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Transitional Care Management care team impact on no-show rates to hospital discharge appointments [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The Transitional Care Management (TCM) clinic visit is a uniquely billed visit type to review a recently discharged patient’s hospital course, reconcile medications, and continue ongoing workup. Population Studied: Inpatients were referred if they were being discharged from the Family Medicine service to home.

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Perceived acceptability and feasibility of integrating breast and cervical cancer screening for women and providers in Kenya [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

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. Median provider age was 34 and 68% were female. Median provider age was 34 and 68% were female.

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Exploring Primary Care Provider eConsult Utilization Trends [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To determine how primary care providers (PCP) utilize the eConsult platform. Setting or Dataset: CUSOM and University Hospital. Provider usage of the platform declined steadily over time. Study Design and Analysis: This retrospective analysis of program data spans from 2018 through 2023.

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Rural Hospital Futures in Colorado - Rapid Review and Environmental Scan for Policy Opportunities [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Since 2005, over 180 rural hospitals have closed across the United States and 800 rural hospitals remain at high risk of closure. Nearly four million rural Americans lost a hospital in their county between 2005 and 2021. Rural hospitals with particular attention to Colorado. Study Design. Outcome Measures. Conclusions.

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Implementation of a novel linkage of primary care electronic medical record data with hospital data in South Eastern Ontario [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Currently, primary care data, community data, and hospital data are not linked in Ontario, resulting in a disconnect in continuity of care. We demonstrated the capacity to implement data-drive QI approaches to support patient care across health care sectors using the novel merged datasets.

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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

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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Learning from primary care in Canada and Europe

The Health Policy Exchange

What can family medicine in the U.S. The study found that countries with more robust primary care had lower hospitalization rates and less socioeconomic inequality in self-rated health, in addition to better chronic disease outcomes. learn from the organization of primary care in other Western countries? What lessons should U.S.