide care in a just way so that those who need care have access to it. I started this practice partially because I was uncomfortable with the way I was able to provide care in previous clinics. My office is a safe space. Please feel free to discuss any concerns you may have with me at any time.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Should GPs actually be treated as the stars of medicine? 6 This graph shows the association between primary care physician density and life expectancy among US states: 3. Family medicine today is therefore more important than ever.

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BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

Family physicians and family health workers, considered reliable sources of vaccine information, have a unique position where individuals in rural and urban areas can access frequently, uninterruptedly, cheaply, and easily [2]. Jour Turk Fam Phy 2020; 11 (1): 95-101. doi: 10.15511/tjtfp.20.00295.) Vaccines 202;9(7),713.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Providers of abortion and gender affirming care in Maine are effectively shielded from laws in other states by the passage of protection by the legislature. Pat Connolly & Cortney Linville who attended the AAFP Family Medicine Advocacy Summit in Washington May 19-21. LD 227 was signed by Governor Mills.

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