Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design This study was a systematic review of randomized controlled trials to identify RCTs demonstrating successful interventions that used communication interventions to impact patient outcomes. Additionally, studies with more than one intervention tended to use a mix of counseling and education.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 21, 2025

Age, education, and health literacy emerged as key drivers of self-care behavior in individuals with chronic kidney disease. Identifying factors that influence self-care behavior (SCB) is crucial for improving patient outcomes. Identifying factors that influence self-care behavior (SCB) is crucial for improving patient outcomes.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Patients with hidradenitis suppurative seek advice online, highlighting unmet needs in clinician-patient education regarding daily self-management strategies. For clinicians treating patients with HS, the findings may inform more tailored patient engagement. Vaidyula and colleagues in Cureus.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This can potentially compromise their ability to provide optimal patient care. Employing thematic analysis, seven distinct themes emerged, which were then classified across four overarching levels: societal, institutional, organizational, and individual.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: COACH — a patient-facing decision support tool integrated into the electronic record. Outcome Measures: Interview questions and analysis were guided by five CFIR domains (innovation source, inner and outer setting, individuals, and implementation process). Consideration of the care team workflows (i.e.,

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Link Between BAR & Prognosis High blood urea nitrogen to albumin ratio (BAR) values in patients with CKD are linked to greater mortality, indicating its potential value as a prognostic indicator. Insomnia, Restless Legs, & Pain In addition to kidney symptoms, patients with CKD also experience insomnia, restless legs, cramps, and pain.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Ten percent of patients using prescription drugs experience adverse drug events (ADE). A proportion of these ADEs can be explained by a difference in enzyme activity between individuals. Intra-individual variation in genetic composition is one of the key contributing factors determining enzyme activity.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, we know little about the views on implementing SDM in practice from the perspective of those who supervise and educate residents. Objective: To explore the views of family physician educators about the implementation of SDM in clinical practice, with a focus on the delivery of preventive health care.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 9, 2021

[link] Summary In this special episode of the Antiracism in Medicine Series, originally recorded for the 2021 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, the CPSolvers Antiracism team discusses what must be done to make medical education more antiracist. Credits Written and produced by: Dereck Paul, MD, MS; Chioma Onuoha, Utibe R.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: FITs are an accepted method of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and patients’ preferences and difficulties are unknown. Population Studied: 2148 individuals aged 50 to 85 years scheduled for screening or surveillance colonoscopy. FIT manufacturers should develop very clear directions for patients.

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The Health Policy Exchange

MAY 29, 2014

They must learn to work in interprofessional teams with dietitians and other skilled health professionals to help patients make needed dietary changes.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 27, 2024

CHARM stands for the Collaborative for Healing and Renewal in Medicine—an international group of medical educators, academic leaders, burnout researchers, and trainees dedicated to promoting trainee wellbeing.) This benefits not just you but also your family, friends, colleagues, staff, and patients. You lead by example.

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Myriad Genetics

MAY 1, 2025

Enhancing Hereditary Cancer Screening at NMC Every day, every patient. As a breast cancer health clinical care nurse navigator, Chelsea not only serves as a registered nurse at NMC, but also as a patient advocate, guiding individuals through the complexities of the healthcare system. “I She doesn’t hear “no” too often.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

With all this progress comes a significant issue burnout for patients and clinicians. For individuals with diabetes, every day requires vigilance. With millions of patients requiring monitoring and treatment adjustments, the healthcare system is stretched thin.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

Our board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners develop individualized prevention plans that address your specific health needs and concerns. Regular preventive care helps our Mesa patients address these regional health concerns proactively, leading to better outcomes and reduced healthcare costs for our community.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Within each of the themes, individual requests were coalesced, by coders working in pairs, into statements that reflected the intent of the individual requests. Each request was coded and linked to a teaching theme. Outcome Measures: Statements of best practice based on the feedback given to preceptors by residents.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

Cost-sharing and education may improve access to GLP-1 therapies for obesity, but systemic barriers remain, requiring broader policy and clinical reforms. The patient was enrolled in a cost-sharing program that reduced her out-of-pocket expenses by 70%, allowing her to access the medication.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instrument/Dataset: Ten item subset within the 2023 Council of Academic Family Medicine’s (CAFM) Educational Research Alliance (CERA) survey, administered from Nov.20-Dec.22, Conclusions: Few FMPs are available to respond to the diverse health and well-being needs of TGD patients. POPULATION STUDIED: U.S.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Partnering with autistic adults and family members of autistic adults, we developed a training for resident physicians called Promoting Residents’ Excellence in Patient-centered cARE (PREPARE) for Autistic Adults. Objective: To pilot test feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, and effectiveness. points (p=0.015).

