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A brief theory driven patient education video to reduce potentially harmful regular over-the-counter NSAID use [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are common medications with numerous well documented adverse effects, leading many professional organizations to recommended that certain patient populations avoid regular use. chronic kidney disease (CKD), heart failure (HF), and/or hypertension (HTN)). video) and 4.2±3.5

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Evaluating the Impact of Data Visualization with China-PAR on Hypertension Management in Primary Care: A Pilot Study [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

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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A Multisite CFIR Study of Readiness to Implement Collaboration Oriented Approach to Controlling High Blood Pressure (COACH) [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

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.

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

Annals of Family Medicine

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

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Intensity of medication review activities in private and public clinics [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population: Primary care visits by patients 55 years or older, taking 5 or more chronic medications, speaking English or Spanish during April through December 2023. The patients in the public clinics were younger (71[64;76] vs 61[56; 67] years old), more likely to be Black/African American (50.0 vs 41.1%) background.

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Rural Ontario Complete Lifestyle Medicine Intervention Program (CLIP-ON) [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To assess the feasibility of implementing a lifestyle medicine program in a rural Ontario community for patients with chronic diseases. gender, age, race, education, etc.), Conclusion: CLIP-ON has demonstrated patient and provider interest, and logistical feasibility in this rural setting.

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Episode 176: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 8 – Towards Justice and Race Conscious Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Intersectionality : Race and racism intersect with socioeconomic status, education, geography, sexual orientation, religion, immigration status, gender and other identities with differential impact. For example, GFR- race correction for Black patients. This is the rationale for NOT using these kinds of race-based algorithms.