Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The challenges faced stem from the uncertainty and complexity of redefining professional roles and scopes of practice, as well as the skills needed to effectively work together and coordinate patient care as a cohesive team. Study design: Design thinking process.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patients with chronic medical conditions (CCs) and behavioral comorbidities have lower quality of life and increased healthcare expenses. Our work builds a foundation for cost-effective workflows to support patients with multimorbidity. Among the completed encounters, the average days from referral to encounter was 27.2.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

That small win reminded me that artificial intelligence is already shaping the way our patients (and our families) search for health advice. Our Patients Are Already Using AI Many people now ask their first health question to a chatbot rather than to a clinician. Evidence‑informed care was literally at his fingertips.

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Patient-Centered Integrated Care Primary Care Healthcare Professional 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Electronic risk assessment and communication may enhance screening and prevention, but patient perspectives are understudied. Study design and analysis Our approach was informed by the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability. Patient coinvestigators and clinicians were involved in all research steps.

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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.

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Mesa Family Physician

APRIL 24, 2025

Whether it’s your first pap smear or you’re wondering if you can have the test while on your period, this guide walks you through the essentials of women’s health checkups, how to prepare, and common questions many patients have. Many patients search online for variations like: Can you have a pap smear while menstruating?

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Concierge Choice Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The industry was new then, developed largely as a response to the feeling that HMOs were taking over healthcare and making decisions that should be between a patient and their doctor. Perhaps their patient base was small, or they were practicing in a more rural, less wealthy area. ​The model took off.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care providers in Canada face significant workload challenges, including managing prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests alongside patient visits. Outcome measures: Average number of prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests per encounters among primary care providers in Nova Scotia from 2007 to 2022.

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Primary Care Referral Provider Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Multisector coordination is critical for effective screening and referral initiatives. Objective: To assess the function and impact of a new role, a Health Equity Coordinator, on the reach of the social needs screening and referral program. Contact hours included a mix of in-person visits and phone calls.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: We explored how to design a system to provide near real-time feedback on context and impacts to inform health system innovations; and how to operationalize data collection across diverse patient populations and providers. Study Design and Analysis: We used a mixed-method complexity-informed methodology.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

There is robust data regarding the importance of patient connection and engagement in the hospital and clinic setting. Many of us are taught in medical school and residency the importance of patient communication on improving patient satisfaction scores, quality metrics, and professional fulfillment.

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Chronic Disease Management Community Chronic Disease Education 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Through food pharmacies, food insecurity screenings and innovative community partnerships, health care providers are ensuring patients get the nourishment they need to thrive. Family physicians play a pivotal role in combating food insecurity, serving as trusted advocates for their patients and connecting them to essential food resources.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 3, 2023

Genetic testing for hereditary cancers, such as breast, colon, pancreatic, and ovarian cancer, helps at-risk individuals understand their familial risk for these diseases and make informed decisions about next steps in care.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Tip 1: Do Research and Obtain Referrals Start your search by asking friends, family, and colleagues for recommendations. Word-of-mouth referrals can provide valuable insights into a doctor's practice, professionalism, and bedside manner. Here are some essential tips to guide you in locating the best family physician for your needs.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

We often distance ourselves from emotions to stay focused in emergencies or maintain professionalism with patients or in power differential situations in training. Shirzad Charmaine's book Positive Intelligence can give more information). Take your own PHQ9 or GAD7 periodically - what would you tell a patient with that score?

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2025

Even if they don’t have the same condition as you, they can provide information about things like the doctor’s reputation or bedside manner. Research shows that board-certified doctors make fewer errors and provide better care to their patients. Others choose to focus their practice on specific conditions or types of patients.

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Louisville Lectures

MAY 5, 2023

Boot Camp: PHASE TWO Or, Emergencies and Assessing Them This week, we will look at two highly anticipated videos, Electrolyte Emergencies by Dr. Eleanor Lederer and Assessing the Seriously Ill Patient by Dr. David Nunley. Are you a resident or medical student looking to learn practical, evidence based approaches to your patients?

