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Enhancing Provider Confidence in Communicating with Patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) through Patient Letters [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Effective communication with patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) is a significant challenge in healthcare, often leading to poorer health outcomes and patient dissatisfaction. The sample included providers varying across gender, experience, department, and technological expertise.

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Gathering Family Perspectives on Integrated Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Given the complex interplay among these functions, gathering patient perspectives on those core functions seems key to effectively operationalizing and measuring them. Patients experience primary care firsthand, offering valuable insights into the accessibility, scope, coordination, and continuity of services.

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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Pathways offered by Quebec’s public system are heterogeneous, often providing limited services, especially in a preventive setting. Population Studied Patients with obesity enrolled in the Méta-Santé clinic. Population Studied Patients with obesity enrolled in the Méta-Santé clinic.

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Patient experiences navigating US healthcare with long-COVID - Part 3 of 3 [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: For many patients with long-COVID, primary care is the first point of interaction with the healthcare system. However, beyond expressions of disempowerment, the patient’s perspective regarding the quality of long-COVID care is lacking. Patients described two areas of experiences.

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Enhancing primary healthcare capacity : A qualitative study from the perspective of managers of PHC institutions in China [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Community health services constitute the cornerstone of China's primary healthcare system. Since the recent healthcare reforms, significant strides have been made in the development of community health services across the country.

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Health Trends Across Communities: Engaging Healthcare Systems, Public Health and Community in a Statewide Public Health Tool [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Building patients’ and health professionals’ trust in health research includes responsibly sharing health information. Setting: A partnership between the Minnesota Electronic Health Record Consortium (MNEHRC), public health professionals at the Center for Community Health (CCH), and Hennepin County Public Health.

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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

On October 6, 2017, a van loaded with medical supplies departed from the Health Center, bound for the local airport. Residents and local leaders joined forces to send food and clothing to the island and to welcome newly arrived families to their town. What followed was a powerful expression of community and compassion.

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