Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 27, 2025

Individuals with chronic pain must manage the symptoms to efficiently navigate everyday life. Managing chronic pain can be challenging and frustrating. This medical professional can provide further tips or strategies for immediate and long-term pain management. Chronic pain management starts with the basics.

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Management Chronic Disease Physicals Patient-Centered 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 21, 2025

Opioid initiation continued to rise over time and stayed elevated across all classes in the PD group compared to controls. Investigators concluded that individuals with PD experienced a higher incidence of moderate to severe pain demanding opioid-class analgesics. compared to 31.2% in those without PD.

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Management Diagnosis Individual Diagnose 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction: Super-utilization (frequent acute hospital care use or frequent emergency department (ED) utilization and readmissions) describes high rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions by some individuals. Care Management was the second common theme. Care Management was the second common theme.

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Utilities Management Hospital Community 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

2 As a result, obesity may be underprioritized in routine visits, and patients may miss opportunities to manage a chronic disease that significantly raises the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers. The post Redesigning Primary Care Workflows to Optimize Obesity Management first appeared on Physician's Weekly.

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Primary Care Management Primary Care Physician Chronic Disease 52

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. Results: The study sample encompassed 78,637 individuals newly diagnosed with T2D during the specified period, with 4,568 of them being Ethiopian-born.

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Complication Diabetes Individual Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Primary care team members involved in high blood pressure management. Outcome Measures: Interview questions and analysis were guided by five CFIR domains (innovation source, inner and outer setting, individuals, and implementation process).

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Electronics Patient-Centered Hypertension Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Individuals with complex conditions—those with multiple physical, mental, or behavioral health conditions--require numerous health and social services that are not effectively co-delivered by the current healthcare system.

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Integrated Care Utilities Illness Healthcare 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Reflections from managers and staff indicated that service users felt more equipped to manage anxiety in daily life through newly learned sensory strategies. ” Reflections also emphasized the necessity for a tailored manual for individuals with cognitive challenges and additional staff training.

Mental Health 92

Mental Health Management Individual Clinic 92

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

A recent study offers recommendations on how to balance weight loss goals and bone health concerns in weight management programs for older adults. Given practical constraints in many healthcare settings, who are the minimum essential team members for multidisciplinary management of weight loss in older adults?

Management 52

Management Primary Care Physicals Telehealth 52

Edge Family Medicine

JANUARY 9, 2025

Chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obesity can be effectively managed—and even reversed—through the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: nutrition, physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, social connection, and avoidance of harmful substances. What is Lifestyle Medicine?

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Chronic Disease Family Medicine DO Chronic Condition 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Our study explores a population with obesity in which there is significant representation of individuals with vitamin B6 deficiency, highlighting the complex interplay of physiological, behavioral, and environmental factors. Study design and Analysis: Cross sectional observational analysis.

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Patients Management Individual 130

Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

Safer Solutions For Lasting Relief Living with chronic pain can be exhausting, especially for individuals in rural areas who may struggle to access regular care. Finding ways to manage pain that are both effective and sustainable is possible. Finding relief requires practical, adaptable strategies that can be managed at home.

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Management Patients Healthcare Patient-Centered 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

One potential solution is to facilitate patient access to programs that develop skills and confidence in managing their own care. Population studied: The CPSMP targeted individuals suffering from chronic pain in the Champlain region of Eastern Ontario. Context Healthcare providers often struggle to treat patients with chronic pain.

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Management Utilities Referral Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: A prospective cohort of family medicine residency graduates was surveyed about burnout and combined with their residency program director responses about residency workload or "culture of wellness" (residency organizational- and individual-level curricula).

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Family Physician Education Families Family 130

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

Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. However, the correct treatment plan can help you manage your blood pressure and reduce complications. Blood pressure is logged as two figures, such as 120/80 mmHg.

Management 52

Management Medical Treatment Plan Family Medicine 52

Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. However, the correct treatment plan can help you manage your blood pressure and reduce complications. Blood pressure is logged as two figures, such as 120/80 mmHg.

Management 52

Management Medical Treatment Plan Family Medicine 52

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

PURPOSE We aimed to assess long-term inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) risks in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management. METHODS We extracted electronic health record data for individuals aged >45 years with COPD from a data repository. 2.68; P < 001) and inception (HR = 2.60; 95% CI, 2.56-2.64;

Individual 130

Individual Diagnosis Diabetes Electronics 130

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 15, 2025

More than 38 million Americans live with diabetes, a chronic disease that can lead to serious complications if not properly managed. If you’ve been diagnosed with either type, you may wonder how to manage it, and whether or not there’s a cure for diabetes. How Diabetes is Managed There are many components of diabetes management.

