Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patient Important Outcomes (PIOs) was first introduced in the literature with the criticism that research studies were designed with outcomes relevant to health care providers, but not relevant/important to patients. Setting: Academic family medicine clinic in Edmonton, Canada.

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Patients Patient-Centered Family Physician 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) maintains that clinical privileges should be based on documented training and experience rather than the physician’s specialty.

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Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified 52

Canadian Family Physician

MARCH 18, 2025

Objective To explore how early-career family physicians integrated social accountability into their practices, how it shaped their practice choices, and the challenges they encountered. Participants Early-career family physicians. Design A secondary analysis of qualitative interview data.

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Family Physician Family Families Holistic Care 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

We’ve been hearing from family physicians across Minnesota about the rapid pace of recent federal policy changes and concerns about their impact on patient care and the communities we serve. To help you navigate these changes, we’ve compiled a list of timely resources for family physicians. We’d love to hear from you.

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Family Physician Family Families Patient-Centered 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Older adults frequently use primary care services, and family physicians exhibit differences in their knowledge and skills to care for older patients. Some family physicians pursue added training or focus their medical practice to increasingly care for older adults, which may influence quality of care and patient outcomes.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Physician Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Canada has a primary care crisis, with fewer family physicians providing care to meet population needs. We used GIS geospatial mapping techniques to visualize attachment rates and distribution of family physicians across ‘natural’ neighbourhoods as defined by the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study.

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Primary Care Family Physician Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To enhance interprofessional collaboration among primary care teams within family physician groups (FMGs) and to optimize care resources along clear and simple care trajectories. Study design: Design thinking process. Setting: One multidisciplinary primary care team in the province of Quebec, Canada.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Healthcare Professional Family Physician Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Between September 2022 and June 2023, online questionnaires were sent to patients attached to a family physician and to PHC professionals and administrative staff. A total of 122,397 patients and 999 family physicians, 107 nurse practitioners and 411 administrative staff nested into 104 clinics answered the survey.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design 89 participants had the accuracy of their personal HBPMs assessed by 1) a family physician using our T-Connector Approach and 2) the gold standard method called Dual Observer Auscultation, which involves 2 physicians alternating between the HBPM and a mercury manometer for 9 readings.

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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. Population Studied Family Physicians certified by the ABFM. Discussion A steady and substantial decline in U.S.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified 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.

Primary Care 130

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The COVID-19 pandemic increased critical levels of turnover of healthcare workers in interdisciplinary primary healthcare (PHC) teams, including family physicians, nurses, social workers, and others. resilience) for fully licensed providers were included.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Finance Family Physician Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Amidst the ongoing crisis in family medicine (FM) in Canada, there is an increased need to gauge the future practice patterns of family physicians (FPs). Examining the intentions of FM learners provides insight into the future practice behaviors of FPs.

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Family Medicine DO Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These pay gaps are well documented outside of Canada, but little empirical work has been done to understand pay gaps in Canada, in family medicine, or using an intersectional lens. Objective: Understand how the identity features of Ontario family physicians (e.g. offering virtual visits on request).

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Family Medicine DO Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physician (FP) scope of practice (SOP) has declined, with fewer physicians providing basic primary care services and fewer bridging the clinic-hospital divide. Study Design and Analysis: A longitudinal cohort was surveyed through the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To explore how family physicians document SDOH in EHRs and identify factors influencing this practice Study Design and Analysis: A cross-sectional observational analysis. This study supports critical payment policies that provide direct payment for SDOH risk assessment and support to community-based partners.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Electronics Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Burnout among family medicine residents is widespread, impacting the workforce. Study Design and Analysis: Family medicine residency programs applied to participate in the Project ECHO series. Objective: Determine whether the BRIDGE Project ECHO promoted wellbeing and prevented burnout among residents.

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Family Medicine DO Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: A large team of family medicine, palliative, and end-of-life care clinicians, researchers, and educators from across Canada have collaborated to develop and pilot an innovative serious illness educational program called "All providers: Better Communication Skills (ABCs) Program."

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Family Physician Illness Family Families 130

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. Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St. From the time of its inception until October 2017, Family Physicians of St. Joseph, P.C.,

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Family Physician Families Family Primary Care 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: This qualitative research explored how family physicians understand what professionalism means, how it is enacted in their day-to-day practice, and to identify challenges to professionalism. The lack of consensus around the meaning and components of professionalism demands ongoing research and conversation.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Leading the OECD PaRIS Project in Saskatchewan (SK) was an integrated primary care collaborative team consisting of primary care providers (PCPs), people with lived experience (PWLE) aka patients, health system partners and researchers. Descriptive and inferential statistics were undertaken.

Nurse Practitioner 130

Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Relationship PCP 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To help address this discrepancy, we developed a web-based mapping tool intended to help patients find language-concordant primary care from community-based family physicians in Ottawa, Ontario. We found no significant differences in satisfaction by preferred language, age group, physician attachment, or intended beneficiary.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families Community 130

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

3 Tufts University School of Medicine Maine Track students and 5 University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine students participated as teachers during the event. Doc4aDay is a community outreach program provided through the Maine Medical Center Department of Medical Education.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Family Families 40

The Health Policy Exchange

MAY 29, 2014

At first glance, federal nutrition policy seemed to be an unusual topic for our Georgetown Health Policy Seminar for family physicians. As described in a recent JAMA Internal Medicine editorial , future doctors receive little formal instruction about healthy dietary habits. Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Director, Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

Medical Student 130

Medical Student Government Internal Medicine Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

MOAs likely made significant contributions to organizing new processes of providing and triaging primary care during this time. Objective: To explore the experiences of MOAs working in primary care practices during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspectives of MOAs and family physicians(FPs) who worked with MOAs during this period.

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Family Medicine DO Primary Care Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Study Design: A cross-sectional analysis of patients and FPs in Ontario from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Primary Care Families Family 130

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: News and scholarly reports have highlighted that primary care professionals, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and administrators, are leaving comprehensive family medicine practice because of COVID-19 circumstances that may have fostered moral distress.

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Primary Care Healthcare Professional DO Family Medicine 130

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%

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Provider Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To assess provider perceptions of the clinical effectiveness of telemedicine video visits, immediately post-encounter, compared to in-person visits. Setting: Providers across six Northern California clinic sites surveyed over an 8-week period (March 21-May 16, 2023). Outcome Measures: Self-reported Likert-scale responses.

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Noreta Family Medicine

MARCH 26, 2025

At Noreta Family Medicine, we offer hour-long appointments, allowing time to build a meaningful doctor-patient relationship and creating a space where patients can openly express their concerns and receive the attention they deserve. “ At Noreta Family Medicine, we believe communication should be simple and direct.

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Primary Care Appointment Family Medicine DO 52

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.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Community Family Families 52

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.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified Patient-Centered DO 52

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. Early in the film, family physician Dr. Erin Martin, is featured. minutes long. Have a good week!

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Primary Care Family Medicine DO 52

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. Outcomes Measured: Prevalence and distribution of community-based family physicians in Ontario (all, and French-speaking).

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Primary Care Family Physician Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Recent Family Physician graduates practicing as locum tenens has been sometimes presented as a double-edged sword in addressing the Family Medicine workforce crisis. Objective: To explore the factors influencing early career family physicians’ (FPs) decision to do locums. parental leave).

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Family Physician Family Medicine DO Family 100

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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Primary Care Education Patient-Centered Chronic Disease 130