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.

Patients 130

Patients Community Primary Care Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Addressing structural vulnerability is an increasing focus for primary care researchers. Objective: To inform researcher training and education, this study explored the experiences of researchers conducting participatory research with people experiencing structural vulnerability.

Community 130

Community IT Primary Care Relationship 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite primary care providers’ (PCPs) ability to effectively treat depression, encouraging individuals to seek and return to treatment is challenging. ObjecConduct an outcome evaluation exploring the relationships among the effects of condition, ability to visualize HS, previous professional HS, and PCP HSI at T2.

PCP 130

PCP PCP Illness Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Réseau de recherche en soins primaires de l’ Université de Montréal (RRSPUM) is the Primary Care (PC) Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine (DFMEM) of our University (Quebec, Canada).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Medicine DO Consulting 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

PURPOSE Although studies have shown that more temporally regular (TR) primary care visits are associated with improved patient outcomes, none have examined what clinic staff can do to encourage greater TR visits. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and coded using Atlas qualitative data analysis software (Lumivero, LLC).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Primary Care Physician Chronic Condition 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite the many well-established benefits of primary care (PC), the percentage of Americans with a source of usual care or with an ongoing PC relationship is declining. Measures were further categorized into 13 access domains.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Insurance Utilities Relationship 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting/Population studied/Intervention: A case management program (CMP) for people with complex needs was implemented in four primary care clinics of an urban area. Having more consultation time and establishing a relationship of trust with people helped to address their unmet social needs.

Integrated Care 130

Integrated Care Primary Care Management Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Further, most family medicine residents remain within 50 miles of their residency graduate location. Previous research identified high-need counties based on consistently low primary care physician capacity. Identifying CBRPs relative to high-need areas is important.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Community Finance Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study design: Qualitative descriptive study conducted using ten 45-minute semi-structured interviews with primary care physicians in North Carolina between March and April 2022. Responses were analyzed using both deductive and inductive approaches to identify primary topics.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Electronic health records (EHR) and patient portal systems have resulted in an unrestricted, undefined, and often uncompensated workload for Primary Care providers. Objective: Quantify portal messaging patterns across the Rochester, MN Primary Care practices in 2022.

Electronics 130

Electronics Primary Care Provider Relationship 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To identify challenges and facilitators to collaborations between a NPO and primary healthcare partners. Setting: A NPO and its partners in the healthcare (primary care clinics), social services, and community networks in a rural context. Study design: An instrumental case study design.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Finance Integrated Care Relationship 130

Vida Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

When it comes to your health, it is important that you have all the information you need to take the best care of yourself. Unfortunately, there is also a history of paternalism and abuse in medicine, especially of individuals of color or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and this has created a lot of mistrust of medical professionals.

Treatment Plan 52

Treatment Plan Insurance Primary Care Physician Primary Care 52

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

We developed and tested the feasibility and acceptability of a tool to enhance conversations for adults with cognitive impairment at the point of care. METHODS We conducted a feasibility study to build a conversation tool, guided by principles of shared decision making, called the "About Me" Care Card.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Relationship Community Individual 130

Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

One of the most rewarding parts of being a primary care physician is when I am able to work with a patient to help them find answers to unexplained symptoms they have been dealing with, sometimes for years! The healthcare system in the US is not well-designed for the kind of care that is required to get to the bottom of these symptoms.

Patients 52

Patients Primary Care Appointment Diagnose 52

BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

If it is necessary to continue physical separation from family and friends, this does not mean social separation, and we should maintain contact as much as possible, as this is essential to our wellbeing. Hopefully, on the other side we will be more aware of the importance of our relationships and our small objects of gratitude.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Mental Health Family 40

Vida Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If you are intentional about including some connection in your day every day, you will see improved relationships as well as improved mood and overall wellbeing. Current patients- please visit our members only scheduling page to schedule an appointment to discuss how we can implement these tips into your care plan. Sound like you.

Chronic Disease 52

Chronic Disease Patient-Centered Patients IT 52

Priority Physicians

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

If you’re considering replacing alcohol with THC (for example, if you have kidney issues and can’t imbibe), how do you make an informed decision? Direct primary care aims to improve your life until there’s no need to numb it! No positive outcomes happen when you mask a behavior. Let us know how we can help.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Individual 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A Mobile Harm Reduction Team (MHR) partnered with public health bureau to develop low-barrier primary care addiction medicine in a trusted location, prioritizing relationship-centered care to promote patient engagement. Setting or Dataset: New primary care addiction medicine site.

Relationship 130

Relationship Clinical Practice Clinic Patient-Centered 130

Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

At Edge Family Medicine , we believe that one of the most powerful tools in healthcare isn’t technology — it’s trust. Establishing a long-term relationship with a primary care provider can make a profound difference in how effectively your health is managed over time. You’re not just another patient — you’re known.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Relationship PCP PCP 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Interpersonal communication is a critical dimension of primary care. None of the existing reviews examine primary care-specific interpersonal communication for patients living with chronic conditions. Results: From 7579 identified deduped studies, we included 12 with 22266 participants.

Chronic Condition 130

Chronic Condition Family Physician Families Family 130

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Families Family 40

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While preventable, many fail to receive timely treatment in primary care, leading the most vulnerable to accumulate complications. These results will inform a primary care tool that uses artificial intelligence/machine learning to predict those individuals at high risk for diabetes progression.

Complication 130

Complication Diabetes Primary Care Utilities 130

Hitchcock Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Choosing a primary physician can be a daunting and challenging task. There are many things to consider before you settle on the person who will be responsible for your primary care. Look at their background, education, qualifications, and any other relevant information that might be available.

General Practitioner 52

General Practitioner Checkup Appointment Insurance 52

Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 20, 2025

Make sure to note how long the symptoms last, how often they occur, and their severity Keep track of your menstrual cycle, including length of periods, time between them, and heaviness of flow Compile Your Medical History Gather information about your past medical conditions and surgeries.

Appointment 52

Appointment Treatment Plan Medical Management 52

Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

I care deeply about each and every one of my patients, and I do not want a difference in opinion to create a wedge in our relationship. However, this particular decision infringes on my ability to practice medicine ethically, so I feel it is important for me to respond.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Families Family Healthcare Professional 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. But the cancer specific databases just don’t have this information. Most of our population has trauma. Katie: Yeah.

Illness 137

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

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? As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family GP 130

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]. Primary care visits increase utilization of evidence-based preventative health measures.

Vaccination 40

Vaccination Healthcare Professional Healthcare Primary Care 40

GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

Do elements of care that are often administered to seriously ill patients count? How does integrative medicine fit in with this? Jill Schneiderhan, a family medicine and integrative medicine doc, helps us think through this. Alex 18:40 And two of you are med peds and Jill’s family medicine.

Patient-Centered 79

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 79

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Relationships between patients and clinicians are at the core of primary care values. Empirical and narrative examples illustrate that patients feel known, rooted, and grounded in relationships with PCCs. Patients indicated full-scope primary care even with telemedicine and social isolation.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Relationship Patients Patient-Centered 130

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Pat Connolly & Cortney Linville who attended the AAFP Family Medicine Advocacy Summit in Washington May 19-21. Here's what Dr. Connolly had to say: "I was pleased and privileged to attend the AAFP Family Medicine Advocacy Summit again last month and represent our state.

Family Physician 40

Family Physician Family Medicine DO Primary Care 40