Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patient Expertise in Research Collaboration (PERC) – primary health care (PHC) is a centre supported by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit. Patient Expertise in Research Collaboration (PERC) – primary health care (PHC) is a centre supported by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit. Instrument: Document analysis, website metrics.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Community Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-society approach to health and well-being, providing holistic care to patients across their lifespan. Objective: To engage the PHC community and identify how patient partners can best support primary health care design, delivery, research, and education.

Patients 130

Patients Holistic Care Government Education 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

SDM involves a collaborative process between patients and providers to make informed healthcare choices. Despite its proven benefits in enhancing patient outcomes, real-world constraints such as time, training, and staff availability hinder its widespread implementation. Intervention/Instrument: Survey.

Asthma 130

Asthma Patients Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: 1) Test the virtual model of MLP to achieve more favorable economies of scale 2) Develop a policy-informed lexicon for MLP to inform model development, D&I research, and improve data sharing across models to ultimately advance sustainable state-based funding for MLP. Intervention/Instrument: Legal-needs screening tool.

Medical 130

Medical Referral Screening Internal Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Although occupational therapists contribute to the overall improvement of primary care services, their presence in family medicine groups is still limited, mainly due to a lack of knowledge about their role in this practice context. Results were analysed using a qualitative analytical questioning approach.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Medicine DO Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Transitions of care (TOC) between healthcare settings carry numerous safety hazards and high risk for medication harm, particularly for patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). Results: Study participants shared both their experiences related to medication safety, as well as barries to patient-centeredness.

Chronic Condition 130

Chronic Condition Medical Patient-Centered Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Prenatal care can be difficult for patients to accomplish, with frequent visits and time-sensitive health screenings. Patient interviews, providing qualitative information to augment study findings. Semi-structured interviews of post-partum patients. Intervention/Instrument: Optional virtual prenatal visits.

Patients 130

Patients Clinic Utilities Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Persistent pain is experienced among nearly half of the patients with long COVID (LC). Objective: To document the lived experience of patients with LC pain, including how they access and receive healthcare, to improve services for LC pain evaluation and treatment.

Patients 130

Patients Insurance IT Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Community health worker (CHW) interventions show promising outcomes for T2D and HTN control particularly among low income and historically marginalized patients. Objective Evaluate the implementation of a CHW program and its impact on the control of T2D and HTN outcomes among patients with social vulnerabilities.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Community Diabetes Primary Care 130

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),

Clinic 130

Clinic Patients Electronics Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Training students to provide care and respond using a trauma informed approach can help ensure our healthcare sites are places of healing and not re-traumatization. Objective Assess how a lecture on HT during a 4-week family medicine (FM) clerkship impacts medical student knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding HT.

Medical Student 130

Medical Student Education Medical Referral 130

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 24, 2024

This year’s event was a testament to the vibrant community of family physicians, medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing family medicine in Alabama. Her career before this includes significant positions across Alabama, showcasing her commitment to family medicine and rural health.

Medical Student 130

Medical Student Family Medicine DO Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The ability to reach and engage in the care process varies considerably depending on patients’ socio-demographic characteristics which we need to understand to address inequitable access issues. Setting/Dataset: 121,570 registered patients over 18 years of age with an email address available in their electronic medical record.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Clinic Chronic Condition Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: A retrospective cohort of providers and its patient panel for two performance years, 2019 and 2022. Setting or Dataset: The American Family Cohort database, derived from the PRIME registry. Comprehensiveness can inform opportunities for primary care providers to judiciously perform various services.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Diabetes Internal Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Individuals who frequently attend the ED comprise up to 10% of patients, while accounting for a third of ED visits. There is a lack of information on high ED use in other jurisdictions, specifically in Central and Eastern Europe. Objective: To describe frequent ED use among patients in Krakow, Poland. median: 6, IQR: 2.0).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Consulting Hospital 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Lifestyle Medicine (LM) is an evidence-based approach to prevention and treatment of chronic disease by addressing six pillars: physical activity, nutrition, sleep and stress management (recovery), connection, and substance use. Objective To assess patient perceptions of a primary care-based LM clinic.

Clinic 130

Clinic Patients Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In response to a call initiated by CIHR in 2023, inviting patient, public, and community participation, the Patient Council of the Canadian Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN) responded with a Report on March 25, 2024. Population Studied: CPCRN Patient Council.

Patients 130

Patients Community Primary Care Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Primary care providers in 12 Ottawa and Sudbury (Ontario, Canada) practices referred their patients with health or social needs to access needed SP services. Dataset Of the 326 enrolled patients, 150 consented and had their data successfully linked to health administrative data housed at ICES (ARC=83, Ontario-211: 67).

