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Understanding the Relationship Between Social Needs and Cervical Cancer Screening [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Cervical cancer remains a significant health concern and screening is crucial for early diagnosis. housing insecurity) affect screening behaviors. Objective To understand how patient-reported social needs are associated with cervical cancer screening in a fully insured population. in screened vs. 1.15

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Pain-Related Medication in Adults with Intellectual Disability: a systematic review [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Measures: Varied by study design; self/carer-report or electronic health records (EHR). Following removal of duplicates 20,425 titles, 2,716 abstracts, 341 full-text articles were screened; 28 articles were eligible for inclusion. Screening completed by two independent reviewers; conflicts resolved through consensus.

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Pajama Time: The Association of EHR Documentation Time with Family Medicine Resident Outcomes [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

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. Overall, 33.6%

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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

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). Beyond the Screen: The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Patient Learning and the Patient‑Physician Relationship. Keep it simple because I’m not a great cook.”

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AAA screening rates in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine at UNMC [Clinical research (other)]

Annals of Family Medicine

The USPSTF recommends 1-time screening for AAA with ultrasonography in men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked. (B Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective chart search of the electronic medical records of a specific sub-group of patients at UNMC. Conclusion: There is a need for more screening for AAA in primary care.

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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

We are being crushed by mandated screenings for everything from obesity to domestic abuse ( see my post “ Brief is Good ”). Six years ago, I wrote the essay below about an article I read in the New England Journal of Medicine. We meet people where they are and in many different ways. 1) Healthcare is not at all customer centered.

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Effect of vitamin D supplementation on patients with low back pain; A systematic review [Musculoskeletal and rheumatology]

Annals of Family Medicine

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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