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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting The North of Lanaudière University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) Intervention Upon referral from their family doctor, patients attend a group course on nutrition and metabolic health. They complete a commitment form and questionnaire before meeting with a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse, nutritionist, and doctor.

DO

DO Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner Family

Enhancing Advanced Access in Primary Healthcare: Key Change Strategies from a Quality Improvement Initiative [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In Quebec, efforts to implement AA in Family Medicine Groups (FMGs) yielded partial success, necessitating comprehensive change strategies to ensure a tangible impact of the model. Context: Timely access is crucial for high-quality primary healthcare delivery, yet remains a pervasive challenge globally, including in Canada.

Healthcare

Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Finance Appointment

Reliability and Validity of a Comprehensiveness of Care Measure in Primary Care, A Case Study of the PRIME Registry [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To evaluate comprehensiveness of care measure reliability for clinicians and advanced practice practitioners (e.g. nurse practitioners and physician assistants), as well as validity of the measure and its association with poorly controlled diabetes (e.g. Hemoglobin A1C > 9.0 as a case study).

Primary Care

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Diabetes Internal Medicine

Effect of brief dermoscopy training on primary care providers' diagnostic accuracy on a test and in practice [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Divisions of Family Medicine and Community Internal Medicine at a large academic medical center in Southeast Minnesota. Population studied: Primary care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants), 43 in phase 1 and 13 in phase 2.

Primary Care

Primary Care Provider Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practice

Factors associated with patients' experience of access to their primary health care clinic: a multilevel analysis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A total of 122,397 patients and 999 family physicians, 107 nurse practitioners and 411 administrative staff nested into 104 clinics answered the survey. Two patient-reported experiences were assessed: 1) difficulty having an appointment with regular family physician or nurse practitioners, and 2) unmet healthcare needs.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Clinic Family Physician Finance

Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

AUGUST 28, 2024

The 2024 Fall Forum is designed to bring together family physicians, general practitioners, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants from across the state. The event focuses on the latest clinical practices, innovations in healthcare, and topics trending in the field of family medicine.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner General Practitioner Family Physician Family Medicine

Deprescribing antihypertensives with weekly taper intervals in long-term care, secondary data analysis of OptimizeBP data [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Most pharmacists/nurse practitioners used an optional tracking sheet to track their deprescribing and submitted them regularly to the study team. Dataset: OptimizeBP blood pressure measurements from 2021–2024. OptimizeBP is an antihypertensive deprescribing trial in long-term care.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Diagnosis IT

Experiences of Canadians without a primary care clinician [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures Sociodemographic characteristics of people without a family physician or nurse practitioner (primary care clinician), related healthcare seeking behaviours, importance of primary care attributes, and preferences towards reorganizing primary care. Setting Canada. Results 22.0%

Primary Care

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Family Physician Healthcare

Increasing primary care capacity by adding team members [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

million adults in Canada do not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner. Context Over 6.5 Interprofessional team-based care can expand access to primary care, however, the relationship between interprofessional teams and their impact on primary care capacity is not well-understood.

Primary Care

Primary Care Finance Nurse Practitioner Family Doctor

Nested order panels for primary care medication and laboratory orders: adoption and impact on ordering efficiency [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

nurse practitioners and physician assistants). Setting: Primary care clinics partnered with an academic health center. Population Study: Primary care clinicians including MD/DO and advanced practice providers (i.e.,

Primary Care

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Utilities Finance

Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Each practice addressed referral to treatment from behavioral health providers (BHP) uniquely, including care coordination with an external BHP, a new BHP hire, and an existing clinician obtaining psychiatric nurse practitioner degree.

Primary Care

Primary Care Screening Nurse Practitioner Referral

Optimizing participation in the OECD PaRIS Project: Lessons learned in Saskatchewan [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Eligibility criteria involved PCPs (family physicians and/or nurse practitioners) who facilitated a panel of patients; and PWLE who were 45 years of age or older, with or without a chronic condition, and who had documented appointments with an eligible PCP in the past six months.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Relationship PCP

Early Prevention of Critical Illness in Older Adults: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of an Electronic Risk Score and Checklist [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Evaluate implementation of an electronic scoring system (Elders Risk Assessment—ERA) to detect and an adapted risk-factor checklist (Checklist for Early Recognition and Treatment of Acute IllNess in Family Medicine – CERTAIN-FM) to assess older patients at high risk of critical illness in a primary care setting.

Illness

Illness Electronics Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Your Guide to Healthcare Careers in New Haven County, CT

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

The state’s Department of Labor projects that healthcare practitioners and healthcare support occupations will see greater employment through 2030, particularly in chronic care and family medicine. It offers associate degree and certificate programs leading to careers in nursing and allied health professions.

Healthcare

Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Professional Education

Building Capacity to Address Opioid Use Disorder: Results from an embedded education program in health profession curricula [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The population of focus included medical students, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Intervention: Our university developed a training for pre-licensure physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners that included the required training for prescribers and a shadowing experience.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Education Illness Medical Student

Towards a Fundamental Unit of Continuity of Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Clinician types included family medicine (FM), internal medicine (IM), pediatric medicine (PED), general practice (GP), obstetrics/gynecology (OB), nurse practitioner (NP), and physician assistant (PA). Patients were attributed to the PCPs with whom they had the most visits in 2018.

PCP

PCP PCP Finance Nurse Practitioner

Drowning in Paperwork: The Burden of Administrative Responsibilities in Primary Care [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

physician assistants, nurse practitioners) to help "de-clutter the inbox" and manage referrals. However, often the volume of the work eroded this solution. At the system level, participants underscored the need for compensation for administrative time and funding to increase clinic staff (e.g.