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Utilities ER Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Impacts of healthcare sludge on patients have not been well-described. Study Design and Analysis: This sequential/convergent mixed methods study included a patient survey and patient interviews. Study Design and Analysis: This sequential/convergent mixed methods study included a patient survey and patient interviews.

Screening 130

Screening Patients Patient-Centered Insurance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Patient messaging to providers has dramatically increased since the pandemic, leading to informatics efforts to categorize messages to facilitate more efficient review. Conclusion Clinicians generally lack the time to prioritize patient messages. The increased inbox burden has particularly impacted primary care physicians.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Primary Care Physician Patients 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

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.

Family Medicine Specialist 130

Family Medicine Specialist Medical Family Medicine DO 130

Oasis Family Medicine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Exploring Methylene Blue, Ozone, and UBI Therapy: Findings from Oasis Family Medicine At Oasis Family Medicine, Dr. Yoshi Rahm and his team recently conducted a study investigating the combined effects of Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation (UBI), ozone, and methylene blue on overall health.

Family Medicine 52

Family Medicine DO Families Family 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A t-test and discrimination index was performed to evaluate responses to the survey with descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Fisher Exact test performed on chart review data.

Family Medicine 130

Family Medicine DO Screening Education 130

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

That small win reminded me that artificial intelligence is already shaping the way our patients (and our families) search for health advice. Our Patients Are Already Using AI Many people now ask their first health question to a chatbot rather than to a clinician. Evidence‑informed care was literally at his fingertips.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Integrated Care Primary Care Healthcare Professional 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention/Instrument Survey questions focused on socio-demographic information, substance use patterns, health status, use of treatment and harm reduction services, and acceptability of emerging services. Participants received a CA$30 cash honorarium for their time.

Community 130

Community Mental Health Patients Diagnose 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Nearly all patients with type 2 diabetes have comorbid chronic conditions, adding complexity to self-management. A tool to more efficiently relay points of patient-perceived treatment burden during a primary care visit may lead to more patient-centered care plans and improved outcomes.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Screening Patient-Centered 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.

GP 130

GP Hospital Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Maternal depression appears to have negative effects on child development (cognitive, language, emotional) in part because of the impact of depressive symptoms on parenting practices and family life, particularly in early childhood. using items adapted from the Family Map Inventories (measured pre- and post-intervention).

Family Medicine 130

Family Medicine DO Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: COACH — a patient-facing decision support tool integrated into the electronic record. COACH was embraced for its relative advantage over traditional workflows and its potential to empower and educate patients. Setting: Three academic health systems with EPIC and Oracle electronic health records.

Electronics 130

Electronics Patient-Centered Hypertension Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While the clinical performance of NIPS is well-documented, to our knowledge, no research has documented its impact on pregnant women’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL), thus hampering informed decision-making about prenatal options. This evidence will inform future decision aids about prenatal screening.

Screening 130

Screening Physicals Patients Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Data visualization is useful to contemporary methods designed for clarity and communication of information. Although data visualization is gaining traction in the hypertension, its use in health education and information dissemination is still underutilized. Setting or Dataset two primary health centers.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Primary Care General Practitioner Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding health information seeking behavior is critical in providing effective interventions and improving quality of life for patients, especially for those facing complex health needs. The data was obtained from the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey® (HINTS). Objectives. Conclusions.

Patients 130

Patients Families Family Government 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To link primary care electronic medical record (EMR) data with community and hospital data and to test the utility of the merged dataset through a targeted quality improvement (QI) intervention among high-risk patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Risk factors (i.e.,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Electronics Hospital Medical 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patient satisfaction is often seen as a key indicator of patient-centered care. Organizations want to ensure that patients feel valued, respected, and supported throughout their healthcare journey. Satisfaction scores pre-intervention is to be compared to post-intervention results.

Patients 130

Patients Family Medicine DO Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patients with diabetes who receive structured and integrated care have better control and outcomes; however, care may shift between multiple settings making coordination challenging. Outcome Measures: Number of patients engaged, resulting referrals, Navigator time per patient, and hemoglobin A1c measures across 2-years.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Referral Integrated Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: We used information gathered from site visits and team meetings to understand how Compass Rose was being utilized across sites. We also assessed patterns of social risks and need for assistance among our patient populations. Of those patients with an episode (i.e.,

Referral 130

Referral Community Transportation Utilities 130