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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! As a result, doctors often end up referring the patient somewhere else if they do not immediately know the answer.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

Students also recorded patients’ concerns and expectations, which were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The results showed that 523 cases were collected from 53 GP practices. Analysis of 500+ urgent GP visits in Germany shows most cases were handled in-office, often driven by fear, distress, or a need for reassurance.

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Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE): While not doctors, they play a key role in diabetes education and lifestyle support.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Medical Office Assistants (MOAs) are front line workers and the most accessible member of the team for patients seeking primary care. MOAs, also known as receptionists, clerks, secretaries and medical administrative assistants have direct contact with patients. Setting: Province of Ontario, Canada.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dermatology, easily documentable through patient-contributed images, presents an ideal case for innovative dataset creation. Objective: To develop a scalable, representative dermatology dataset using crowdsourcing via internet search ads, enhancing medical education and AI application development.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Investigators found that there is a marked lack of diversity in the mannikins depicted by public social media accounts of organizations that administer cardiopulmonary (CPR) education. Less than 10% represented Black or Asian individuals and none represented pregnant women.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care physicians and practice teams face well-documented challenges increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates among their patients. Multi-level interventions that address patients, clinicians, clinical care environments and larger systems (hospitals, networks, etc.) are needed to reach US CRC screening goals.

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ABIM

MARCH 27, 2025

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is committed to enhancing the quality of health care by certifying internists and subspecialists who demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for excellent patient care.

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Today's Hospitalist

APRIL 24, 2025

Those interventions included standardizing both bed assignments and nursing handoffs while having ED providers—not an inpatient team—enter skeletal orders when deciding to admit a patient. Such delays can compromise patient care by increasing mortality, medical errors and length of stay. Dr. Baskin says that wasn’t a hardship.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Through food pharmacies, food insecurity screenings and innovative community partnerships, health care providers are ensuring patients get the nourishment they need to thrive. Family physicians play a pivotal role in combating food insecurity, serving as trusted advocates for their patients and connecting them to essential food resources.

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LEAD Physician

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Physicians must be leaders in their field to provide excellent patient care, manage a large team and coordinate between departments, and support their patient's overall health with information about prevention and maintenance. For example, a physician might be dealing with a patient who has just been diagnosed with cancer.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Identifying patients targeted by the ICP was challenging. Case stories were developed and then compared. Outcome Measures: Organizational and governance factors influencing the implementation of ICP, and recommendations to facilitate scale-up. Better access to health information technology for case-finding was strongly recommended.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

To diagnose and treat a patient, a healthcare professional listens to the patient, reads their health files, looks at medical images and interprets laboratory results. ” Patient points to lower abdomen. M-LLM (Translating for Specialist): “The patient is pointing to the lower abdomen.”

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP) is a statewide initiative that helps health care providers take better care of children and adolescents with mental health conditions through provider education and increasing access to child psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and care navigators. vs. 47.4%, p<0.0001).

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Primary care physicians take it upon themselves to get to know patients in person, which helps them attend to their needs. Preventive Care Primary doctors can offer preventive care to their patients, which typically includes check-ups and screenings to prevent them from contracting illnesses.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 22, 2025

When you see a Connecticut diabetes specialist, you can expect a personalized treatment plan and individualized support. Get Your Personalized Diabetes Treatment Plan Your diabetes specialist will work with you to create a personalized treatment plan that fits your individual health needs and lifestyle.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding the evolution of physician's practice patterns across a career-span is crucial for workforce projections, policy planning, and shaping medical education. Individual items within the scaled score were also examined. Yet, graduating residents intend broad SOP. The average practicing SOP score was 16.0.

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My Green Doctor

APRIL 4, 2025

In This Issue : New Research: Teaching Patients about Climate Resilience Make the Pledge Today to Go Green Get Ready for Earth Day 2025 (part 2)! It tells your office colleagues and patients that your healthcare practice or clinic is committed to forging a healthier work space and community. The healthcare sector contributes 8.5%

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