Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To understand perceptions of advocacy group leaders on primary care’s role in breast cancer survivorship care, given a documented lack of primary care engagement despite being endorsed as a receptor site by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Setting Depth interviews conducted on Zoom.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Finance Diagnosis 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Canada, most diabetes care is provided within primary care. Primary care experienced challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as reduced access to care. Objective: To understand if the pandemic resulted in changes in care for patients with diabetes.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Finance Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

CONTEXT: The percentage of family physicians (FPs) in Ontario who practice primary care has been decreasing over time as FPs are choosing to focus some or all of their practice in more specialized areas. There is evidence that this move away from comprehensive primary care is occurring among physicians in all stages of their career.

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Family Physician Families Family Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design: A qualitative study Setting: Primary care setting in Shanghai, China Population Studied, 15 directors of the high-quality development pilot community health service centers in Shanghai were selected as interviewees.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Management Finance Chronic Disease 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 21, 2025

Artificial intelligence promises to transform primary care, guided by strong leadership, data security, and collaboration. Researchers conducted a retrospective study published in June 2025 in the issue of BMC Primary Care to synthesize evidence on the opportunities, challenges, and requirements of implementing artificial intelligence (AI) which (..)

Primary Care 97

Primary Care Screening Finance Diabetes 97

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A patient-reported experience survey on primary care. A total of 122,397 patients and 999 family physicians, 107 nurse practitioners and 411 administrative staff nested into 104 clinics answered the survey. Instrument. A self-reported survey based on the advanced access model for professionals and administrative staff.

Nurse Practitioner 130

Nurse Practitioner Clinic Family Physician Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The context of the reviews were: general health care and services (n=8), HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment (n=2), maternity and primary care (n=1), maternity and antenatal care (n=1), and oncology (n=1). Results: Thirteen reviews published in English from 2010 to 2023 were included.

Finance 130

Finance Community Consulting Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Comprehensiveness is a central element of primary care and family medicine but has not been clearly and consistently conceptualized in literature. The lack of an encompassing framework for comprehensiveness reduces our ability to measure and evaluate its presence and impact in primary care delivery.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Finance DO Family Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

PATHWEIGH is an integrated approach to support primary care practices in delivering evidence-based weight management and includes modifications to the EpicTM medical record for guidance on treatment alternatives, support for provider-patient communication, billing and coding support, and a new visit type called a Weight Prioritized Visit (WPV).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Finance Insurance Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The COVID-19 pandemic created many barriers for clinicians to deliver primary care and for parents/caregivers to access primary care for their young children. Outcome Measures: Innovative primary care programs and services for children < 6 years old during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Provider Finance Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

o Context or Objective: The UK is witnessing an increase in emergency department use and hospital admissions for children and young people from underserved populations, exacerbated in the UK by continued issues around access to primary care.

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Community Integrated Care Finance Family Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients without a regular primary care provider (a family physician or nurse practitioner) are considered "unattached,". million people aged 12 and older) were unattached to a regular primary care provider. In 2019, 14.5% of Canadians (approximately 4.6

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Finance Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Mainland China’s primary care system significantly differs from those in developed countries in design, resources, and capabilities. Setting: Primary care settings in Shanghai, China. Instrument: PCPCM scores and focus group-derived themes on primary care features.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Doctor Families Family 130

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.

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Telehealth Primary Care Finance Insurance 130

Plum Health

JULY 6, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, Direct Primary Care and Subscription-based Primary Care are emerging as promising models that could significantly benefit both employers and employees. These models simplify the healthcare business by removing insurance companies from basic primary care.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Healthcare Insurance Finance 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives Describe perspectives of clinicians and implementation leads on the role of primary care in ADRD early detection. Setting Primary care settings in the DAC-SP early detection program. clinical consensus, financing mechanisms) and the organization (e.g.,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Healthcare Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To measure the impact on healthcare system utilization of an intensive primary care (IPC) service from 2019 through 2022. Few studies of high-utilization patient programs found improvements in the intervention groups compared to controls.

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Plum Health

MAY 22, 2023

Direct Primary Care (DPC) has emerged as a viable, high-quality primary care model that liberates itself from the constraints of traditional fee-for-service (FFS) products. Thus, DPC forms a better long-term investment focused on preventive care, as opposed to only treating patients post-diagnosis.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care PCP PCP Insurance 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Previous research identified high-need counties based on consistently low primary care physician capacity. Objective(s): This research explores the relationship between CBRP location and high-need areas, defined as counties with consistently low rates of primary care physician capacity.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Community Finance Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Continuity of care between a patient and their primary care practitioner (PCP) is a cornerstone of primary care (PC) and is associated with many positive health outcomes. Many proposed methods for measuring continuity utilize an aggregation of patient visits.

