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Convenience or Continuity: When Are Patients Willing to Wait to See Their Own Doctor? [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

PURPOSE Much of the literature on team-based primary care has focused on physician productivity, workload, and burnout. Less is known about how team-based care influences patient satisfaction and perceptions of the trade-off between continuity and access.

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A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physicians Approaches to Caring for Adult Adopted Patients [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

The majority of adoptees have limited family medical history (LFMH). Primary care physicians (PCPs) rarely receive training about adoptees including their mental health needs and increased suicide risk. This study explores PCP training and approaches to adult adopted patients with LFMH.

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Electronically-delivered PHQ9s increase engagement in patients with depression [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design: We created a population health algorithm and outreach system which was designed to send email and smartphone notifications to patients who have not filled out a recent PHQ9. PHQ9 results were sent to the patient’s PCP, who could create a follow-up visit reminder, or take other action. in the comparison regions (43.6%