Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context With buprenorphine prescribing restrictions lifted, primary care physicians (PCP) are frequently the first contact for patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and require treatment with buprenorphine. Study Design A behavioral health curriculum was designed for second year residents. Notable, 92.9%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Gender affirming medical care is associated with long term benefits for transgender and non-binary patients but access to such care does not meet the current need. Population Studied Upper Midwest based providers interested in providing gender affirming and primary care for transgender adults located in rural areas.

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Education Primary Care Provider Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To evaluate the effect of brief dermoscopy training on primary care providers' diagnostic accuracy on a test and in clinical practice. Setting: Divisions of Family Medicine and Community Internal Medicine at a large academic medical center in Southeast Minnesota.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patients with diabetes who receive structured and integrated care have better control and outcomes; however, care may shift between multiple settings making coordination challenging. Most (n=26) patients requested a referral; twelve referrals were to diabetes education, 11 to nutrition, 9 to pharmacy, and 2 to other services.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Referral Integrated Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context The number of physicians in primary care is declining, with fewer medical students pursuing the field. Lower financial compensation in primary care is often cited as a reason, but the impact of socioeconomic status and environmental factors during upbringing on specialty choices has not been thoroughly explored.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Medication review is an essential part of most office visits. Objective: We aimed to compare medication review activities between private and public clinics. Study Design: Survey of medication review activities after primary care visits. vs 35.4%) and less likely Hispanic (20.7 vs 41.1%) background.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) is a model in which medical and behavioral health providers work together to provide whole person care, usually in primary care settings. Training should also be offered as continuing education for practicing physicians and part of on-boarding. All were social workers.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Provider Consulting Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

BACKGROUND: Despite the emphasis of primary care’s (PC) role in breast cancer follow-up improvements have had limited clinical impact. OBJECTIVE: To prioritize implementation strategies to support PC adoption of evidence to guide breast cancer follow-up care.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Education Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Transitional Care Management (TCM) clinic visit is a uniquely billed visit type to review a recently discharged patient’s hospital course, reconcile medications, and continue ongoing workup. Intervention: A team was created with an attending physician, care coordinators, and front office staff.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Primary care must address the complex needs of patients with multiple chronic conditions, given 40% of patients seen in primary care have behavioral health needs. Setting/Dataset Forty-two primary care practices across the U.S. 6.1), Integration Methods 4.6 (95% 7.6), Patient Identification 2.9 (95%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A higher concentration of medication in the body can lead to more side effects such as headaches, dizziness, or tremors. Objective The aim of this study was to explore the role of PGx in primary care (i.e. family medicine) and the need for education in this area. Recurrent themes were identified.

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Primary Care Education Family Medicine DO 130

The Health Policy Exchange

MARCH 26, 2014

In the mid-1990s, the American Medical Association confidently predicted that the penetration of managed care would lead to a large "physician surplus" and convinced Congress to cap the number of graduate medical education (GME) positions subsidized by the Medicare program. Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Director, Robert L.

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Family Medicine DO Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Shortages of primary care (PC) physicians threaten access, quality, and equity in US healthcare. Policy solutions require insight into complex patterns of training from medical school graduation through specialty training into PC careers. Population Studied: US physicians who graduated from medical school 2001-2015.

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Primary Care Medical Education Family Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Expansion of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) within primary care practices is often met with resistance. Objective: We offered educational videos aligned with key determinants of behavior change and assessed their impact on attitudes and intention to explore MOUD.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Education Patient-Centered Chronic Disease 130

The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S.

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Primary Care Chronic Disease Primary Care Physician Nurse Practitioner 52

Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Offering medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in primary care can increase access to effective opioid use disorder treatment and help address the US opioid crisis. Fifteen Colorado primary care practices participated from January 2022 through January 2023.

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Primary Care Consulting Medical Clinic 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 3, 2025

These include health care, jobs and labor, K-12 education, energy, higher education, taxes, transportation and bonding. Sticking points remaining include reinsurance, paid family and medical leave and whether undocumented residents can qualify for MinnesotaCare. We are hopeful they will be included in a final agreement.

