Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Health Trends Across Communities (HTAC) is an innovative health data surveillance project that provides public health professionals, healthcare systems, researchers, community organizations, and policy makers with robust and timely summary electronic health record (EHR) information to support health equity and improve health across Minnesota.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: Ongoing codesign process to optimize electronic health record (EHR) customizations and support materials for breast cancer survivorship care. Feedback from champions was elicited to improve report accuracy and support tool utility. Setting: Large integrated health system. Population Studied: Primary care clinics.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis Retrospective, longitudinal study using electronic health records. Intervention/Instrument A multiclass random forest (RF) method for risk prediction was utilized. Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Descriptive analysis utilized primary legal record and secondary electronic health record sources. Participating clinic sites offered convenience sample frame, patients with legal needs were identified through universal and secondary screening approach. Nine focus groups were conducted and recorded, using semi-structured interviews.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A retrospective cohort study design was utilized to assess changes in A1c levels over the course of one year pre-enrollment and one year post-enrollment, comparing enrolled and not enrolled patients; a mixed effects interrupted time series model was employed for analysis.

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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. Dataset Utilized data from a large integrated health system. Patient-reported social needs were obtained from a nationally administered survey.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis We conducted a retrospective survey distributed electronically and securely among the graduating class of residents. Additionally, residents were provided with a detailed rubric outlining specific metrics on which their presentations would be evaluated.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

These include minimizing resource utilization and decreasing the risk of complications associated with IV antibiotics such as diarrhea. Study Design and Analysis Five electronic research databases were searched to identify randomized controlled trials (RCT) and non-randomized studies of interventions.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design This study utilized a combination of qualitative and quantitative design to perform a needs assessment of Fairborn, Ohio. Population Studied Residents of Greene County Intervention/Instrument An electronic survey was developed for residents of Hawthorn Landing in Fairborn, OH.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 19, 2025

Introduction The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) recognizes the utility and potential for Measurement Based Care (MBC) as a core feature of high-quality integrated healthcare. Position Statement on Utilization of Measurement Based Care. Artificial Intelligence), etc. Psychotherapy, 61(2), 101-109. The Kennedy Forum.

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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

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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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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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

Obesity drugs were not utilized often in young adults and adolescents despite high complication rates, prompting researchers to call for chronic, holistic care. The retrospective analysis incorporated data from Optum MarketClarity claims and electronic medical records. The data spanned from January 2019 to March 2024.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design & Analysis We used a screening questionnaire to purposively select interview participants. Within primary care most administrative work requires both information management and clinical judgment. Therefore, we developed a typology as part of the analysis.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Reform: Needed & Possible The authors noted that while bias against mental health and SUD histories still shapes some emergency encounters, targeted education, objective protocols, and integrated behavioral services can narrow the gap between expected and delivered care, improving outcomes for a vulnerable, high‑utilization population.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We utilized AI tools in the qualitative software program Atlas.ti This analysis was part of a larger implementation study called PATHWEIGH, which provides a toolset embedded in the EpicTM electronic health record and other supportive services to help practices provide weight management to their patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Self-Identified Need for Contraception-based electronic clinical quality measures (SINC-based eCQMs) measure if patients who self-identify their interest in contraception receive a method. Study Design and Analysis, Setting or Dataset: Pre-post analysis of two contraceptive care quality measures.

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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. On October 3, 2022, CDRH announced the expansion of this program. CDRH’s website provides a link to request access to the CCP ( here ). We hope others are as excited about the CCP as we are!

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

At its core, the technology utilizes sophisticated speech recognition to transcribe a conversation in the exam room or at the bedside. These systems also provide a consistent note structure, which can improve the overall readability and utility of patient records. That’s the essence of ambient dictation. Healthcare (Basel).

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 23, 2025

Recent Videos Related Content 7 signs that your practice needs a new EHR Austin Littrell June 20th 2025 Article From sluggish systems to frustrated staff, these red flags could mean it's time to upgrade your practice's electronic health record system.

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Barton Associates

MAY 8, 2025

By strategically utilizing temporary medical professionals, typically through partnering with healthcare staffing agencies such as Barton Associates, healthcare facilities can address immediate staffing needs while also gaining time to develop long-term recruitment and retention strategies for permanent staff.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

After extending your graduation date, the year can be utilized as a research year that can help you enhance your application and build further connections. In the event you are unsuccessful at extending your graduation date or securing an internship position, options for practicing medicine tend to become severely limited.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 13, 2024

RWD can be collected from a wide range of sources, such as electronic health records, registries, administrative claims, pharmacy data, and feedback from wearables and mobile technology. RWE is “the clinical evidence regarding the usage, and potential benefits or risks, of a medical product derived from analysis of RWD.”

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

Not only would this streamline the collection process, but it would enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information that is submitted to FDA to support allegations of misconduct. The electronic form does not allow for attachments; it requests that you separately email any attachments; 2.)

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Lenz, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — FDA introduced electronic copies (eCopies) of 510(k)s in 2013 (see our prior blogs here and here ) as a way to reduce the need for submission of paper copies of 510(k)s to the Agency. This pilot program, which utilized FDA’s eSubmitter electronic submission template, ended in May 2021.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

Numerous studies have found that radiographs performed in these clinical conditions rarely reveal information necessitating a change in ED management despite high CXR utilization and wide variation in both children’s specialty hospitals and general EDs. Evaluation of the utility of radiography in acute bronchiolitis. PMID: 28763554.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients. Nguyen, also the chief medical officer for care navigation with the Federation, described the innovation priorities at Kaiser Permanente.

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The Motivated MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Most don’t understand that, unless you can shell out a substantial downpayment, your home is often accompanied by higher insurance costs, more square footage then expects nicer furnishings, increased utility costs, and often the expenses associated with repairs or remodels. The 10% Rule Here is my recommendation.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2024

Both documents also note that FDA may request copies of the DMC meeting records when the study is completed, and access to the electronic data sets used for each set of interim analysis. However, the new guidance suggests that FDA may be recommending, or perhaps acknowledging, a greater degree of its involvement with DMCs.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The electronic Submission Template and Resource (eSTAR) program, which we blogged about here and here , also makes the highlight reel given its aim to improve consistency and efficiency in how 510(k)s are prepared. Over the years, we’ve blogged on similar initiatives related to the 510(k) pathway.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

We also note this CDRH’s effort aligns with the FDA-wide effort to utilize digital health technologies that are discussed in recent draft guidance documents as follows: Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials for Drugs, Biological Products, and Devices.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 25, 2025

7 signs that your practice needs a new EHR Austin Littrell June 20th 2025 Article From sluggish systems to frustrated staff, these red flags could mean it's time to upgrade your practice's electronic health record system.

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The Motivated MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

There are also homeowners insurance costs, property taxes, flood insurance (depending on where you live), any upgrades to the home, utilities (sometimes included in rent expenses), upfront costs to include a downpayment, and closing fees.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2022

In recognition that hard copy communications are slower and more cumbersome, FDA recommends that firms use electronic communications, as they lay out the details of the electronic means here , to notify the public about recalls. FDA has model recall communication templates available here that firms can utilize.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 19, 2025

Layer onto that the growing bring-your-own-device culture: allowing employees to sync personal smartphones with the electronic health record can “raise privacy concerns” and blur the line between work and off-hours browsing, warns a HIPAA BYOD briefing.

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FDA Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This summary covers everything from format and contents of INDs to their submission and use of the Electronic Submissions Gateway to cross-referencing other applications to FDAs review of the IND and the associated timelines. Section #1: FDA Interactions Given the wide range of sponsors (i.e.,

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