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Enhancing Primary Care: The Role of Occupationnal Therapy in Chronic Pain Self-Management [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Necessary healthcare services to manage chronic pain remain difficult to access in primary care. Objective: The objective of this study was to make explicit how occupational therapists provide self-management support to people living with chronic pain to highlight their specific contribution to primary care teams.

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Outcomes of a virtual CGM initiation service (virCIS) for primary care patients with diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is now considered a standard treatment option in diabetes care. However, its adoption has been slower in primary care settings compared to endocrinology practices, resulting in unequal access for patients with diabetes. Setting: Primary care practices in Colorado.

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Increasing Primary Care Research Workforce and Output through T32 Primary Care Fellowship Training [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

CONTEXT Primary care (PC) is well-positioned to address rapidly evolving public health priorities and research meaningful to patients and other stakeholders. Research training is rate-limiting. Funding opportunities for pre-/post-doctoral training exist in the US, including T32 programs.

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Time to obtain ethics approval and sites authorization for research in the Cohort in Primary Care (COPRI) [Observational study (cohort, case-control)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The Cohort in Primary Care (COPRI) is ongoing in 29 Family Medicine Groups (FMG) across Québec. Study design and analysis: Time between each step of the submission process were measured in days and descriptive results will be presented with tables and figures.

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Project ECHO Rheumatology - Rationale and Results from a Multi-Method Study to Capture Impact [Musculoskeletal and rheumatology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a virtually-delivered health professions education model, designed to improve patient care by enhancing primary care capacity in specialty topics. Conclusion The burden of rheumatic disease is rising.

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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Bridging the 17‑Year Research–Practice Gap Implementation scientists estimate that it takes about seventeen years for new evidence to become routine care (Rubin, 2023). Within minutes he integrated the latest findings into practical recommendations for the family. Evidence‑informed care was literally at his fingertips.

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Celebrating Ten Years of ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Chronic pain is a common, complex, and costly condition that is managed primarily in primary care in Canada. Intervention ECHO Pain started in June 2014 and offered weekly 90-minute sessions that include a didactic lecture followed by a de-identified patient case presentation.