Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Background: Multiple chronic conditions (MCC) the most common condition seen in practice are present in 33% of adults and 80% of individuals age > 65. The emergence of FIHR enables the development of interoperable apps to facilitate comprehensive, shared care planning.

Chronic Condition 130

Chronic Condition Patient-Centered Primary Care Electronics 130

Canadian Family Physician

MARCH 18, 2025

Objective To explore how early-career family physicians integrated social accountability into their practices, how it shaped their practice choices, and the challenges they encountered. Participants Early-career family physicians. Design A secondary analysis of qualitative interview data.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Family Families Holistic Care 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. Engaging researchers and leveraging evidence are essential for addressing the challenges faced by FM and family physicians.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patient portals (PPs) are online healthcare platforms enabling patients access their electronic health records and offering different features to help patients manage their care such as viewing and entering health information, and permitting asynchronous communication between patients and their providers.

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Patients Primary Care Appointment Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Design and analysis: The study employed a comprehensive cohort design to compare individuals with T2D who were Ethiopian-born to their Israeli-born counterparts. Data for this investigation were sourced from a community-based approach, utilizing information from CHS, which integrates data from community sources and hospitals.

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Complication Diabetes Chronic Disease Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures: Interview questions and analysis were guided by five CFIR domains (innovation source, inner and outer setting, individuals, and implementation process). Conclusion: COACH pre-implementation evaluation provided information that informed implementation and trial protocol changes and may increase the adoption of COACH.

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Electronics Patient-Centered Hypertension Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Social Prescribing (SP) is an approach to help individuals address their health and social needs wherein a healthcare practitioner refers patients to non-clinal services in the community. Models of SP vary, and the experience of patients across these models is less known. ARC: All (N=17) participants used navigation.

Patients 130

Patients Community Patient-Centered Referral 130

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.

Screening 130

Screening Patients Referral Family 130

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

During the session, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians actively represented the interests of its members on a range of healthcare initiatives. To incentivize donations to these hospitals, the bill suggests creating a tax credit for individuals and entities to offset their state income tax liability.

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Insurance Family Physician Hospital Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite primary care providers’ (PCPs) ability to effectively treat depression, encouraging individuals to seek and return to treatment is challenging. As a behavioral strategy, mental contrasting and implementation intentions (MCII) use imagery to create action plans to overcome barriers to achieve goals.

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PCP PCP Illness Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dataset: We conducted a qualitative study utilizing the Database of Individual Patient Experiences (DIPEx) methodology - a time-tested, research-based approach for conducting and disseminating health and healthcare experiences. For challenges, Latina women reported the need to experience more trauma informed care by providers.

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Healthcare Provider Healthcare Experience Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

PHC providers routinely consider patients’ perspectives to make choices about their care at an individual level but patients also have valuable expertise that can improve how PHC is organized at practice, regional, and provincial levels.

Patients 130

Patients Holistic Care Government Education 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyze focus group and individual interview data. Population Studied: Nurses, family physicians, obstetricians, midwives, and hospital leaders involved in L&D at selected hospitals. Results: Labor and delivery leaders reported reacting to external pressure (e.g.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Hospital Relationship Physicals 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

income, housing) affect health, there is no standardized tool or approach in Canada for the routine collection of demographic and social information in healthcare settings. Context: Despite evidence that social determinants (e.g. census) that are currently used for policy decisions and to identify health inequities.

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Healthcare Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Burnout among family medicine residents is widespread, impacting the workforce. Study Design and Analysis: Family medicine residency programs applied to participate in the Project ECHO series. Conclusions: The BRIDGE program’s Project ECHO series had a positive impact on individual resident burnout and wellbeing.

Family Medicine 130

Family Medicine DO Family Families 130

Oasis Family Medicine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Exploring Methylene Blue, Ozone, and UBI Therapy: Findings from Oasis Family Medicine At Oasis Family Medicine, Dr. Yoshi Rahm and his team recently conducted a study investigating the combined effects of Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation (UBI), ozone, and methylene blue on overall health.

Family Medicine 52

Family Medicine DO Family Families 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This included an informational workgroup, semi-structured individual interviews, followed by focus groups to validate preliminary research findings through preference ranking and member checking. Inductive thematic analysis identified and catgorized themes within a communication framework.

Chronic Condition 130

Chronic Condition Medical Patients Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Individuals who frequently attend the ED comprise up to 10% of patients, while accounting for a third of ED visits. There is a lack of information on high ED use in other jurisdictions, specifically in Central and Eastern Europe. Objective: To describe frequent ED use among patients in Krakow, Poland.

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Primary Care Patients Consulting Hospital 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Some individuals had low expectations for social care and were thus satisfied with screening alone, while others had urgent social needs and were disappointed to not receive resources. Participants also valued the extent to which the screening, follow up, or resource attainment they received aligned with their expectations and priorities.

