Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Methods: The authors employed a qualitative research design to study thalassemic patients receiving outpatient treatment at a suburban hospital clinic in Kolkata, India. The study aimed to explore the lived experiences of thalassemia patients in Eastern India and examined how social relationships impacted treatment adherence. were females.

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

What can family medicine in the U.S. The study found that countries with more robust primary care had lower hospitalization rates and less socioeconomic inequality in self-rated health, in addition to better chronic disease outcomes. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine

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Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

“Welcoming my patients to this new style of medicine has been overwhelmingly positive,” Dr. Margaret Greenough is a Family Medicine Specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA with over 10 years of experience in the medical field. Outside of her medical practice, Dr. Greenough enjoys traveling, cooking and spending time with her family.

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The Health Policy Exchange

JUNE 24, 2013

Forty years ago, Eric Redman's classic book The Dance of Legislation provided a compelling "insider's account" of how the U.S. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Director, Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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Sound Physicians

MARCH 12, 2025

With the absence of intensivists on the ground in these community hospitals, the question becomes how to treat these patients where and when they need care. Our tele-ICU program , which is part of our critical care specialty, has brought meaningful and much-needed intensive care to remote communities for the past five years.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: The intervention was a set of SDM scaling up strategies including a web-based decision aid for pregnant women and an SDM training designed for professionals providing prenatal care. Outcome measures: Guided by the extension of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials for SWcRT, we made a recruitment flowchart.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In the post-discharge period from hospital acute inpatient care, the older patient is at risk from a lack of joined-up care. Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Family medicine is uniquely placed to help, but lacks structures, tools and funding to do so.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To characterize and estimate recent trends in patient panel sizes among a nationally representative sample of Family Physicians, exploring variations across different subgroups. Population Studied Family Physicians certified by the ABFM. Discussion A steady and substantial decline in U.S.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

MARCH 24, 2025

Physicians, particularly primary or family care doctors, value the doctor-patient relationship too. They want time to spend with patients, to find the root cause of illness, provide lifestyle support, and help with treatment compliance. ” Their doctor makes them feel like family. But what can be done?

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Primary care physicians can also provide health promotion education or counseling to help patients care for themselves. Disease Diagnosis If a patient visits a hospital with specific symptoms, a primary care doctor diagnoses what they're suffering from. Yearly check-ups are not only for people with a medical history.

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The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Bush Administration and reached an agreement to redirect a multi-million dollar fund for Massachusetts hospitals to provide subsidized health insurance for lower income workers. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Together, Romney and Kennedy approached the George W.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physician (FP) scope of practice (SOP) has declined, with fewer physicians providing basic primary care services and fewer bridging the clinic-hospital divide. Study Design and Analysis: A longitudinal cohort was surveyed through the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St. From the time of its inception until October 2017, Family Physicians of St. Joseph has succeeded in doing just that.

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Sound Physicians

JUNE 9, 2025

This post is a summary of that discussion. A patient’s length of stay (LOS) in the hospital impacts so many factors, from reimbursement rates to health outcomes, which is why hospitals and health systems have made it their top priority. So, what’s the best strategy to help reduce length of stay (LOS)?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 30, 2025

MONDAY, June 30, 2025 (HealthDay News) — In a clinical report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online June 23 in Pediatrics , guidance is provided for the pediatrician regarding the genetic evaluation of developmental delay/intellectual disability. Rodan, M.D., All rights reserved.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

JULY 1, 2025

While both facilities provide immediate medical attention, they serve very different purposes and handle varying levels of injuries and illness. If you have a cold, respiratory infection, bladder infection, or other health issue that can be treated without hospital care, then you need urgent care.

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Sound Physicians

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We caught up with Dr. Osman Saleem, Medical Director for our hospital medicine practice at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, to go behind the stethoscope and learn more about how he came to Sound and his leadership journey:    When did you first consider a career in medicine?