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Diabetes Management Chronic Disease Complication 52

Canadian Family Physician

APRIL 14, 2025

Objective To provide an update on the most recent developments regarding diagnosis and outcomes of steatotic liver disease (SLD), review new nomenclature applied to SLD, and provide an approach to the diagnosis and management of SLD. Management of SLD can be guided using a simple algorithm.

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Diagnosis Management General Practice Hypertension 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Females, individuals aged 10-29, those living in suburban areas, and patients with STI co-infections saw higher treatment rates compared to other groups. Efforts are needed to develop management plans for better quality of STI-related care and health equity. treatment rates, respectively. of gonorrhea cases were treated by ceftriaxone.

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Primary Care Families Family Utilities 130

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 testing demonstrated patients’ and clinicians’ desire to have integrated clinical and patient-reported data available for care planning and management.

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Chronic Condition Patient-Centered Primary Care Electronics 130

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JUNE 24, 2025

Explore more in the FAQ section on coaching sessions or browse individual coaching offerings for residents and faculty. These themes come directly from coaching work with residents, early-career physicians, and faculty and leadership teams across the country.

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Education Individual Management IT 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Developing innovative approaches to prevent or manage age-related health problems and disabilities is a public health priority. Population studied: Individuals aged 65 years and older recruited in primary care clinics or senior residences. Objective: To validate Proactive. Setting: Community-based.

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Screening Primary Care Clinic Patient-Centered 130

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

To incentivize donations to these hospitals, the bill suggests creating a tax credit for individuals and entities to offset their state income tax liability. Pharmacy benefits managers would be prohibited under this bill from barring disclosure of information by pharmacists to consumers about drug costs and alternative drugs for treatment.

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Insurance Family Physician Hospital Management 130

The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

In contrast to the personality-driven path that Lyndon Johnson took to navigate legislative obstacles to Medicare and Medicaid, former management consultant Mitt Romney charted a decidedly different course to expanding health insurance when he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003. It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance.

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Insurance Family Medicine DO Individual 130

Newnan Family Medicine Associates

JUNE 12, 2025

About 1 in 10 adults in America have diabetes, and about 1 in 5 individuals don’t know they have it. If you know how to manage your diabetes, you can enjoy a long and healthy life. Diabetes can be kept under control with a few lifestyle modifications. Modifications in your daily habits can help.

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Diabetes Management Individual IT 45

Medical Xpress

MAY 11, 2023

Interventions aimed at reducing work-related stress for individual health care workers may lead to improvements in how people cope with stress up to a year later.

Individual 95

Individual Management Physicals 95

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients also emphasized the importance of multifaceted, individualized care plans, along with a strong doctor-patient relationship, in managing diabetes and preventing adverse physiological and social outcomes. Moreover, patients commented on the value of having their doctor understand what is important to them.

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Patients Patient-Centered Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Family physicians' pivotal role in prevention and crisis management exposes them to mental stressors due to the highly demanding circumstances. Employing thematic analysis, seven distinct themes emerged, which were then classified across four overarching levels: societal, institutional, organizational, and individual. pandemic, etc.)

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Mental Health Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In principle, primary care is well-situated to manage long-COVID. Patients expected their primary care providers (PCPs) to be knowledgeable about long-COVID, attentive to their individual condition, and engaged in collaborative processes for treatment. Results: We report results from 19 interviews (53% female, mean age = 54).

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Healthcare Primary Care Patients Patient-Centered 130

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.

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Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner Family Physician 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.

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Healthcare Family Physician Management Individual 204

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

BACKGROUND We evaluated the effectiveness of a structured family-based cardiovascular health promotion intervention model in improving weight management among adults. Weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference were measured at baseline, 1 year, and 2 years to assess the intervention’s effect on weight management.

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Families Family Management Referral 130

The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Smartphone apps now include a variety of self-management tools for weight loss, physical activity, and chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes. We debated the types of policies that would be most likely to encourage innovations that make a positive difference for individuals and populations.

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Chronic Disease Family Medicine DO Hypertension 130

Concierge Choice Physicians

MARCH 24, 2025

Wayne Lipton, CCP Managing Partner ​America’s trust in medical professionals is dwindling, according to Gallup’s annual professions rating , dropping from a high of 67% in 2021 to just 53% in 2024. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal interviewed physicians, attempting to make sense of the declining numbers.

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Patients Healthcare Relationship Healthcare Experience 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention/Instrument: Through semi-structured focus groups, we actively involved our participants with photo-elicitation practices and engaged in crucial dialogue concerning healthcare access and resources for chronic disease prevention and management.

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Individual Healthcare Chronic Disease Community 130