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A Multi-Sector Pilot Design in the Northeast Ohio QI Hub: Engaging Community Based Organizations to Advance Diabetes Equity [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Instrument: The discussion guide included questions on 1) identifying shared social care priorities across the three groups, and 2) describing best practices, facilitators, and barriers around screening and referral for social needs learned from existing and past collaborative models.

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Optimizing Medical Legal Partnerships for sustainable public funding through the tele-legal model [Mixed methods research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Participating clinic sites offered convenience sample frame, patients with legal needs were identified through universal and secondary screening approach. Descriptive analysis utilized primary legal record and secondary electronic health record sources. Intervention/Instrument: Legal-needs screening tool.

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Association of Tobacco Assessment and Cessation Assistance with Social Determinants of Health Risk in Primary Care [Smoking cessation]

Annals of Family Medicine

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. Results: Among 119,926 patients, 40% did not have SDOH assessed; 31% had 3 or more social needs identified during screening, 11% had 2, 7% had 1, and 11% had no social needs.

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Economic analysis of virtual Medical Legal Partnership model [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: Medicaid Claims, Epic electronic health record. Intervention/Instrument: Legal-needs screening tool. Clinics: AF Williams Family Medicine, Lowry Internal Medicine. Population Studied: Attributed patients of participating clinics; clinic staff; Colorado state agency staff.

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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. JAMA , 329(16), 1333–1336. Traylor, D.

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Patient Perspectives on Obtaining Information About Inherited Cancer Risk via an Online Assessment Tool [Cancer research (not screening)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Electronic risk assessment and communication may enhance screening and prevention, but patient perspectives are understudied. Elevated-risk individuals in Arms 2/3 were referred to genetics/screening services. Context Few affected by hereditary cancer syndromes know their cancer risk.

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

When you put in that referral, how do we make sure that that patient walks out with the specialty appointment versus phone tag. Let’s get this important cancer screening test done. They’ll also pen the rheumatology referral. We’ve been enhancing that and we share that with the other markets. I love that.

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