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 20, 2025

In a commentary published in Becker’s Hospital Review, Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, and Ramin Davidoff, MD, co-CEOs of The Permanente Federation, explain why value-based care provides a blueprint for ensuring our health care system can deliver high-quality care to the growing population of older adults. population,” said Drs.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 10, 2025

Kaiser Permanente is comprised of the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals. Improving access in adult and family medicine at TPMG by reducing appointment booking times by more than 33%. We are dedicated to the mission of improving the health of our patients and communities.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

“Children presenting to the emergency department with anaphylaxis typically receive at least one dose of epinephrine and are observed in the emergency department or monitored for recurrent (biphasic anaphylaxis) or persistent symptoms on hospital wards for variable durations before discharge is considered safe,” wrote corresponding author Timothy E.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes. An excerpt follows: 2024-04. M Health Fairview’s Fair Table program ensures convenient access to food during medical appointments.

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Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

So, in mid-March, he took his family to a primary care clinic at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Nguyen, who is a UTMB postdoctoral fellow in public health and infectious disease, said he asked clinic staff whether his family’s insurance would cover the checkups and immunizations. Then the bills came.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

Together with the Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, we are Kaiser Permanente — an award-winning health care system that delivers Permanente Medicine, care that is person- and family-centered, compassionate, evidence-based, technology-enabled, culturally responsive, team-delivered and physician-led, to 12.6

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 23, 2021

Take our episode quiz here Dr. Kristen Austad Kirsten Austad MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and a hospitalist at Boston Medical Center. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

JUNE 28, 2024

He is a primary care physician with a passion for providing full-spectrum primary care for his patients. Beginning in August, Dr. Anderson-Been will see patients in LMPN Family Medicine, located on the second floor of Medical Office Building West.

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Sound Physicians

JUNE 25, 2025

Many rural hospitals offer higher base salaries, a lower cost of living, and incentives like loan repayment programs. In hospital medicine, these shifts may follow a block schedule to support continuity of care, while emergency medicine often allows for more flexible, intermittent scheduling.

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Permanente Medicine

APRIL 16, 2025

NWP and TPMG are physician-led, independent Permanente Medical Groups who partner exclusively with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to provide care for their patients in Oregon, southwest Washington, and Northern California. Consolidation of hospitals, medical groups, and health plans are occurring throughout the United States,” said Dr. Koh.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

Dr. Fiona Havers , who led the CDC’s tracking of hospitalizations from COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), stepped down this week. She presented hospitalization data at ACIP meetings. families at risk of dangerous and preventable illnesses,” they wrote. ” The memo was obtained by The Washington Post.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dataset: A combined dataset consisting of prenatal data from a primary care database and intrapartum data from a provincial hospital administrative database. Significance was set as p < 0.05.Dataset:

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Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 22, 2025

Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals together comprise Kaiser Permanente. We work collaboratively, enabled by state-of-the art facilities and technology, to provide world-class preventive and complex care centered in eight states — from Hawaii to Maryland — and the District of Columbia.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

MARCH 20, 2024

At Logansport Memorial Hospital, we know how an unexpected injury or illness can impact your daily routine and quality of life. Ending up in the hospital can be scary and worrisome for patients and their families, and Eduardo Sanchez Castillo’s experience was no different. My foot was bad. Really, really bad. Just take it slow.”

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Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Look for patterns in reviews, such as: Timeliness Bedside manner Support staff professionalism Also, ask friends, family, or even your pharmacist for personal recommendations.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

As we move into the tenth week of the legislative session, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol and provides an update on health care bills. Additionally, Senator Justin Eichorn (Republican – District 06) resigned following felony charges.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study using electronic health record data from March 1, 2020, to Aug. from Massachusetts General Hospital, said in a statement. Vinod Rao, M.D., “Our study supports the use of telehealth for ADHD stimulant therapy in clinical settings.”

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: The Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota was chosen as there was an existing partnership with Mayo Clinic for community education by healthcare providers. Population Studied: Starting in 2020, 15 residents annually from the Mankato Family Medicine Residency Program were included.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Incarceration negatively affects the physical and mental health of people who are incarcerated as well as their family members and loved ones, and limits access to healthcare before, during, and after incarceration. This discussion is hosted by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Ashley Cooper, and Alec J.

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