Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Telehealth became an essential tool to assist care delivery in the outpatient primary care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies documented that the type of insurance coverage was associated with the likelihood of a patient receiving care through telehealth.

Telehealth 130

Telehealth Primary Care Finance Insurance 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 3, 2025

Audio-Only Telehealth – Ensuring audio-only telehealth visits remain a reimbursable option. Medical Assistance Rate Reimbursement – Aligning primary care reimbursement rates under Medical Assistance with Medicare rates. Mid-Year Formulary Changes – Limiting the ability of insurers to make coverage changes mid-year.

Telehealth 90

Telehealth Specialization Transportation Primary Care 90

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: The structured questionnaire covered various aspects of primary care practice, including the scope of clinical learners, specialties offered, onsite services, telehealth, EMR data querying, patient advisory groups, and IRB affiliation. Intervention/Instrument: N/A.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Telehealth Patient-Centered Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

During the pandemic, 62% (n=21) used telehealth tools, including 50% (n=17) by telephone, 50% (n=17) via live video, and 24% (n=8) through text messaging. Approximately 29% (n=10) believed their residency adequately prepared them for disasters, while 71% (n=24) considered disaster training important.

Telemedicine 130

Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care delivery was significantly impacted by COVID-19, with rapid deployment of telehealth after the United States’ national public health emergency (PHE) declaration in March 2020. In the years following the PHE, rates of screening for tobacco use decreased, particularly during telehealth visits.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Telehealth Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Seven family medicine practices in one Colorado USA health system. Population Studied: Primary care clinicians and staff, including IBH psychologists and psychiatrists. Intervention: NA for this portion of the study. Conclusions: CIBH+ was very highly supported by all practice clinicians and staff.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Illness Comprehensive Care Telehealth 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Rural health system leaders described 5 methods to provide rural specialty access: community-based, visiting, referrals to larger towns, telehealth, and management by primary care with specialist support. Telehealth services are underutilized; incentives for traveling specialists could increase access.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Community Telehealth Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

HOMER is a pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial led by the State Networks of Colorado Ambulatory Practices & Partners (SNOCAP) in partnership with the AAFP National Research Network (NRN) staff team at DARTNet Institute comparing 9-month treatment outcomes across home, office, and telehealth induction with buprenorphine.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Telehealth Medical PCP 130

Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

These crucial healthcare providers can be found in almost every healthcare setting, including, but not limited to: Hospitals Private Practices Urgent Cares Higher Education Corporate Clinics Telehealth Services Insurance Companies Correctional Facilities Indian Health Service (IHS) Facilities Why is the physician shortage growing?

Private Practice 52

Private Practice Healthcare Internal Medicine DO 52

BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

DO 40

DO Family Medicine Mental Health Family 40

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Conclusions: We developed and externally validated the FluScoreVax that incorporates vaccination status and is potentially useful in telehealth and primary care settings using this app ( [link] ). The percentage of participants classified as low, moderate, and high risk for influenza was 60.7%, 26.5% in the external validation.

Vaccination 130

Vaccination Telehealth Primary Care Diagnose 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

It allows for telehealth services while establishing client-to-staff ratio requirements for group treatment settings. The bill also provides for enhanced payment rates for programs offering specific services, such as on-site childcare and culturally responsive programs. Status: The bill was laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Telehealth Management Finance 52

Vida Family Medicine

APRIL 4, 2023

When we scroll social media, we see images of people posed and dressed and made up to fit an "idealized" beauty standard, interspersed with ads from "health experts," supplement companies, telehealth providers, and weight loss programs. If you want to improve your health and are struggling with your relationship with food- we can help!

Relationship 52

Relationship Mental Health Primary Care Physician Diagnose 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patient survey items varied based on status of the pandemic and pressing social concerns but were topically organized around access to care, expressed needs for care, experience or concerns with COVID-19, use of telehealth, experienced health burdens, and reported experiences relative to social drivers of health.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Relationship Patients Patient-Centered 130