Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We used the patient portal (Opal) to administer the I-Score, a 7-item electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) of barriers to ART adherence. Objective: To describe patient and service-related outcomes of the I-Score intervention and outline adherence barrier management by physicians. 10 to T3=2.3/10),

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Clinic Patients Electronics Management 130

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. Though patients/carers are often copied in, they seldom get a plain English version or space to discuss its contents.

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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

Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Margaret Greenough, a family medicine specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA, has opened a new medical practice offering patients the Concierge Choice FullFlex™ program. Dr. Greenough is part of a growing movement of physicians offering CCP’s FullFlex model of concierge medicine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These individuals are often high utilizers of health care services, with some of the costliest services being hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits.

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Integrated Care Utilities Illness Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Sickle cell disease (SCD) was identified as one of our hospital's most common causes of readmission. We noted that a small number of patients are readmitted multiple times. This indicates poor quality of life (QOL) for SCD patients and a high financial burden on the healthcare system. The average age was 32.2 ± 14.6,

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Finance Medical Patient-Centered Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To evaluate the associations between opioid dose tapers with continued opioid use and opioid tapers with discontinuation, and subsequent pain-related utilization primary care visits, ED encounters, and hospitalizations. 1.31) and hospitalizations (aIRR 0.74, 95% CI: 0.54-1.02). Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

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Primary Care Management Utilities Chronic Condition 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Hospice aims to manage a patient’s symptoms as they near end of life. While not the ideal case, patients may be discharged alive from hospice for a number of reasons, including: patient revocation of care, improved prognosis, or transfer of care to a different facility or geographic area. metropolitan area.

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Primary Care Physician Utilities PCP PCP 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting The study was conducted at 10 government hospitals in Siaya and Busia Counties in Kenya. Population Studied A total of 1,305 women presenting for CC screening and 50 CC providers at the study hospitals were surveyed. Patients cited major barriers to BC screening as lack of awareness of BC screening availability and eligibility.

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Screening Provider Hospital Government 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Healthcare research involving patient medical data is often delayed by lengthy approval processes. The Shared Health Research Information Network (SHRINE) offers rapid, secure access to aggregate counts of patient data from participating hospitals. Data underwent quality assessment to ensure reliability of subsequent analyses.

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Electronics Patient-Centered Utilities Hospital 130

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

So, which patients should get them first? Patients ask me these questions fairly often, so I know it’s important for GPs to know the key facts. Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? What are the true benefits and side effects?

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Diabetes Patients Medical Family Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective This study aims to investigate the impact of data visualization using China-PAR on managing hypertension among primary care patients. Moreover, the intervention has been shown to reduce hospital admission rates among patients with hypertension (RR=10.26, 95% CI 1.24-84.82).

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Hypertension Primary Care General Practitioner Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: One private primary care clinic and two clinics of a safety net hospital system that serves inner-city populations with significant socio-economic challenges. Population: Primary care visits by patients 55 years or older, taking 5 or more chronic medications, speaking English or Spanish during April through December 2023.

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Clinic Medical Primary Care Insurance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, the factors influencing the dynamics of adherence among young Chinese patients with hypertension remain unclear. Setting or Dataset general outpatient clinic of a tertiary hospital in Chengdu. Results A total of 89 young patients with hypertension were included.

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Hypertension Patient-Centered Family Families 130

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.) Through a funded grant.

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Community Management Mental Health Hospital 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Population: Thirty-six residents from UTSW, Parkland, Children's Hospital, and Texas Health Resources were surveyed. 32% (n=11) reported patient satisfaction with telemedicine transitions. Addressing these gaps will be essential for ensuring optimal patient care in future pandemics.

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Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, poor treatment compliance among thalassemia patients remains a challenge, leading to less successful outcomes and negative perceptions of the disease. The study aimed to explore the lived experiences of thalassemia patients in Eastern India and examined how social relationships impacted treatment adherence.

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Individual Relationship Community Family 130

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. Objective: Describe PC practices’ challenges and tailored approaches to effective SBIRT implementation. Population Studied: PC clinicians and staff.

