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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context With the goal of advancing health equity, the US healthcare sector has expanded activities to identify and intervene in patients’ experiences of social adversity, sometimes referred to as "social care". Yet, no measure of patients’ experiences with social care has been developed to date.

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Patients Screening Relationship Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patient Expertise in Research Collaboration (PERC) – primary health care (PHC) is a centre supported by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit. Patient Expertise in Research Collaboration (PERC) – primary health care (PHC) is a centre supported by the Ontario SPOR Support Unit. Instrument: Document analysis, website metrics.

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Primary Care Patients Community Illness 130

Concierge Choice Physicians

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Leading not-for-profit healthcare organization in greater Los Angeles allows patients to choose a closer doctor-patient relationship ​ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – February 4, 2025 – Concierge Choice Physicians (CCP), the nation’s leading full-service concierge medical service provider, announces today that David M.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-society approach to health and well-being, providing holistic care to patients across their lifespan. Objective: To engage the PHC community and identify how patient partners can best support primary health care design, delivery, research, and education.

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Patients Holistic Care Government Education 130

Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 12, 2025

Residents and local leaders joined forces to send food and clothing to the island and to welcome newly arrived families to their town. The Holyoke Health Center, in collaboration with the Family Resource Center at Enlace de Familias , played a pivotal role in this local relief effort. Emphasize bi-directional collaboration.

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Community Integrated Care Patient-Centered Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Transitions of care (TOC) between healthcare settings carry numerous safety hazards and high risk for medication harm, particularly for patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). Results: Study participants shared both their experiences related to medication safety, as well as barries to patient-centeredness.

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Chronic Condition Medical Patient-Centered Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Prenatal care can be difficult for patients to accomplish, with frequent visits and time-sensitive health screenings. Patient interviews, providing qualitative information to augment study findings. Semi-structured interviews of post-partum patients. Intervention/Instrument: Optional virtual prenatal visits.

Patients 130

Patients Clinic Utilities Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Persistent pain is experienced among nearly half of the patients with long COVID (LC). Objective: To document the lived experience of patients with LC pain, including how they access and receive healthcare, to improve services for LC pain evaluation and treatment.

Patients 130

Patients Insurance IT Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Community health worker (CHW) interventions show promising outcomes for T2D and HTN control particularly among low income and historically marginalized patients. Objective Evaluate the implementation of a CHW program and its impact on the control of T2D and HTN outcomes among patients with social vulnerabilities.

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Hypertension Community Diabetes Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We used the patient portal (Opal) to administer the I-Score, a 7-item electronic patient-reported outcome measure (ePROM) of barriers to ART adherence. Objective: To describe patient and service-related outcomes of the I-Score intervention and outline adherence barrier management by physicians. 10 to T3=2.3/10),

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Clinic Patients Electronics Management 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 20, 2025

AAFP Denounces Changes to ACIP and Vaccine Recommendations The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) stands with the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) in denouncing the recent decisions made by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Family Physician 71

Family Physician Vaccination Families Family 71

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The ability to reach and engage in the care process varies considerably depending on patients’ socio-demographic characteristics which we need to understand to address inequitable access issues. Setting/Dataset: 121,570 registered patients over 18 years of age with an email address available in their electronic medical record.

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Healthcare Clinic Chronic Condition Finance 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. median: 6, IQR: 2.0).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Consulting Hospital 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context With buprenorphine prescribing restrictions lifted, primary care physicians (PCP) are frequently the first contact for patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and require treatment with buprenorphine. The survey was anonymous both before and after the rotation. Post-rotation, 64% of residents felt more comfortable diagnosing OUD.

Education 130

Education Primary Care Physician Primary Care Family Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To assess patient perceptions of a primary care-based LM clinic. Population Studied Patients who were referred to or attended the LM clinic between 5/1/22 and 5/31/24 (n=575). There is limited research on implementation of LM in medically underserved communities. Setting: LM Clinic in the SW Virginia safety net.

Clinic 130

Clinic Patients Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In response to a call initiated by CIHR in 2023, inviting patient, public, and community participation, the Patient Council of the Canadian Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN) responded with a Report on March 25, 2024. Population Studied: CPCRN Patient Council.

Patients 130

Patients Community Primary Care Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Primary care providers in 12 Ottawa and Sudbury (Ontario, Canada) practices referred their patients with health or social needs to access needed SP services. Dataset Of the 326 enrolled patients, 150 consented and had their data successfully linked to health administrative data housed at ICES (ARC=83, Ontario-211: 67).

