Family Medicine and Relationship - Primary Care Digest

Developing the BRANCH Initiative-Building Relationship science for Advanced Networks in Communication and Health: Year One S [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The collective experience of exemplary, compassionate physicians, the narrative experiences of patients, as well as the documented science of healing clearly verifies the reality that much of healing occurs through the listening, trust, optimism and communication of compassion that comes through relationships.

Relationship

Relationship DO Family Medicine Primary Care

Clinician perception of the relationship between mental health, health-related social needs, and diabetes outcomes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To understand how clinicians perceive and discuss the relationship between mental health, HRSNs, and health-promoting behavior with patients with diabetes. Consequently, clinicians may avoid these stigmatized topics and provide general recommendations that can’t be followed by patients.

Mental Health

Mental Health Diabetes Relationship Primary Care

Exploring the Relationship Between Racial Microaggressions and Substance Use, and Healthcare Interactions in Asian Americans [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective We examined the relationship between RMs and substance use in Asian Americans (AAs), and whether ethnic identity strength moderated associations. Context Racial microaggressions (RMs) are behaviors and statements toward a person with or without the intention of expressing prejudice.

Relationship

Relationship Healthcare Illness Mental Health

Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Despite efforts to improve patient-clinician relationships, access to care, and healthcare workflows, annual rates of missed appointments (MA) in the U.S Objective To evaluate the association between patient, health system, geosocial, and environmental factors on the likelihood of MA in Family Medicine clinics.

Appointment

Appointment Primary Care DO Family Medicine

The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Reversing Early Chronic Disease

Edge Family Medicine

JANUARY 9, 2025

A Health Revolution with Lifestyle Medicine At Edge Family Medicine, we recognize the transformative power of lifestyle medicine in reversing early-stage chronic diseases. As a leading family medical practice in Upland, CA, we champion evidence-based approaches that empower patients to take control of their health.

Chronic Disease

Chronic Disease DO Family Medicine Chronic Condition

Understanding the Relationship Between Social Needs and Cervical Cancer Screening [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Cervical cancer remains a significant health concern and screening is crucial for early diagnosis. Little is known about how patients’ social needs (i.e. housing insecurity) affect screening behaviors. Objective To understand how patient-reported social needs are associated with cervical cancer screening in a fully insured population.

Screening

Screening Relationship Insurance Electronics

Family Medicine: Finding Its Way on the Federal Research Roadmap [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Challenges persist in securing substantial funding for the Family Medicine (FM) research enterprise, particularly from major sources like the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This project emerged from the 2023 Family Medicine Research Summit, and serves as a periodic update to similar analyses conducted in 2008 and 2015.

DO

DO Family Medicine Family Families

Enhancing Advanced Access in Primary Healthcare: Key Change Strategies from a Quality Improvement Initiative [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In Quebec, efforts to implement AA in Family Medicine Groups (FMGs) yielded partial success, necessitating comprehensive change strategies to ensure a tangible impact of the model. Context: Timely access is crucial for high-quality primary healthcare delivery, yet remains a pervasive challenge globally, including in Canada.

Healthcare

Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Finance Appointment

Levers and challenges to recruiting clinical settings for a shared decision-making stepped wedge cluster randomized trial [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In the remaining 212, although we identified spokespersons, 115 did not respond and 65 refused to participate leaving 32 participating sites: six (18.8%) university family medicine groups, eight (25%) hospitals, eight (25%) midwives’ clinics and 10 (31.2%) obstetrics and gynecology clinics.

Clinic

Clinic DO Family Medicine Relationship

Important Outcomes for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Patients Perspective [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Academic family medicine clinic in Edmonton, Canada. Patients also emphasized the importance of multifaceted, individualized care plans, along with a strong doctor-patient relationship, in managing diabetes and preventing adverse physiological and social outcomes.

Diabetes

Diabetes Patients Patient-Centered Family Physician

Introducing longitudinal qualitative research to family medicine community

BMJ

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Value, challenges and practical considerations when designing, conducting and analysing a longitudinal qualitative study in family medicine | Family Medicine and Community Health (bmj.com). While it is being increasingly used in applied health research, it is relatively underutilised in family medicine.

DO

DO Family Medicine Family Families

Optimizing participation in the OECD PaRIS Project: Lessons learned in Saskatchewan [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: A participatory approach to cross-sectional surveys was facilitated through the building and nurturing of relationships based on trust and transparency with all members of the research team. Descriptive and inferential statistics were undertaken. Setting: Primary care clinics across Saskatchewan.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Relationship PCP

Digitally Mediated Therapeutic Relationships in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Therapeutic relationships have been demonstrated as fundamental to primary care delivery. Questions remain regarding what impact this transformation will have on the relationships between primary care providers and patients.