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Internal Medicine Patient-Centered Hospital Education 52

The Physicians Foundation

AUGUST 15, 2024

is honored for his transformative work, connecting patients with primary care and critical health resources BOSTON, August 15, 2024 – The Physicians Foundation is proud to announce Jubril Oyeyemi, M.D., Jubril Oyeyemi, M.D., The award is named in honor of Richard (Buz) Cooper, M.D., president of The Physicians Foundation.

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Primary Care Community Chronic Disease Management Education 40

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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Tiny Physician

JULY 12, 2021

These kinds of small but necessary information may not be available in all textbooks and similar discussions during rounds will be remembered more than what you read from Nelson. Patient load Image taken from [link] Ward management is as important as ICU care and you spend around 12 to 14 months at the ward in the 36 months long residency.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 5, 2025

At PACT Endocrinology, a referral isn’t required. Fortunately, there are still endocrinologists accepting new patients (including at PACT). Search online: An online search for the best endocrinology near me could help you find local doctors who treat your condition and are accepting new patients.

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Board-Certified Primary Care Insurance Diabetes 52

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

APRIL 6, 2023

Doctors are often in the hot seat when addressing patients. I learned alot about what actual communication of patients looked like. The conversation between a patient and the man who would likely be carving his insides out shortly. Doctors are required to take ‘informed consent’ from patients pre-op.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

They are often the first interface for patients experiencing mental health crises, not academic medical centers. There are a growing number of Child Psychiatric Access Programs, including one in Massachusetts, which provide quick access to psychiatric consultation and facilitates referrals for accessing ongoing behavioral health care.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 7, 2025

Regulatory Framework The AKS makes it a criminal felony to knowingly and willfully offer or pay any remuneration, directly or indirectly, to induce a person to order or refer patients for medical care that is reimbursable under a federal healthcare program (e.g., Medicare or Medicaid). In contrast to its decision in United States v.

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Optimizing Advanced Imaging of the Pediatric Patient in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement. Pediatrics. 2024;154(1):e2024066854.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

To determine whether a long-term neurodevelopmental safety study is necessary, the Guidance describes general considerations, patient and population-specific considerations, and product-specific considerations that should be considered. Patient/population-specific considerations include the timing and frequency of assessments.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. A) to induce a referral of an individual to a recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory; or. (B)

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

This simple challenge was focused on putting ourselves in the shoes of our patients with dysphagia who are prescribed thickened liquids. And I think that we’re at this kind of crossroads right now in dysphagia, and dysphagia management where our patients are suffering. We revisit it, and make things better for our patients.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A growing list of drug manufacturers are claiming that the discounts meant for low-income patients of 340B covered entities are instead contributing to profits for pharmacies that contract with covered entities to dispense 340B drugs.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

Wasserstein — “EKRA” refers to the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act, which was part of the Substance Use – Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act of 2018. A) to induce a referral of an individual to a recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory; or. (B)

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Lab Testing Individual Referral Patient-Centered 40

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary If you’re anything like me, you might find the process of what happens to patients when they visit a radiation oncologist somewhat mysterious. Anish 01:02 Well, I speak, you know, from a physician lens of some of the patients that I get referred, and by the time there’s. This is not a good option.

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Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

They candidly discuss the unique challenges and opportunities health care organizations face in meeting patient expectations. I just listened to the one on national cancer care that we’re doing, which was very informative and pretty impressive. For me specifically, it’s how do we make a patient feel.

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Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

Coordinated Specialist Referrals Your PCP is your guide through the larger healthcare system. If you need a specialist, they can make informed referrals and help you navigate next steps — ensuring continuity and clarity. You’re not just another patient — you’re known.

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Primary Care Relationship PCP PCP 130

Concierge Choice Physicians

APRIL 23, 2025

The Concierge Choice by CCP is a unique concierge medicine style that allows physicians to offer patients an exclusive membership program while maintaining their entire patient panel. Membership is simply an option for those patients who want the assurance they will always see their chosen physician for appointments.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. What do different patient populations need? But watch out! Alex 01:06 Yeah, go in person.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? hint: 80% can be done in advance by patients or caregivers) Why is it that some oncologists are resistant to conducting a geriatric assessment, yet have no problem ordering tests that cost thousands of dollars? Welcome back, William. William: Thanks so much.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

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.

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