Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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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Primary Care Management Chronic Condition Education 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Wellstar MCG Health is a 520-bed tertiary hospital with a Family Medicine inpatient service and an attached Family Medicine resident continuity clinic. Population Studied: Inpatients were referred if they were being discharged from the Family Medicine service to home.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Although data visualization is gaining traction in the hypertension, its use in health education and information dissemination is still underutilized. Objective This study aims to investigate the impact of data visualization using China-PAR on managing hypertension among primary care patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physicians in Canada have one of the broadest scopes of practice and shortest postgraduate residency training periods among high income nations. In 2018, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) reviewed Canadian family medicine training and determined it must evolve to meet contemporary societal needs.

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Family Medicine DO Education Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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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Plum Health

JUNE 9, 2025

Donovan Ogboh is a Family Medicine Doctor in Detroit Michigan Dr. Donovan Ogboh is a board-certified family medicine physician with a dedicated interest in preventive care, sports medicine, pediatric care, women’s health, and the ongoing management of chronic conditions.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Chronic pain is a common, complex, and costly condition that is managed primarily in primary care in Canada. The goal of ECHO Pain is to educate, support, and improve chronic pain and opioid management in Ontario’s rural, remote, and underserved areas.

Management 130

Management Telehealth Education Community 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 24, 2025

Minnesota’s Health Care Homes (HCH) certification program is transforming primary care by recognizing clinics that prioritize patient-centered, team-based care. This free and voluntary program offers significant benefits to clinics, health care professionals and patients across the state.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified Patient-Centered Family Medicine 52

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

Population Studied: Primary care team members involved in high blood pressure management. Consideration of the care team workflows (i.e., teaming) was described as essential across sites, as it promotes care quality (e.g., Study design: Deductive qualitative analysis.

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Electronics Patient-Centered Hypertension Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. Engaging researchers and leveraging evidence are essential for addressing the challenges faced by FM and family physicians.

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Family Physician Family Medicine DO Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Over half of emerging adults experience loneliness, which is associated with depression, anxiety and poor educational outcomes. Primary care is well positioned to detect and treat loneliness but most loneliness interventions have not been adapted or tested in primary care or for young adults.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Illness Screening Education 130

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Look up conferences for private practice or direct primary care to learn more. Logistical example: Or ”How would I get my current practice to consider aggressively pursuing and influencing the powers that be toward value-based care?” Look for primary care leaders who have recorded them.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Hypertension is a common condition seen by primary care clinicians and is more common in Black adults than other racial/ethnic groups. Setting: Two health care systems in New York City. Outcome measures: For the primary analysis, use of the 5’As with Black patients and correlates of interests.

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Hypertension Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation caused by public health measures to slow its spread exacerbated a mismatch between the need for mental health care and the number of professionals trained to provide that care. In Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? This relatively slim volume is divided into three parts.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health IT Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. Early in the film, family physician Dr. Erin Martin, is featured. minutes long.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Primary Care Family Medicine DO 52

Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

A primary care physician is the first point of contact when people want to receive care. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, over 50% of doctor office appointments are made with primary doctors. With that said, check out some essential services primary care physicians offer.

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Primary Care Physician Primary Care Doctor Provider Primary Care 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 1, 2025

As many of you understand, our Capitol community is like a family and many of us have worked together for years, if not decades. During negotiations, leadership compromised by centering the increase on mental health and did not raise reimbursement rates for outpatient primary care.

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Telehealth Mental Health Specialization Primary Care 66

The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 12, 2021

Take our Episode Quiz Kaitlyn Thomas Kaitlyn Thomas is a 3rd year medical student at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at their Seton Hill campus in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. She is interested in medical education, advocacy and assisting underserved populations.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 26, 2025

At Vida Family Medicine, I’ve helped hundreds of patients improve their blood sugar without extreme dieting or cutting out the foods they love. Being told you have pre-diabetes can feel overwhelming, but there’s good news: food is one of the most powerful tools you can use to manage your blood sugar. Insulin resistance.

Management 52

Management Diabetes DO Family Medicine 52

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.

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Patients Primary Care Appointment Diagnose 52

BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In this article a group of family practitioners from around the world, members of the World Organisation of Family Medicine’s (WONCA) Working Party for Mental Health, share insights into how doctors and other health professionals can look after ourselves and each other during this time.

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Family Medicine DO Mental Health Family Doctor 40

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Park Nicollet Health Services combines nutrition education with SNAP referrals. North Memorial Health develops customized meal plans for food-insecure patients via its Food as Medicine Program. Essentia Health partners with Second Harvest Northland to provide emergency food access.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Community Families Family 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

SENATE EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE S.F. 1354 ( Senator Boldon ): On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the Senate Education Policy Committee heard S.F. The bill includes a family physician as a member of the committee, which is tasked with advising the Governor and legislature on policies and practices related to school health.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Insurance Finance Individual 52

GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Next up, we chat with Liz Bayliss about her JAMA IM article that studied whether increasing awareness about deprescribing prior to primary care visits can reduce the use of potentially inappropriate long-term medications for individuals with cognitive impairment. Welcome, Liz, to the GeriPal Podcast. Elizabeth: Nice to be here.

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Specialization Medical Patient-Centered Provider 104

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective This study aimed to define the association between an outreach education and LCS guideline eligibility assessment intervention on SDM occurrence on LCS completion. Results Outreach education and eligibility assessment were associated with a significant increase in SDM occurrence (p < 0.0001) and LCS completion (p < 0.0001).

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Topics covered include: The pathophysiology of GER and GERD in the pediatric population. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Diagnostic strategies and when to consider further evaluation.

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Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Because primary care providers have frequent contact with patients, primary care settings are an ideal site for early detection and secondary prevention for individuals who may be at risk for unhealthy alcohol use or are using alcohol in an unsafe manner.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Education IT Consulting 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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Cancer Screening: Challenges with making appointments and getting PAP Smears due to time, employment, transportation, and lack of established primary care provider. Cancer Prevention: Little to no awareness or information about cervical cancer. There remains many areas of opportunity to improve Latina's cervical cancer experiences.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

MAY 31, 2022

have 19% lower odds of prematurely dying if they have a primary care provider compared to those who only seek medical specialists for their care. Which Is Better: Internal Medicine or Family Medicine? Based on their specialty, they then complete their training in outpatient and inpatient medical care.

Internal Medicine 52

Internal Medicine Families Family Family Doctor 52

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 28, 2024

As a primary care physician, I am asked about these medications at least once a day, either by a patient, a colleague, a family member, friend, or acquaintance. As most of you know, I follow a Health at Every Size® approach to the care of my patients. This approach is not one-size-fits-all and it takes time.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Primary Care Physician Medical Patients 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

We discuss an article they wrote about PULET for the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, including: What makes a PULET a PULET? Jill Schneiderhan, a family medicine and integrative medicine doc, helps us think through this. And I get to sing Bon Jovis Bad Medicine, which is such a fun song!

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 77

GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. That’s medicine. What’s the value of stories in medicine?

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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.

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