PCP 130

PCP PCP Finance Nurse Practitioner 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Dataset: The cohort was identified using the April 2023 Primary Care Population Dataset (PCPOP), an ICES-derived database.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Primary Care Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

N=35 nurses were interviewed; n=6 primary care, n=7 emergency care and n=22 from other areas. Critical incident of primary and emergency care nurses were compared to those of the other nurses. Primary care nurses were more likely to work as float nurses compared with emergency nurses. Instrument.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Primary Care Finance Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Adults with multiple chronic diseases, mental health comorbidities, and/or social vulnerabilities, may have complex health and social care needs (hereafter "complex needs"). Appropriate care for people with complex needs calls for integrated care programs that include providers from primary care and other health and social services.

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Integrated Care Finance Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Continuity of care between a patient and their primary care practitioner (PCP) is a cornerstone of primary care (PC) and is associated with many positive health outcomes including decreased utilization of ER services and lower costs for some populations.

PCP 130

PCP PCP ER Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physician (FP) scope of practice (SOP) has declined, with fewer physicians providing basic primary care services and fewer bridging the clinic-hospital divide. Understanding patterns of primary care SOP and delivery has implications for workforce and policy planning.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family Finance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To identify challenges and facilitators to collaborations between a NPO and primary healthcare partners. Setting: A NPO and its partners in the healthcare (primary care clinics), social services, and community networks in a rural context. Study design: An instrumental case study design.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Finance Integrated Care Relationship 130

Noreta Family Medicine

MARCH 26, 2025

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!). Many of our patients have shared how they often felt rushed at their previous primary care doctor’s office, leaving appointments with lingering concerns.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Appointment Family Medicine DO 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 7, 2025

MAFP Legislative Priorities in Action The following pieces of legislation, currently under consideration, align with the MAFP’s legislative priorities of reducing administrative burdens, investing in primary care and improving health care access.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Finance Primary Care Insurance 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

HOUSE COMMERCE FINANCE AND POLICY COMMITTEE H.F. 2403 ( Representative O’Driscoll ): On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee heard H.F. The bill was passed by a voice vote and was sent to the Tax Committee. Read a summary of S.F.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Insurance Finance Individual 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

Status: It passed with bipartisan support and was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. The post MN Legislative Session 2025: Updates on Hearings and Bills appeared first on MAFP.

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Patient-Centered Telehealth Management Finance 52

The Health Policy Exchange

OCTOBER 21, 2020

primary care physicians accept Medicare, and Medicare enrollment has been associated with improvements in age-specific mortality relative to peer nations. health care bill. He pointed out that 93% of U.S. Finally, he observed that many of the things that frustrate family physicians about the current [U.S.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Family Physician Insurance Primary Care 130

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? On todays podcast, weve invited Nathaniel Chin back to the GeriPal podcast to talk about what primary care needs to manage this new world of Alzheimers disease effectively. Great to be back.

Primary Care 96

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 96

The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

I have coined this content series Doctor Money: A Personal Finance Guide for Physicians , as this is my current working title. This week, we will focus on how doctors can automate their finances to remove their emotions and effortlessly save for many of their goals. This is the same for personal finances.

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Finance Individual Education Healthcare Professional 52

GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

It does seem that if communities, particularly historically marginalized communities, are interested in ACP, that fact should carry some weight in how resources are allocated to research and health care financing. Advance care planning is a start. Hillary: I certainly agree lots to think about. Hillary: So those all differ.

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Community IT Patient-Centered Primary Care 96

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Kathleen 14:03 I mean, back to Cari’s, you know, what Cari was talking about, about financial barriers to palliative care services in the nursing home setting. Eric 14:32 So there’s financial disincentives for interdisciplinary palliative care teams. And it’s amazing. Cari 39:51 Right, right.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

But yet the changes we saw, the transitions we saw, but we didn’t transition the care. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. We didn’t respond. And there’s really no reimbursable system for that. My heart’s going black because we’re just losing people left and right.”

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Family Families 60

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How is it financed and what comes next? If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Bruce: Yeah.

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