Primary Care

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Family Physician Referral

Using a typology to understand and address primary care administrative workload in Atlantic Canada [Practice management and organization]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Administrative activities, including work related to caring for individual patients and clinic administration, may play a substantial role in understanding changes to primary care workload.

Primary Care

Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner Family Physician

Patient experiences using primary care wait lists in Canada: A qualitative study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients without a regular primary care provider (a family physician or nurse practitioner) are considered "unattached,". Context: Primary healthcare is the front door to the health system, facilitating access to diagnostic testing and specialist care. In 2019, 14.5% of Canadians (approximately 4.6

Primary Care

Primary Care Finance Nurse Practitioner Patients

Digitally Mediated Therapeutic Relationships in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Ethnographic data was collected across three primary care settings in the Greater Toronto Area and included two Family Health Teams and one Community Health Centre. Population studied: Participants included 10 primary care providers (5 physicians, 2 social workers, 1 nurse practitioner, 2 residents), 9 patients and 1 caregiver.

Primary Care

Primary Care Relationship Nurse Practitioner Provider

Poverty screening implementation in a Canadian primary care clinic: acceptability and feasibility for patients and providers [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied The study collected data from family physicians, nurse practitioners, and adult patients of the clinic. Setting The study was set at St. Joseph’s Primary Care Clinic in Saint John, NB, Canada in 2023.

Primary Care

Primary Care Screening Provider Clinic

Primary Care Provider Perspectives at an Academic Medical Center: Are Telemedicine Visits as Effective as In-person Care? [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: 87 primary care providers, including family physicians, internists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Practice settings included general primary care, senior care, concierge care, urgent care, and employer-based care.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Primary Care Provider Nurse Practitioner

Nurses perspectives on the characteristics of high-functioning teams in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic [Practice management and organization]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied : Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses (Registered Practical Nurses in Ontario) working in primary care Intervention/Instrument: N/A. Results : A total of 76 nurses were interviewed. Outcome Measures N/A.

Primary Care

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Management Electronics

Primary Care Clinician Perspectives on Managing Hypertension in Black Patients: Lifestyle Changes and Shared Decision Making [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Primary care clinicians with prescribing privileges including physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners (N=58). Setting: Two health care systems in New York City. Instrument: Self-administered survey.

Hypertension

Hypertension Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner

Why Regular Check-ups Matter: Preventive Care at Mesa Family Physicians

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

During your comprehensive check-up at our Mesa clinic, our board-certified physicians will not only assess your current health status but also help you understand your risk factors for various conditions based on your family history, lifestyle, and previous medical records. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all medicine.

Family Physician

Family Physician Preventative Care Preventive Care Family

MAFP Supports Two Student Programs This Summer!

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 22, 2023

6-week Medical Student Externship - Medical Student Externship Report – Molly Mann, MS2 2023 July – August "My externship experience consisted of shadowing Dr. Der Simonian at the Falmouth Family Medicine office and at the Maine Medical Center Mother Baby Unit.

Medical Student

Medical Student DO Family Medicine Patient-Centered

How to get the preventive care you need!

Vida Family Medicine

JANUARY 4, 2022

Many traditional clinics have a high turnover of doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, so it is difficult to see the same doctor more than once. At Vida Family Medicine we are currently accepting new patients into our direct primary care membership.

Preventative Care

Preventative Care Preventive Care Chronic Disease Insurance

Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. Bragging rights. Alex: Yeah.

Illness

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT

RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

We welcome all professions, including but not limited to physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, administrators, and pharmacists. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. You started off as a physician, right?

IT

IT Patient-Centered Family Families

Primary Care Digest

Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Enhancing Advanced Access in Primary Healthcare: Key Change Strategies from a Quality Improvement Initiative [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

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Reliability and Validity of a Comprehensiveness of Care Measure in Primary Care, A Case Study of the PRIME Registry [Research methodology and instrument development]

Effect of brief dermoscopy training on primary care providers' diagnostic accuracy on a test and in practice [Education and training]

Factors associated with patients' experience of access to their primary health care clinic: a multilevel analysis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Register Now for the AAFP 2024 Fall Forum CME Event

Deprescribing antihypertensives with weekly taper intervals in long-term care, secondary data analysis of OptimizeBP data [Geriatrics]

Experiences of Canadians without a primary care clinician [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Increasing primary care capacity by adding team members [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Nested order panels for primary care medication and laboratory orders: adoption and impact on ordering efficiency [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Optimizing participation in the OECD PaRIS Project: Lessons learned in Saskatchewan [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Early Prevention of Critical Illness in Older Adults: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of an Electronic Risk Score and Checklist [Geriatrics]

Your Guide to Healthcare Careers in New Haven County, CT

Building Capacity to Address Opioid Use Disorder: Results from an embedded education program in health profession curricula [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Towards a Fundamental Unit of Continuity of Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Drowning in Paperwork: The Burden of Administrative Responsibilities in Primary Care [Qualitative research]

Using a typology to understand and address primary care administrative workload in Atlantic Canada [Practice management and organization]

Patient experiences using primary care wait lists in Canada: A qualitative study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Digitally Mediated Therapeutic Relationships in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Poverty screening implementation in a Canadian primary care clinic: acceptability and feasibility for patients and providers [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Primary Care Provider Perspectives at an Academic Medical Center: Are Telemedicine Visits as Effective as In-person Care? [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Nurses perspectives on the characteristics of high-functioning teams in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic [Practice management and organization]

Primary Care Clinician Perspectives on Managing Hypertension in Black Patients: Lifestyle Changes and Shared Decision Making [Hypertension]

Why Regular Check-ups Matter: Preventive Care at Mesa Family Physicians

MAFP Supports Two Student Programs This Summer!

How to get the preventive care you need!

Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

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