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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

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

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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

Ed Oliver, HB 45 would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to cover any noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test assigned a grade A or B under the recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. What Happened: The Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education did not meet to discuss the bill.

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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

Objective: To understand if increasing distances from patients to their FP are associated with changes in healthcare utilization and quality of care. Healthcare utilization outcomes included the number of core primary care visits, continuity of care to own group, and emergency department visits.

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11 device policy essentials to keep your practice secure

Physician's Practice

Even innocuous habits— scrolling social media at the nurses’ station —can expose screens to wandering eyes or distract staff from patient care. These 11 elements are a ready blueprint for practice leaders to protect data, productivity and the bottom line before the next alert flashes across the screen.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

Eric 17:06 Think like almost 50% of nursing home decedents utilize hospice, and that number has grown over the last two decades. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well. Like an AI robot goes in the room with the screen and that links to the human palliative care provider and is also the companion.