Primary Care

Primary Care Relationship Nurse Practitioner Provider

Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Medical Office Assistants Working in Family Medicine Clinics in Ontario [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

MOAs leveraged their healthcare system knowledge and therapeutic relationships with patients to reduce patient distress. The MOA-FP relationship was strengthened when FPs recognized MOAs’ critical role on primary care teams, expressed concern for their welfare and included MOAs in pandemic planning and educational sessions.

Family Medicine

Family Medicine DO Primary Care Families

"We feel alone and not listened to": Somali, Hmong and Latin American Parents Perspectives on Pediatric Serious Illness [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Parents desired two-way trusting and respectful relationships with medical staff. Conclusions: Parents of children with serious illness from Somali, Hmong, and Latin American communities shared a desire for authentic relationships with staff and improved health care processes. Intervention: NA. Outcome Measures: NA.

Illness

Illness Medical Staff Community Healthcare

San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

About Margaret Greenough, MD Dr. Margaret Greenough is a Family Medicine Specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA with over 10 years of experience in the medical field. She graduated from UCLA School of Medicine in 2010 and completed her residency at the University of Michigan in 2013.

Family Medicine Specialist

Family Medicine Specialist Medical DO Family Medicine

Symptoms of Long-COVID and their impact on primary care patients livelihoods - Part 2 of 3 [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Research on symptom’s impact on work or relationships has previously been explored, but other experiences have not received equal attention. Many experienced symptoms that disrupted their work, household relationships, and friendships. Results: We report results from 19 interviews (53% female, mean age = 54).

Primary Care

Primary Care Patients Relationship Illness

Translating complex clinical environments to virtual care: Standards of Care in Virtual Medicine in Canada [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures Definition of Virtual Medicine, Ethical, Professional and Legal Obligations, Requirements that preceded Engaging in Virtual Medicine, Establishing a Patient-Physician Relationship, During and After Engaging in Virtual Medicine, Prescribing and Authorizing.

Finance

Finance Telemedicine Relationship Government

Building the capacity of interprofessional providers to work in primary care teams: Insights from six professions [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Key competencies from the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative, including team functioning, collaborative leadership, communication, role clarification, collaborative relationship building, and conflict resolution, guided the development of the modules and engagement process. Setting: On-line primary care modules.

Primary Care

Primary Care Education Provider Comprehensive Care

Developing a patient-reported outcome measure for patient experiences of social needs care [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants emphasized the importance of their relationship with their social care provider (SCP); their experiences of social care were influenced by their SCP’s verbal and non-verbal demonstrations of empathy, linguistic and cultural alignment, and length of the patient-SCP relationship.

Patients

Patients Screening Relationship Healthcare

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

Annals of Family Medicine , 23(1), 5–6. Beyond the Screen: The Impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence on Patient Learning and the Patient‑Physician Relationship. How are you integrating AI into your clinical, teaching or supervisory work? References Menchaca, J. For AI in Primary Care, Start With the Problem. Anderson, E.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Integrated Care Primary Care Healthcare Professional

Continuity and Relationships Among Patients, Physicians, and Care Teams (CARE PACT) [Secondary data analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: A patient’s relationship with their primary care physician (PCP) or advanced practice provider (APP) is instrumental in their healthcare journey.

Relationship

Relationship PCP PCP Patients

How can you improve your relationship with food?

Vida Family Medicine

APRIL 4, 2023

As a primary care physician, I see many patients who struggle with their relationship with food. If you have struggled with your relationship with food- you are not alone! So what can we do to improve our relationship with food? If you want to improve your health and are struggling with your relationship with food- we can help!

Relationship

Relationship Mental Health Primary Care Physician Diagnose

Association between Hypertension and Sleep Structure Based on Heart Rate Variability [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective This study aims to explore the relationship between sleep structure based on HRV and hypertension. Conclusions Based on single-lead ECG and HRV, total sleep time shows a "U-shaped" relationship with blood pressure levels. Study design and analysis This study is a cross-sectional study. When total sleep time was less than 7.97

Hypertension

Hypertension Relationship IT

Relationship between Social Risks and Diabetes Metrics in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To determine the association of patient reported social risk factors with a composite diabetes metric among patients with type 2 diabetes in a large primary care population Study Design and Analysis Cross-sectional analysis comparing adult patients with type 2 diabetes who meet a composite diabetes metric to those who do not meet metric Setting (..)