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Utilities ER Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To link primary care electronic medical record (EMR) data with community and hospital data and to test the utility of the merged dataset through a targeted quality improvement (QI) intervention among high-risk patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Risk factors (i.e.,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Electronics Hospital Medical 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: 1) Test the virtual model of MLP to achieve more favorable economies of scale 2) Develop a policy-informed lexicon for MLP to inform model development, D&I research, and improve data sharing across models to ultimately advance sustainable state-based funding for MLP. Intervention/Instrument: Legal-needs screening tool.

Medical 130

Medical Referral Screening Internal Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Impacts of healthcare sludge on patients have not been well-described. Study Design and Analysis: This sequential/convergent mixed methods study included a patient survey and patient interviews. Study Design and Analysis: This sequential/convergent mixed methods study included a patient survey and patient interviews.

Screening 130

Screening Patients Patient-Centered Insurance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Patient messaging to providers has dramatically increased since the pandemic, leading to informatics efforts to categorize messages to facilitate more efficient review. Conclusion Clinicians generally lack the time to prioritize patient messages. The increased inbox burden has particularly impacted primary care physicians.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Primary Care Physician Patients 130

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

That small win reminded me that artificial intelligence is already shaping the way our patients (and our families) search for health advice. Our Patients Are Already Using AI Many people now ask their first health question to a chatbot rather than to a clinician. Evidence‑informed care was literally at his fingertips.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Integrated Care Primary Care Healthcare Professional 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The challenges faced stem from the uncertainty and complexity of redefining professional roles and scopes of practice, as well as the skills needed to effectively work together and coordinate patient care as a cohesive team. Study design: Design thinking process.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Healthcare Professional Family Physician Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: A retrospective cohort of providers and its patient panel for two performance years, 2019 and 2022. Setting or Dataset: The American Family Cohort database, derived from the PRIME registry. Comprehensiveness can inform opportunities for primary care providers to judiciously perform various services.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Diabetes Internal Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Central tenets of primary care are essential to the delivery of effective MCC care: person & family-centered, comprehensive, equitable, team-based, collaborative, coordinated and integrated. The apps also collect patient reported data on goals, social needs, and functional status.

Chronic Condition 130

Chronic Condition Patient-Centered Primary Care Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, multiple organizations operate under a ‘boutique’ medicine model where patients pay a block or annual fee to access primary care services. Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. Study Design and Analysis.

Clinic 130

Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care 130

Colorado Academy of Family Physicians

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In addition to his frequent contributions and regular column in Colorado FP, Dr. Walt Larimore has compiled even more information and CME questions to support your learning and patient care. The post Vaccine News You Can Use appeared first on Colorado Academy of Family Physicians. Keep an eye out for his article in the.

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Vaccination Family Physician Illness Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention/Instrument Survey questions focused on socio-demographic information, substance use patterns, health status, use of treatment and harm reduction services, and acceptability of emerging services. Participants received a CA$30 cash honorarium for their time.

Community 130

Community Mental Health Patients Diagnose 130

The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. I stepped down as director of the Robert L.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Primary Care Physician Patient-Centered Behavioral Health Services 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding health information seeking behavior is critical in providing effective interventions and improving quality of life for patients, especially for those facing complex health needs. The data was obtained from the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey® (HINTS). Objectives. Conclusions.

Patients 130

Patients Families Family Government 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Training students to provide care and respond using a trauma informed approach can help ensure our healthcare sites are places of healing and not re-traumatization. Objective Assess how a lecture on HT during a 4-week family medicine (FM) clerkship impacts medical student knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding HT.

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Medical Student Education Medical Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Electronic risk assessment and communication may enhance screening and prevention, but patient perspectives are understudied. Study design and analysis Our approach was informed by the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability. Patient coinvestigators and clinicians were involved in all research steps.

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Screening Patients Referral Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Nearly all patients with type 2 diabetes have comorbid chronic conditions, adding complexity to self-management. A tool to more efficiently relay points of patient-perceived treatment burden during a primary care visit may lead to more patient-centered care plans and improved outcomes.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Screening Patient-Centered 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Although occupational therapists contribute to the overall improvement of primary care services, their presence in family medicine groups is still limited, mainly due to a lack of knowledge about their role in this practice context. Context: The practice of occupational therapy in primary care is still developing in Quebec and in Canada.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Medicine DO Mental Health 130

Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

At the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA), we see your agenda aligning with ours in powerful ways. It moves away from fragmented systems, provides alternatives to medication-only treatment paths, and leads patients to practical pathways for healing—whether for anxiety, diabetes management, depression, or addiction.

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Integrated Care Primary Care Mental Health Family Healthcare 130

Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Margaret Greenough, a family medicine specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA, has opened a new medical practice offering patients the Concierge Choice FullFlex™ program. Most importantly, Concierge Choice programs offer patients peace of mind. Higuera Street, #701, San Luis Obispo, CA.

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Family Medicine Specialist Medical Family Medicine DO 130