Patients 130

Patients Screening Relationship Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population studied: Individuals aged 65 years and older recruited in primary care clinics or senior residences. A single participant with severe loss of autonomy found Proactive less useful as it did not provide him with any new information. Setting: Community-based.

Screening 130

Screening Primary Care Clinic Patient-Centered 130

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

However, for individuals who do not qualify for federal Medicaid funding—such as most undocumented immigrants—the federal government does not provide matching funds, even when those individuals meet income eligibility requirements. The asset limit for a household would be $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 per couple.

Healthcare 204

Healthcare Family Physician Management Individual 204

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

DESIGN/ANALYSIS: This multisite, pragmatic, stakeholder input-informed, randomized controlled trial (RCT) compared CBT and MBT in opioid-treated CLBP. Cognitive behavioral (CBT) and mindfulness-based (MBT) therapies are safe and evidence-based for chronic pain, but their long-term effects have not been well-studied in opioid-treated CLBP.

Management 130

Management Screening Physicals Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To inform researcher training and education, this study explored the experiences of researchers conducting participatory research with people experiencing structural vulnerability. This work can be demanding in terms of professional skills required and personal capacity and even risk secondary trauma.

Community 130

Community IT Primary Care Relationship 130

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 24, 2025

There is endless contradictory nutrition advice from strongly opinionate individuals out there (anyone take a deep-dive into the evidence of coconut oil – a plant based oil with lots of saturated fat?), Diverse family preferences : Everyone wants something different. Most of these won't be new or unique to you. Sound familiar?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Adding genetic testing to clinical familial hypercholesterolemia screening improves risk assessment, prognosis and helps to guide targeted therapy. These individuals have total cholesterol counts exceeding 240 mg/dL, which increases their risk of heart disease. Familial hypercholesterolemia is one subset of hypercholesterolemia.

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Patient-Centered Screening Family Families 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A proportion of these ADEs can be explained by a difference in enzyme activity between individuals. Intra-individual variation in genetic composition is one of the key contributing factors determining enzyme activity. family medicine) and the need for education in this area. Recurrent themes were identified.

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Primary Care Education Family Medicine DO 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) adopted a resolution (policy guidance) in 2024 related to addressing food insecurity in Minnesota. Family physicians play a pivotal role in combating food insecurity, serving as trusted advocates for their patients and connecting them to essential food resources.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Community Family Families 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Administrative activities, including work related to caring for individual patients and clinic administration, may play a substantial role in understanding changes to primary care workload. Results/Findings Information management is central to health care delivery, but often not valued or actively supported.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner Family Physician 130

Myriad Genetics

MAY 1, 2025

That’s how often Chelsea Mulheron finds herself asking women in her clinic about their family history of cancer. As a breast cancer health clinical care nurse navigator, Chelsea not only serves as a registered nurse at NMC, but also as a patient advocate, guiding individuals through the complexities of the healthcare system. “I

Patients 52

Patients Screening Patient-Centered Family 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population studied: Key informants involved in the implementation: people with complex needs (n = 2), managers (n = 17), hospital case manager (n = 1), case managers in primary care clinics (n = 14), project managers (n = 2), physicians in charge of participating clinics (n = 4), and other healthcare professionals (n = 2).

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Integrated Care Primary Care Healthcare Professional Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

Informed by an environmental scan, we created and pilot-tested prototypes at implementation sites. We developed and tested the feasibility and acceptability of a tool to enhance conversations for adults with cognitive impairment at the point of care. All phases were overseen by a multidisciplinary steering committee.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Relationship Community Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family Medicine (FM) and NAPCRG champion involving patients and communities in research. Objective: Grow the power of participation by adopting use of Research Reflection Panels (RRPs) in studies of all kinds, even those without direct involvement of patients or other individuals. Who does and understands this work?

Community 130

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, little information exists on how to successfully implement these tools in the primary care setting. The ESOGER tool is a telemedicine tool in the form of a telephone assessment questionnaire for individuals aged 65 and over. Study design: A qualitative descriptive study design was utilized.

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Primary Care Consulting Telemedicine Chronic Condition 130

Myriad Genetics

APRIL 26, 2024

Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month, observed in April, is a perfect opportunity to fix that, including sharing critical information about dense breasts. Breasts have a lot of names and yet most people have very little understanding of them and how they work, and likely even less understanding of breast cancer.

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Screening Family Families Diagnose 52

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 52

Primary Care Board-Certified Patient-Centered Family Medicine 52

Dr. Michael Bazel

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Let’s explore the benefits and drawbacks of intermittent fasting so you can make an informed decision. It’s also not ideal for pregnant or breastfeeding individuals who have increased nutritional needs. For some individuals, these symptoms persist, making it difficult to stick with the regimen. What Is Intermittent Fasting?

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Medical Xpress

MAY 3, 2023

Genetic testing for hereditary cancers, such as breast, colon, pancreatic, and ovarian cancer, helps at-risk individuals understand their familial risk for these diseases and make informed decisions about next steps in care.

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Referral Utilities Individual Family 98