Diabetes

Diabetes Primary Care Relationship Transportation

Impact of Financial Incentives and Department Size on Scholarly Activity Output [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Family medicine research is essential to improving population health. Increasing research capacity continues to be a challenge; however, recent literature has touted the success of incentivization in several academic medicine specialties. Summary statistics and logistical regression analyses were conducted.

DO

DO Family Medicine Family Families

Lived experience of individuals with thalassemia in Eastern India [Allergy/Immunology]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The study aimed to explore the lived experiences of thalassemia patients in Eastern India and examined how social relationships impacted treatment adherence. Negative experiences included stigma, relationship challenges, childhood trauma, parental stress, and inadequate healthcare facilities.

Individual

Individual Relationship Community Family

Disrupting the intergenerational flow of childhood adversities: The power of supportive adults [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Using weighted logistic regression models stratified by mother/father, we used parent ACE burden to predict child adversity and identified how the presence of supportive adults for the child modified this relationship. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are reported.

Relationship

Relationship Provider IT

Relationship between Social Risks and Colorectal Cancer Screening/Surveillance in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To determine the association of patient reported social risk on CRC screening/surveillance rates in a large US primary care population Study Design and Analysis Cross-sectional analysis comparing adult patients age 50-75 who have completed colorectal screening/surveillance to those who have not Setting Mayo Clinic Midwest adult patients with (..)

Screening

Screening Primary Care Relationship Transportation

The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A difference-in-differences (DID) approach was used to compare outcomes in two groups: Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to KHH and those who were not.

Integrated Care

Integrated Care Utilities Illness Healthcare

Facilitating Well-Being in Primary Healthcare During COVID-19: A Rapid Systematic Review [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Narrative synthesis of study qualitative and quantitative outcomes yielded three recommendations: 1) prioritize organizational supports as central to provider well-being, 2) cultivate positive patient relationships to facilitate provider well-being, and 3) develop a shared framework for understanding the well-being of PHC providers.

Healthcare

Healthcare Finance Family Physician Provider

An Innovative Approach to Enhancing Community Health Collaborations: A Community Engagement Directory [Participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To implement an interactive community engagement directory (CED) consolidating community partners, investigators, research and clinical activities to optimize bidirectional communication and collaboration, facilitating relationship-building and trust.

Community

Community Utilities Clinic Relationship

Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study design and analysis: Descriptive statistics were used in SPSS to present demographics and responses and Chi-squared tests evaluated relationships between demographics and attitudes. We aim to highlight educational gaps for future pandemic preparedness.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health

The effect of being uninsured on cancer screening practices in Puerto Rico [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Unadjusted bivariate analysis was used to assess the relationship between insurance status and cancer screening using Chi-square for categorical variables, and two sample Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney rank-sum test for continuous variables. Study Design and Analysis This is a cross-sectional study. Descriptive statistics were done.

Screening

Screening Insurance Healthcare Individual

Increasing primary care capacity by adding team members [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

million adults in Canada do not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner. Interprofessional team-based care can expand access to primary care, however, the relationship between interprofessional teams and their impact on primary care capacity is not well-understood. Context Over 6.5

Primary Care

Primary Care Finance Nurse Practitioner Family Doctor

Advance Care Planning: comparison of views of people living with dementia and their caregivers [Palliative and end-of-life care]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, people with dementia and caregivers wanted to be sure there was a trusting relationship and were unsure if physicians would be available due to their busyness. Caregivers noted the importance of using clinicians’ knowledge of what might be expected with disease progression.

Family

Family Families Complication Relationship

Translating the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit into Messages and Materials to Improve Preventive Care In Older Adults. [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) is a Medicare benefit aimed at increasing preventive care and building a stronger patient-clinician relationship. However, uptake of the AWV in primary care has been low, and many patients are unaware of this free annual visit.

Wellness Visit

Wellness Visit Preventive Care Preventative Care Community

Dr. Donovan Ogboh, DO Comes To Plum Health DPC July 2025

Plum Health

JUNE 9, 2025

Donovan Ogboh is a Family Medicine Doctor in Detroit Michigan Dr. Donovan Ogboh is a board-certified family medicine physician with a dedicated interest in preventive care, sports medicine, pediatric care, women’s health, and the ongoing management of chronic conditions.

Board-Certified

Board-Certified Primary Care DO Family Medicine

You Know DPC is working when…

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. You know DPC is working when ….patients

Primary Care

Primary Care Appointment DO Family Medicine

Improving comprehensive primary care training and practice through an interprofessional collaborative table [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: The IPCT was established to sustain collaborative relationships and intentionally create space for projects across different disciplines within TPC to connect, share, and collaborate with one another. The reach of organizations in which project representatives were based spanned across Canada.