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Telehealth Specialization Transportation Primary Care 90

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Diabetes management (DM) for patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) can be hindered by non-medical, health-related social needs. Objective: To describe how primary care clinics have considered social needs in DM, and identify opportunities to support primary care clinics. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

Canadian Family Physician

JUNE 16, 2025

These findings highlight 2 new sources contributing to administrative burden: deteriorating relationships between family physicians and specialist colleagues and a lack of exposure to managing administrative responsibilities during medical training.

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Primary Care Family Physician Relationship Family 52

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.)

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Primary Care Physician Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

The majority of adoptees have limited family medical history (LFMH). Primary care physicians (PCPs) rarely receive training about adoptees including their mental health needs and increased suicide risk. Nearly all interviewees viewed additional training to care for adult adoptees with LFMH as beneficial.

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Primary Care Physician Primary Care Patients Mental Health 130

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In recent years, given significant challenges with accessing primary care physicians in Canada, there has been increased attention towards involving other health care providers, such as rehabilitation professionals, for managing different conditions.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Consulting Physicals Emergency Room 130

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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The geographic maldistribution of primary care physicians across rural and underserved areas continues to exacerbate inequitable access to health care for populations with the most needs. The 2024 American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile was used to identify current practice location.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

APRIL 12, 2025

The need for medical assistants is growing rapidly. Each year, an estimated 119,800 medical assistant jobs will open up across the country, including in Connecticut. Each year, an estimated 119,800 medical assistant jobs will open up across the country, including in Connecticut. Measuring patients’ height and weight.

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Medical Healthcare Patient-Centered Primary Care Physician 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Partnerships between Comprehensive Cancer Centers and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in these communities is critical to build capacity among primary care providers (PCPs) and staff (e.g., medical assistants) to deliver high quality cervical cancer screening (CCS).

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Education Screening Patient-Centered Primary Care 130

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 20, 2025

Exploring a Medical Office Assistant Career Are you looking for a stable, rewarding career in the healthcare field that doesn’t require a degree? Becoming a medical office assistant might be the perfect choice for you. What Does a Medical Office Assistant Do? What Does a Medical Office Assistant Do?

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Medical Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered Healthcare 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

Researchers conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the types of acute medical cases presented to GPs offices. They collected data from medical students who documented urgent medical cases during a practice internship in GP offices in Northern Germany between February and July 2024.

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General Practitioner GP Telemedicine Primary Care 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The second piece is getting folks to be successful at restricting their calories, which works well when nutrition education and behavioral counseling strategies are combined—and even better when provided in a group setting. How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access?

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Management Primary Care Physicals Telehealth 52

Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Primary care practices, however, have been slow to adopt the technology. primary care clinicians. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is associated with improved health outcomes for patients with diabetes. Researchers used a web-based survey to assess CGM prescribing behaviors and resource needs of U.S.

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Primary Care Insurance Education Diabetes 74

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Successful implementation required the development of a scalable family history collection tool, the Genetic and Wellness Assessment (GWA) and Breast Health Assessment (BHA) tools; integrated pharmacogenomics programming; educational programming; electronic medical record integration; and robust clinical decision support tools.

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Vascular Physician

JUNE 20, 2022

day discussion and review of medical, interventional, and surgical vascular care. Designed for internal medicine specilalists, primary care providers, allied and advanced care providers. Free continueing education credits provided. Hosted at the Westin Hotel Downtown Denver. Sept 8-9, 2022. Free to attend.

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Internal Medicine Primary Care Education Provider 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Her clinical interests include pulmonary and critical care, the care of geriatric patients in the ICU, ethics and communication, and medical education. Dr. Pooja Mehta Dr. Mehta graduated from Harvard Medical School.

Internal Medicine 52

Internal Medicine Primary Care Education Patient-Centered 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Previous research identified high-need counties based on consistently low primary care physician capacity. Objective(s): This research explores the relationship between CBRP location and high-need areas, defined as counties with consistently low rates of primary care physician capacity.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Community Finance Primary Care 130

The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Session facilitator: Hui Ting Ruan The goal of this session is to expand access to subspecialty, primary care, and internal medicine-adjacent specialty education to learners around the world. If you would like to get involved as a case presenter or discussant (or nominate an attending/educator), fill out the form HERE.

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