Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Increased workload associated with electronic visits (eVisits) in primary care could potentially be decreased by the use of artificial intelligence (AI); however, it is unknown whether this use of AI would be acceptable to staff and patients. We analyzed verbatim transcripts using thematic analysis.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 8, 2025

Electronic medical record notes are simply way too cumbersome, no matter in what order the segments are displayed, to be of much use if we quickly want to check what happened in the last few office visits before entering the exam room. A Country Doctor Writes: is a reader-supported publication. We need something better – aSOAP !

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Measures: Varied by study design; self/carer-report or electronic health records (EHR). Context: Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) experience multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) and polypharmacy at a younger age than those without ID. Study Design and Analysis: Systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42023415051).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We used the patient portal (Opal) to administer the I-Score, a 7-item electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) of barriers to ART adherence. Context: Adherence to antiretrovirals (ART) by people with HIV (PWH) is crucial, however, many face obstacles that go undiscussed with health professionals.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Administrative electronic health record (EHR) datasets offer a low-cost opportunity to investigate influences on knee osteoarthritis (OA) prevalence and outcomes such as total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, it is unclear whether results would generalize to other healthcare populations.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A referral order was created in the hospital system’s electronic health record to the "Hospital Discharge Clinic," and referrals were placed for urgent (7-day) or routine (14-day) TCM appointments. Referrals were not placed for patients being discharged to another facility or who already had an outside primary care provider.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instrument: REDCap survey administered electronically or by phone. Setting: LM Clinic in the SW Virginia safety net. Population Studied Patients who were referred to or attended the LM clinic between 5/1/22 and 5/31/24 (n=575). Experience with the LM clinic was rated 7 +/– 2.7 out of 10.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

Reclaiming Time and Attention Primary care professionals may log more than eleven hours a day, over half of it in the electronic health record (Menchaca, 2025). My 12‑year‑old’s pediatrician had just urged us to add more produce to her diet but cajoling her into eating it felt impossible. Keep it simple because I’m not a great cook.”

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design Cross-sectional study combining patients’ screening data from the electronic health record (EHR) with self-reported social needs. Objective To understand how patient-reported social needs are associated with cervical cancer screening in a fully insured population. Dataset Utilized data from a large integrated health system.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Multiple studies have identified that working on the electronic health record (EHR) after clinic hours ("pajama time") is a source of burnout and decreasing professional satisfaction. No study has looked at its association with resident outcomes during training.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patient portals (PPs) are online healthcare platforms enabling patients access their electronic health records and offering different features to help patients manage their care such as viewing and entering health information, and permitting asynchronous communication between patients and their providers.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 21, 2025

Here is an eloquent section of the article by Asch, Nicholson and Berger: “Information technology is changing medicine, but electronic health records (EHRs) are mostly demonized by clinicians, and the promised customer efficiencies seen in the retail, financial, entertainment, and travel industries have been largely absent in health care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To develop and validate a novel electronic medical records (EMR)-based UTI case definition that can be applied to elucidate and understand UTI treatment and practice patterns in primary care. Context Misdiagnosis and over-diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) are a leading cause of inappropriate antimicrobial use.

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This electronic tool uses artificial intelligence to sift through patients' demographics, claims, and other data to produce a list of those with the greatest likelihood of an emergency department visit or hospitalization, theoretically allowing primary care physicians to intervene to prevent the event and its associated medical expenses.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 11, 2025

But in all three scenarios, either the patient or the person who took the message seemed to have an all-or-nothing mindset, almost like a “true or false” quiz, or “complains of/denies” click boxes in our electronic medical record. Difficile diarrhea. A Country Doctor Writes: is a reader-supported publication.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Five electronic databases were searched: MEDLINE, CINAHL Cochrane Library, Web of science, SCOPUS and Google scholar Population Studied: We included all clinical trials examining the impact of vitamin D supplementation on LBP, regardless of the form, dosage, or route of administration, and featuring a placebo control group.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 12, 2023

Clinical researchers have wondered whether screening the electronic health record (EHR) could improve the process. Finding the right patients for clinical trials can be a struggle and require much time and effort. Could it provide enough information to determine whether a patient is a good fit for a study?

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 8, 2025

Protocols and Reminders Reminder and recall systems (mail, phone, text, apps, other media, and electronic health records) to identify and remind or notify individuals or parents when vaccines are due to have shown evidence of increasing vaccine uptake, and they are often combined with other strategies.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Mullen — As promised in our posts from earlier this summer ( here and here ), we are back to report on our assessment of CDRH’s electronic submission process through its Customer Collaboration Portal (CCP). Say goodbye to your thumb drives and CDs – the CCP electronic submission process couldn’t be easier. It has been seamless.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 16, 2025

What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit Visiting a primary care provider for the first time can bring up many questions. What does the doctor do first? How long will it take? What information should you bring? Many patients ask: What happens at a new patient appointment in primary care? What Happens at Your First Visit? Absolutely.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Research published in Nature Electronics detailed the development of a novel, programmable, self-adaptive ultrasonic wireless implant that could revolutionize chronic pain management. Researchers developed a novel ultrasonic implant that shows promise for personalized, efficient, and minimally invasive chronic pain management.