Primary Care

Primary Care Education Relationship Community

Film Representation and Stigma of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures: Demographic characteristics, presence of abuse, use of actors with ID, change in the frequency of derogatory language like "retarded", degree of character development, community development, relationship development, common stereotypes and archetypes, and perceived movie quality (based on IMBD ratings), before and after 1990.

Individual

Individual Relationship Community Mental Health

Health Care Homes Certification: Advancing Primary Care in MN

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 24, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians has been a longtime supporter of HCH, as some of our leaders were involved as the initiative came together. Many of our family medicine physicians work in certified health care homes; they value the infrastructure that the HCH model provides to ensure comprehensive and coordinated care.

Primary Care

Primary Care Board-Certified Patient-Centered DO

An Escape Fire for Healthcare

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.

Healthcare

Healthcare Primary Care DO Family Medicine

The Patient Voice is Value Added in Integrating Relational Equity into Practice [Participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Some of the strengths identified were: involvement of dedicated people with lived experience (PWLE); built infrastructure that facilitated collaboration and knowledge exchange across Canada and around the world; and building relationships between all partners.

Patients

Patients Community Primary Care Electronics

Developing the BRANCH Initiative-Building Relationship science for Advanced Networks in Communication and Health: Year One S [Research capacity building]

Clinician perception of the relationship between mental health, health-related social needs, and diabetes outcomes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

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Exploring the Relationship Between Racial Microaggressions and Substance Use, and Healthcare Interactions in Asian Americans [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

The Role of Lifestyle Medicine in Reversing Early Chronic Disease

Understanding the Relationship Between Social Needs and Cervical Cancer Screening [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Family Medicine: Finding Its Way on the Federal Research Roadmap [Economic or policy analysis]

Enhancing Advanced Access in Primary Healthcare: Key Change Strategies from a Quality Improvement Initiative [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Levers and challenges to recruiting clinical settings for a shared decision-making stepped wedge cluster randomized trial [Dissemination and implementation research]

Important Outcomes for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Patients Perspective [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Introducing longitudinal qualitative research to family medicine community

Optimizing participation in the OECD PaRIS Project: Lessons learned in Saskatchewan [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Digitally Mediated Therapeutic Relationships in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Medical Office Assistants Working in Family Medicine Clinics in Ontario [COVID-19]

"We feel alone and not listened to": Somali, Hmong and Latin American Parents Perspectives on Pediatric Serious Illness [Child and adolescent health]

San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Symptoms of Long-COVID and their impact on primary care patients livelihoods - Part 2 of 3 [COVID-19]

Translating complex clinical environments to virtual care: Standards of Care in Virtual Medicine in Canada [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Building the capacity of interprofessional providers to work in primary care teams: Insights from six professions [Education and training]

Developing a patient-reported outcome measure for patient experiences of social needs care [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Continuity and Relationships Among Patients, Physicians, and Care Teams (CARE PACT) [Secondary data analysis]

How can you improve your relationship with food?

Association between Hypertension and Sleep Structure Based on Heart Rate Variability [Hypertension]

Relationship between Social Risks and Diabetes Metrics in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Impact of Financial Incentives and Department Size on Scholarly Activity Output [Original Research]

Lived experience of individuals with thalassemia in Eastern India [Allergy/Immunology]

Disrupting the intergenerational flow of childhood adversities: The power of supportive adults [Population health and epidemiology]

Relationship between Social Risks and Colorectal Cancer Screening/Surveillance in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Facilitating Well-Being in Primary Healthcare During COVID-19: A Rapid Systematic Review [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

An Innovative Approach to Enhancing Community Health Collaborations: A Community Engagement Directory [Participatory research]

Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

The effect of being uninsured on cancer screening practices in Puerto Rico [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Increasing primary care capacity by adding team members [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Advance Care Planning: comparison of views of people living with dementia and their caregivers [Palliative and end-of-life care]

Translating the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit into Messages and Materials to Improve Preventive Care In Older Adults. [Community based participatory research]

Dr. Donovan Ogboh, DO Comes To Plum Health DPC July 2025

You Know DPC is working when…

Improving comprehensive primary care training and practice through an interprofessional collaborative table [Education and training]

Film Representation and Stigma of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Health Care Homes Certification: Advancing Primary Care in MN

An Escape Fire for Healthcare

The Patient Voice is Value Added in Integrating Relational Equity into Practice [Participatory research]

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