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Patient Advocacy Group Leaders Perceptions on Primary Cares Role in Caring for Patients with a History of Breast Cancer [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Patient advocacy groups engage patients, families, and caregivers in navigating the cancer landscape, focusing on early detection/screening, as well as psychosocial and financial support during treatment. Population Studied Diverse leaders of cancer-focused patient advocacy groups. Intervention Depth interviews.

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Unleashing the Potential of Primary Care Nurses in Chronic Pain Management: A Delphi Study on Priority Activities [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Chronic pain stands as a leading cause of disability globally, with patients often reporting inadequate access to primary care. Relevant primary care nursing activities for CP management remain poorly defined, limiting the full utilization of nurses' competencies and expertise in chronic disease management.

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Access to health care and services for the Deaf: A scoping review of reviews [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

A patient partner from the Deaf community collaborated on each step of this project. Additional searches included searches on Google Scholar, manual searches, citation tracking and reference list screening. 2010) and adapted by Schultz et al. Popay et al.’s

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Beyond Training: How Context Matters for Early Detection of Alzheimers Disease in Primary Care [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Global healthcare systems are not prepared to care for the 55 million individuals worldwide affected by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), with cases continuing to rise. Objectives Describe perspectives of clinicians and implementation leads on the role of primary care in ADRD early detection.

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Mapping Patient Access to Care and Quality of Care based on Distance from Family Physician [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Study Design: A cross-sectional analysis of patients and FPs in Ontario from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023.

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You Know DPC is working when…

Noreta Family Medicine

I’ve written blogs that discuss my perspective on why Direct Primary Care (DPC) is helpful to both patients and physicians in Columbia, SC (and beyond!). patients feel heard and valued. patients feel supported, both in our office and between visits. patients feel supported, both in our office and between visits.

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Debating the pros and cons of Medicare for All

The Health Policy Exchange

Our recent Georgetown Health Policy Journal Club discussed two editorials in the October 1 issue of American Family Physician that offered contrasting answers to the question: "Would Medicare for All Be the Most Beneficial Health Care System for Family Physicians and Patients?" health care bill. He pointed out that 93% of U.S.