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Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

METHODS We used electronic health records from the PRIME registry to identify patients with diagnosis codes or positive test results for chlamydia and/or gonorrhea from 2018 to 2022. Nonadherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention treatment guidelines remains a concern.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 31, 2022

Mullen — On July 19, 2022, CDRH announced to users of its Customer Collaborations Portal (CCP) that it is now accepting premarket submissions electronically. As previously noted, this is very exciting news for the device industry, which up to this point has had to continue to ship electronic media to CDRH each time a submission is filed.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 12, 2022

Mullen — Last month, FDA announced two important steps towards accepting electronic 510(k) submissions. As discussed in an earlier post ( here ), CDRH piloted the eSTAR electronic submission template last year. Being able to submit completely electronically would be a huge benefit in terms of efficiency and timing for applicants.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 19, 2025

Systems of care, organizations, and payors are called upon to prioritize financial investment in training programs, electronic tools, or other infrastructure to support effective implementation of MBC as part of routine care. Read more about CFHA’s call for its widespread adoption across systems, settings, and stakeholders.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 26, 2023

Identify strategies to mitigate bias and stigma in the electronic health record as a trainee and medical practitioner. Calac June 22, 2023 Summary : This episode highlights a selection of antiracism research presentations at a live recording of the podcast at the 2023 SGIM Annual Meeting.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Finally, the arrival of interoperability can connect and harmonise various hospital systems An M-LLM could serve as a central hub that facilitates access to various unimodal AIs used in the hospital, such as radiology software, insurance handling software, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), etc. ” Patient points to lower abdomen.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It is feasible to use electronic health record (EHR) data in the Pediatric Asthma Risk Score (PARS) to accurately predict childhood asthma risk, according to a study published in the June issue of eClinicalMedicine. Arthur Hamie Owora, Ph.D.,

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Currently, DEA regulations do not address transfer of controlled substance prescriptions — whether paper or electronic — between pharmacies for the initial filling of the prescription. As with other DEA recordkeeping requirements, the electronic record must be maintained for two years. By Karla L.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 5, 2023

Scientific knowledge, as measured by numbers of papers published, has been estimated to double every 17.3 However, it takes an average of about 17 years for health and medical research—going from basic lab studies on cell cultures and animals to clinical trials in people—to result in actual changes patients see in the clinic.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 9, 2023

However, electronic prescriptions for controlled substances (“EPCS”), which a practitioner transmits directly to a pharmacy, do not allow the patient such an option. Transfer of Electronic Prescriptions for Schedule II-V Controlled Substances Between Pharmacies for Initial Filling, 88 Fed. By Larry K. to be codified at 21 C.F.R.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

How far can you see and hear? When it comes to vision, it’s around 50 miles, talking about hearing, it’s only 1-2 miles at best! What about the smell of the flowers? Without the wind blowing, only 10-20 metres. How about touching or tasting? Well, it depends on your arm’s length, but obviously not further than that. Globally 1.1

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

million electronic health records in the USA showed a lower risk for suicidal thoughts in those taking semaglutide than in those taking other weight loss medications. Both the FDA and EMA recommend that doctors monitor patients with diabetic retinopathy who are undergoing semaglutide treatment closely. mg is not recommended.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Now, according to the Center’s announcement, anyone may request access to the CCP and begin filing premarket submissions electronically. By Allyson B. Mullen — It is with great excitement that we share CDRH’s announcement that now anyone may submit premarket submissions directly to the Center through the Customer Collaboration Portal (CCP).

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The development of an electronic submission template for 510(k) submissions is significant in that: eSTAR submissions are not expected to go through the refuse to accept (RTA) process. eSTAR will be mandatory October 1, 2023 for all 510(k) submissions and subsequent supplements and amendments (e.g. add-to-files). add-to-files).

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Canadian Family Physician

JUNE 16, 2025

Data sources A systematic search of MEDLINE and CINAHL electronic databases for peer-reviewed original research articles, literature reviews, and commentaries that discuss administrative burden in the context of primary care or primary health care.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

We have seen explosive growth and become a cornerstone of modern health care systems. Yet this expansion has come with a significant administrative burden, particularly that of clinical documentation. Documentation isn’t just time-consuming; it also contributes to pervasive physician burnout. It’s about augmenting your capabilities.

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