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Primary Care Screening Nurse Practitioner Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

As a former hospital chaplain and current museum docent, I have learned that looking at art can be a valuable tool for self-discovery and for enhancing medical education. This understanding led to creating a course to teach medical students to observe both art and patients deeply.

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Medical Student Medical Patients Education 162

Logansport Memorial Hospital

JUNE 28, 2024

He is a primary care physician with a passion for providing full-spectrum primary care for his patients. Beginning in August, Dr. Anderson-Been will see patients in LMPN Family Medicine, located on the second floor of Medical Office Building West.

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Primary Care Physician Primary Care Family Medicine 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. As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention.

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Healthcare Primary Care Family Medicine DO 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: The structured questionnaire covered various aspects of primary care practice, including the scope of clinical learners, specialties offered, onsite services, telehealth, EMR data querying, patient advisory groups, and IRB affiliation. Results: Sixty-five practice sites (71% response rate) completed a survey.

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Primary Care Telehealth Patient-Centered Community 130

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. Population Studied: OHT health workforce, including primary care and its attributed patient population.

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Integrated Care Primary Care Finance Provider 130

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.

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Community Integrated Care Finance Family Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: High-utilizer patient populations reflect poor health for those patients and high resource use for health systems. Few studies of high-utilization patient programs found improvements in the intervention groups compared to controls. Setting: Safety net hospital/clinic system in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Utilities Primary Care Finance Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. We retrieved information on all ER visits and hospitalizations in internal medicine and surgical wards from 2017 to 2019 and mortality in 2019. The mean age was 81.2

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Hypertension Diabetes ER Medical 130

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 10, 2025

. “This recognition honors the dedication of our Permanente physicians, clinicians, nurses, and staff who bring Permanente Medicine to life every day — delivering care that is compassionate, patient-centered, and seamlessly coordinated,” said Dr. Ansari. Improving physician wellness. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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Clinic Patient-Centered Healthcare Medical 59

The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 23, 2021

Take our episode quiz here Dr. Kristen Austad Kirsten Austad MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and a hospitalist at Boston Medical Center. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England.

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Clinic Family Medicine DO Patient-Centered 52

Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

It moves away from fragmented systems, provides alternatives to medication-only treatment paths, and leads patients to practical pathways for healing—whether for anxiety, diabetes management, depression, or addiction. It provides immediate, non-stigmatized behavioral health support at the point of medical care, often in the same visit.

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Integrated Care Primary Care Mental Health Family Healthcare 130

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. Improved asthma outcomes are associated with effective communication between patients and providers, such as using shared decision-making. to 0.08, p=0.44), 5% to 2% ([95%]CI -0.03 to 0.24, p=0.28).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Asthma Utilities Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The I-Score is a new electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) of ART adherence barriers to be used in HIV care. Objective: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of administering the I-Score on a patient portal. Setting: A large hospital-based clinic in Montreal, Canada. Before visits, they completed the I-Score.

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Electronics Patients Hospital Provider 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).

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Family Physician Family Families Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset Participants were employed in 5 urban Colorado hospital-owned family medicine clinics. Most MAs had experience with HE activities, most commonly attending presentations on health disparities and SDOH, and screening patients for social needs. Population Studied Medical assistants working in primary care.

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Primary Care Medical Management Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Over the last decade, patient care experience in the emergency department (ED) has been subpar. Relationships and communication with staff, physical comfort, privacy, and accessibility influence the patient experience of ED care. with the latent variable, except patient experience with staff responsiveness to requests.

Finance 130

Finance Patients Relationship Physicals 130

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.

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Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Starting in 2020, 15 residents annually from the Mankato Family Medicine Residency Program were included. Community-based service learning is a proposed way to develop resident proficiency in core competencies and addressing and exploring social determinants of health.

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Community Education Family Medicine DO 130

Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Primary care physicians take it upon themselves to get to know patients in person, which helps them attend to their needs. Preventive Care Primary doctors can offer preventive care to their patients, which typically includes check-ups and screenings to prevent them from contracting illnesses.

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Primary Care Physician Primary Care Doctor Provider Primary Care 52