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Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

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.

Education

Education Primary Care Physician Primary Care Family Medicine

How to Improve Care for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Caring for patients with multiple chronic conditions requires identifying those at risk, clear communication, and coordinated care to improve outcomes. Many of these patients are clinically complex and receive care from multiple professionals—which creates unique management hurdles. Have open gaps in care or medications not filled.

Chronic Condition

Chronic Condition Patients Management Primary Care Physician

What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 16, 2025

What information should you bring? Whether you’re establishing care with a new physician or attending a new patient visit , understanding the process can help you feel more confident and prepared. Many patients ask: What happens at a new patient appointment in primary care? What does the doctor do first?

Primary Care

Primary Care Appointment Telehealth PCP

Evaluation of Primary Care Provider Utilization by Asthma Patients after the Implementation of Coach McLungsSM [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients with the worst outcomes often lack continuity of primary care and receive care at emergency departments during exacerbations. Improved asthma outcomes are associated with effective communication between patients and providers, such as using shared decision-making. to 0.08, p=0.44), 5% to 2% ([95%]CI -0.03 to 0.24, p=0.28).

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Primary Care Asthma Utilities Provider

Automatic Dementia Identification for eConsult Service Users by Explainable-AI (XAI) and Natural Language Processing [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Proactive detection of dementia cases facilitates research for potential interventions, informs the caregivers and prognosis. Primary care providers (PCP) formulate the questions to the specialist through the eConsult online system. LM helped extract latent information embedded in PCP’s reflections on dementia patients.

PCP

PCP PCP Primary Care Provider

Clinician and Staff Experiences with Approaches to Induction of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Practices [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Induction is the brief, intense period when patients receive initial buprenorphine doses. Differences in patient and practice experiences with induction methods may influence patients’ successful transition to stabilization and long-term maintenance treatment. Funded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

Primary Care

Primary Care Telehealth Medical PCP

Automatic Detection of Osteoporosis in Electronic Consultation (eConsult) Service Using Natural Language Processing [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context The primary care practitioners’ (PCP) perceptions of disease given patients’ conditions are reflected in their narrated questions to specialists while using eConsult, an online primary care service.

Consulting

Consulting Electronics Primary Care PCP

Misconceptions of Employer Sponsored Direct Primary Care (DPC)

Plum Health

MAY 22, 2023

Employers are increasingly finding that DPC offers a personalized doctor-patient relationship, comprehensive preventive care, and overall cost savings. Thus, DPC forms a better long-term investment focused on preventive care, as opposed to only treating patients post-diagnosis. If you have a great relationship with your PCP, keep it!

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Primary Care PCP PCP Insurance

The Importance of a Primary Care Relationship

Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

Why Primary Care Relationships Matter A trusted PCP gets to know you — not just your chart. Early Detection of Health Concerns Regular visits allow your PCP to spot subtle changes and intervene early — before conditions become serious. Your PCP helps monitor symptoms, adjust medications, and coordinate with specialists.

Primary Care

Primary Care Relationship PCP PCP

"Is Your Primary Care Physician in Michigan Really the Best? Here’s How to Find Out!"

Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The Definitive Guide to Selecting the Best Primary Care Physician in Michigan Choosing the right primary care physician (PCP) can feel like a daunting task, especially when you're looking for convenience and quality in a bustling state like Michigan. However, not all walk-in clinics provide the continuity of care that a traditional PCP might.

Primary Care Physician

Primary Care Physician Primary Care PCP PCP

EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. They were stunned by the number of calls for lift assistance for older adults who had fallen.

Community

Community Transportation IT PCP

Breast Cancer Awareness

Family Physicians of Greeley

OCTOBER 2, 2023

You should know exactly how your breast tissue feels and if notice even the slightest change, you should see your PCP right away. When I hit the magic age of 40, I was informed by my PCP that I would need to get a mammogram done. We, here at Family Physicians of Greeley, care about the health of our patients and community.

PCP

PCP PCP Diagnose Family Physician

Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We talk about what is heart failure, particularly HFpEF, how we treat it (including the use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2’s), and how we should apply guidelines to individual patients, especially those with multimorbidity who are taking a lot of other medications. When I see a patient? Matthew, I get the lyrics.

Primary Care

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients

How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

GeriPal

JUNE 23, 2022

And so all of my work has really been trying to help patients understand what matters to them or make decisions based on what is likely the realistic outcomes of a decision and try to explain it to them in a way that they can understand so that they can make the best choice for them. Do you think most patients know that? Mara: Yeah.

Screening

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Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

How to Improve Care for Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions

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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Evaluation of Primary Care Provider Utilization by Asthma Patients after the Implementation of Coach McLungsSM [Child and adolescent health]

Automatic Dementia Identification for eConsult Service Users by Explainable-AI (XAI) and Natural Language Processing [Health care informatics]

Clinician and Staff Experiences with Approaches to Induction of Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Practices [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Automatic Detection of Osteoporosis in Electronic Consultation (eConsult) Service Using Natural Language Processing [Health care informatics]

Misconceptions of Employer Sponsored Direct Primary Care (DPC)

The Importance of a Primary Care Relationship

"Is Your Primary Care Physician in Michigan Really the Best? Here’s How to Find Out!"

EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

Breast Cancer Awareness

Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

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