Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Between September 2022 and June 2023, online questionnaires were sent to patients attached to a family physician and to PHC professionals and administrative staff. A total of 122,397 patients and 999 family physicians, 107 nurse practitioners and 411 administrative staff nested into 104 clinics answered the survey. Population studied.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: Tele-legal services were provided over 30 months, with correlating Medicaid claims data. Clinics: AF Williams Family Medicine, Lowry Internal Medicine. Setting or Dataset: Medicaid Claims, Epic electronic health record. Intervention/Instrument: Legal-needs screening tool.

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Mesa Family Physician

APRIL 24, 2025

These screenings might include a pap smear, pelvic exam, breast exam, or referrals for mammograms depending on your age and family history. If you’re new to a provider, you might hear terms like establish care visit or new patient visit vs annual physical. What Happens During a Gynecological Exam? It’s completely normal.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Finding a great family doctor can be a daunting task given the critical role they play in our health and well-being. A family doctor is often your main healthcare provider tasked with everything from routine check-ups to chronic disease management. Reach out to us at Hitchcock Family Medicine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care providers in Canada face significant workload challenges, including managing prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests alongside patient visits. Outcome measures: Average number of prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests per encounters among primary care providers in Nova Scotia from 2007 to 2022.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A recent review of national diabetes treatment guidelines recommended adjustments to DM to reduce financial strain (eg, selecting lower cost medications), as well as directly intervening in response to an identified social need (eg, referral to a community-based service). Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

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Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

Finding timely and specialized medical care can be quite a challenge for families, especially when it comes to pediatric endocrinology. Thankfully, pediatric endocrinology online in Canada is becoming more accessible, providing convenience and quality care to families across the country.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Three PC practices that routinely serve adolescents were selected: 2 urban practices (1 Family Medicine [FM] and 1 Pediatric [PED]) and 1 rural combined FM/PED practice. Providers were alerted of positive screens by rooming staff to either assess further or refer to our Pediatric SUD Clinic to manage.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: For over 25 years, the burden of clinical administrative services has been cited as contributing to the stress and burnout experienced by family physicians. Objective: To describe family physicians’ (FPs) experiences of administrative burden in practice. burnout) and reduced time for direct patient care.

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Noreta Family Medicine

MARCH 26, 2025

At Noreta Family Medicine, we offer hour-long appointments, allowing time to build a meaningful doctor-patient relationship and creating a space where patients can openly express their concerns and receive the attention they deserve. “ patients have easy access to their family doctor. patients feel heard and valued. Have a good week!

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective The Family Study, a randomized comparative effectiveness-implementation trial, evaluated three methods of capturing family history and providing care for individuals at increased risk of hereditary/familial cancers: 1) routine care, 2) brief online risk assessment, and 3) full (3-generation pedigree) online risk assessment.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Comprehensiveness is a central element of primary care and family medicine but has not been clearly and consistently conceptualized in literature. Population Studied: Sources that address the topic of comprehensive care in the primary care or family medicine setting were included.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Common barriers include language barriers, a lack of cultural understanding from service providers, and longer waitlists to use these services in underserved areas. Those from marginalized backgrounds often face difficulty accessing these services.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Healthcare System Preparedness (DAC-SP) aims to catalyze global healthcare system transformation, providing Alzheimer’s patients and their families quicker access to life-changing innovations and therapies. clinical consensus, financing mechanisms) and the organization (e.g.,

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CDOCS

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2025

Ask for Recommendations When you’re looking for a hormone doctor, people you trust can provide valuable recommendations. Friends and family members who’ve seen a hormone doctor are another useful source of recommendations. Friends and family members who’ve seen a hormone doctor are another useful source of recommendations.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 5, 2025

People often see an endocrinologist after being referred by their primary care provider. While primary care providers are trained to manage conditions like diabetes, they rely on endocrinologists to provide more specialized care. At PACT Endocrinology, a referral isn’t required.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

APRIL 16, 2024

In that case, it’s important to contact your primary care provider not only to diagnose your condition but also to rule out other causes for your symptoms. Schedule an appointment with your primary care provider. Early Signs of Parkinson’s Disease If you’re experiencing one of these symptoms, there’s no need to worry.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network. 

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Focusing a lot on when to image, when not to image, and how to communicate imaging decisions effectively with families.

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CDOCS

MARCH 15, 2021

The question often becomes, how can we overcome this disparity in attitudes towards our professional network of referrals? &rsquo; When working with a case that requires a combination of expertise from the general dentist and specialist, it is our job to be able to explain and provide understanding on all aspects of treatment.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The protocol should also include a plan for clinical referral and support services if any developmental problems are identified during the follow-up. Additionally, the Guidance states that sponsors should provide study plans for FDA review.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Join me as I scope out the nuances of gastroesophageal reflux and gastritis and provide practical insights for clinicians in the emergency setting. So you could start that in the emergency department if the symptoms are severe enough, provided that they have primary doctor follow ups. H2’s work immediately. First, pancreatitis.

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Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

At Edge Family Medicine , we believe that one of the most powerful tools in healthcare isn’t technology — it’s trust. Establishing a long-term relationship with a primary care provider can make a profound difference in how effectively your health is managed over time. You’re not just another patient — you’re known.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 11, 2023

In fact, there are several ways that a family care physician can save your life. Preventative Care A family physician will have a complete medical history for you and your family. For example, if your family has a history of heart disease, they'll help you learn how to eat a heart-healthy diet to prevent cardiovascular problems.

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Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

I practice family and sports medicine as part of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group here in Fontana, California. WM: Like you, I’m a family physician. When you put in that referral, how do we make sure that that patient walks out with the specialty appointment versus phone tag. It builds loyalty.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Summary Transcript CME Summary It is a battle royale on this weeks GeriPal podcast. But watch out!

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often the work of the certified driving rehab specialist is to assess the older drivers goals, assess prognosis for driving, and help the family navigate discussions around driving cessation (hmmm…sounds like an approach to family meetings). Were those people self referring, or family members calling you asking? Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. And yet, after assisting the older adult to their feet, the EMS providers would leave. laughter] Alex: We love the family theme. Their job was done.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. So we see a lot of problems with symptom management, a lot of family conflict.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

And that grew into a group of volunteers coming back and at least providing support groups, giving those men a place where they could talk at least. In many cases, the families were the victims of the crime. They didn’t have a mentor, a financial provider, all of those things. They suffered from it.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So my family is from Maui and were impacted by the wildfires, so I really appreciate this. Alex: How is your family doing? My family’s also from Maui. And her dad’s family, the Makekaus family, which is based in Lahaina, and we actually visited their grave sites there, when we were there a few years ago.

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