Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Electronic health records from the PRIME Registry, years 2018-2022. The electronic health records are stored in the American Family Cohort, the largest national United States primary care database. Outcome Measures: The primary outcome was the first date of CDC-recommended medication administered within 30-days.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Intervention/Instrument: Video-novel, 4-minute electronic education video addressing OTC NSAIDs.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of electronic medical data obtained from the Canadian Primary Care Research Network, Southern Alberta Primary Care Research Network (SAPCReN-CPCSSN). Instrument: Secondary data were extracted from de-identified SAPCReN-CPCSSN electronic medical records.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To validate and apply electronic medical record (EMR)-based definitions for mood and anxiety disorders (inc. Context: Mental health conditions have increasing prevalence, co-occurrence, and high management burden within primary care settings. depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder), and schizophrenia.

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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. 10), Habits/Activities (1.8;1.7), Medication (2.1;1.5), and Health (2.0;1.3), but increased for: Social (2.5;2.9) 10 to T3=2.3/10), and Economic Situation (2.4;2.6), and Care (1.3;1.4).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting & Dataset: The CPCSSN database contains de-identified patient-level electronic medical record data from 13 primary care research networks across Canada. Qualitative interviews (n =19) identified disruptions to ongoing diabetes care: access to supplies and medications, limited encounters with physicians or specialists (e.g.,

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Patients with recent hemoglobin A1c levels of ≥8% were invited to join the Diabetes Navigator program, identified through the electronic health record at two academic primary care clinics. Navigator outreach time parallels that of a standard 15-minute clinic visit, on average.

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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. vs. 22.6%) and be an international medical graduate (29.1% No study has looked at its association with resident outcomes during training.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Health Trends Across Communities (HTAC) is a collaboration of Minnesota healthcare systems and state and local public health that helps fill the gap in community health information by providing timely, detailed, and accessible summary electronic health record (EHR) information and reports. Population Studied: Minnesota residents.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Electronic health record data from 11 community-based clinics within a safety-net system in the Midwest from 07/01/2021-3/31/2024. overall) and provision of tobacco cessation medications (3.5% Design and Analysis: Observational study. Referral to counseling (7.5%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Social determinants of health (SDOH) significantly impact health outcomes more than medical care alone, yet their integration into decision-making is inconsistent. Understanding SDOH documentation in electronic health records (EHRs) is crucial for care management to improve patient outcomes and mitigate health inequities.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis Retrospective, longitudinal study using electronic health records. Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania. Population Studied Adult patients scheduled for in-person or telehealth visits between 01/2019-06/2023.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting/Dataset: 121,570 registered patients over 18 years of age with an email address available in their electronic medical record. Setting: 104 PHC clinics across Quebec, Canada. Measures: The optimal number of profiles (four) was determined using LCA measures (best model determined by AIC, BIC, and entropy).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Data includes secondary data gathered through Epic electronic medical records system as well as primary data collected from physicians, APPs, and staff working in the MU.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Cross panel strategies where consensus was reached included: (1) educating PC providers on survivorship guidelines, (2) enabling screening reminders, templates, and monitoring alerts in the electronic medical record, (3) educating patients on survivorship and communicating needs with PC, and (4) increasing oncology-PC communications.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or dataset: Electronic health record data from 25 primary care clinics in 3 FQHCs in Washington and Idaho PBRN from 2012-2017. Population Studied: Average-risk females ages 21-64 with ≥1 medical encounter and ≥1 routine CCS during 2012-2017.

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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. The pre-intervention no-show rate of TCM appointments at Wellstar MCG Health was 44% per month.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

11 of 13 consensus criteria for CBI and 4 of 10 items for registry entry were voted as core data elements and are deemed feasible to be abstracted from electronic medical records (EMR).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These barriers combined with inadequate medical education on care for SGM patients contribute to poor reproductive outcomes, including high rates of teen and unplanned pregnancy. Population Studied: Adults who self-identified as SGM in North Texas.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

There is limited research on implementation of LM in medically underserved communities. Instrument: REDCap survey administered electronically or by phone. Objective To assess patient perceptions of a primary care-based LM clinic. Setting: LM Clinic in the SW Virginia safety net.

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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. We learned this in medical school and residency.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Journal Club serves as an essential platform in medical education for enhancing critical thinking skills, promoting evidence-based practice, and fostering scholarly discussions among residents. Study Design and Analysis We conducted a retrospective survey distributed electronically and securely among the graduating class of residents.

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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. We need something better – aSOAP !

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: The Academic GP Developing Network Database (AHON), containing data from the electronic patient file of more than 460,000 patients was used for analysis. For analysis a logistic regression and a time varying covariates cox model were performed.

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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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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

An electronic medical record (EMR) alert is effective for reducing food allergy panel ordering among pediatric and adult patients, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, held from Feb. 24 to 27 in San Antonio.

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Electronics Medical Asthma Patients 75

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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Barton Associates

MAY 8, 2025

In this blog, we’re going to outline four key ways temporary medical staff such as locum tenens providers can help healthcare facilities maintain continuity of high-quality patient care in the face of growing shortages. Enter temporary medical staff, such as locum tenens providers. Many healthcare facilities in the U.S.

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care.

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Primary Care Primary Care Physician Patient-Centered Behavioral Health Services 130

Me and My Doctor

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Namun, transformasi ini juga datang dengan tantangan tersendiri, terutama bagi organisasi seperti Texas Medical Association (TMA), yang harus beradaptasi dengan cepat untuk tetap relevan dan efektif dalam menjalankan misinya. Tantangan bagi Texas Medical Association di Era Digital 1.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 16, 2025

Typically, it includes a full review of your medical history, a physical examination, and a conversation about lifestyle, medications, and future health goals. Understanding Coding: ICD-10 and CPT You may not think about medical codes when booking a dr appointment , but providers use them for billing and documentation.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The I-Score is a new electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) of ART adherence barriers to be used in HIV care. Problems met included needing to: remind patients to complete the I-Score before medical visit (15 visits); re-initialize passwords (8); resolve connectivity issues (2); and re-install the patient portal (2).

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MARCH 21, 2025

Use shared electronic health record (EHR) features to enable smooth referrals and tracking of patient progress between primary care and specialty behavioral health services. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings , 25 (2), 109–126. Dobmeyer, A. C., & Hunter, C.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

There is an urgent need to develop novel methods that accurately identify medication discontinuations in the electronic health record (EHR) to generate evidence to inform deprescribing. Develop and validate a text string search tool to identify medication discontinuation that will be adaptable and scalable across studies and settings.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 21, 2025

Most medical practices are still stuck doing piecework. Even the required operational framework for Patient Centered Medical Home recognition is completely top-down. We meet people where they are and in many different ways. We provide many more services over the phone and virtually and we have a whole division for preventative care.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 5, 2023

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. Scientific knowledge, as measured by numbers of papers published, has been estimated to double every 17.3

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: As academic medical centers purposefully integrate telemedicine visits into primary care, efficacy studies are needed to appropriately guide resource allocation and triage processes. Instrument: Providers randomly received an electronic medical record (EMR)-embedded survey in approximately 10% of telemedicine visits.

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