Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 12, 2025

We offered trauma-informed support and helped newly displaced individuals connect with health and community resources. We must understand how the current policies impact access to care and identify policy-related barriers faced by our patients and families. Key Principles for Success Center patient voice in every phase.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Therapeutic relationships have been demonstrated as fundamental to primary care delivery. Questions remain regarding what impact this transformation will have on the relationships between primary care providers and patients. 8 virtual care visits were observed.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study design and analysis: Descriptive statistics were used in SPSS to present demographics and responses and Chi-squared tests evaluated relationships between demographics and attitudes. 32% (n=11) reported patient satisfaction with telemedicine transitions. We aim to highlight educational gaps for future pandemic preparedness.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Leading not-for-profit healthcare organization in greater Los Angeles allows patients to choose a closer doctor-patient relationship ​ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – February 4, 2025 – Concierge Choice Physicians (CCP), the nation’s leading full-service concierge medical service provider, announces today that David M.

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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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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. A primary care visit is your chance to build a relationship with a provider who will oversee your general health.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: The structured questionnaire covered various aspects of primary care practice, including the scope of clinical learners, specialties offered, onsite services, telehealth, EMR data querying, patient advisory groups, and IRB affiliation. Results: Sixty-five practice sites (71% response rate) completed a survey.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Margaret Greenough, a family medicine specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA, has opened a new medical practice offering patients the Concierge Choice FullFlex™ program. Most importantly, Concierge Choice programs offer patients peace of mind. Greenough’s practice is located at 4251 S. Higuera Street, #701, San Luis Obispo, CA.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

JANUARY 21, 2025

Patients can choose a more personalized approach to managing their cardiology care ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY – January 21, 2025 – Concierge Choice Physicians (CCP), the nation’s leading full- service concierge medical service provider, today announced that Thomas P. The patient decides what’s right for them.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

JANUARY 28, 2025

The CCP Hybrid Choice program is unique in that it offers patients the choice to join, or to remain in the traditional practice, as before. The CCP Hybrid Choice program is unique in that it offers patients the choice to join, or to remain in the traditional practice, as before. The patient decides what’s right for them.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

professional organizations, patients, participation in a perinatal quality collaborative) and shifting their L&D culture from a physician- or protocol-centric model to a patient- and team-centric model (e.g. high-touch labor support, trauma-informed care, "just" teamwork culture, vaginal birth articulated as a value).

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Concierge Choice Physicians

MAY 13, 2025

Your healthcare organization has a vital untapped resource: your patient relationships. You will not have to turn away patients. There is no need to relocate physicians or patients. ​ Please contact us for more information. There are consequences to delay, however. There is no cost.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 8, 2025

Education and Information Education and information about vaccines can improve vaccine uptake if there is a significant knowledge gap and if the education is culturally and linguistically appropriate. Likewise, training healthcare professionals on vaccine information alone has not been found to improve vaccine uptake.

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Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

PURPOSE Although studies have shown that more temporally regular (TR) primary care visits are associated with improved patient outcomes, none have examined what clinic staff can do to encourage greater TR visits. RESULTS Themes emerged regarding best ways to promote regular follow-up of patients with chronic conditions.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, present/absent coding limited interpretations of this important component of patient experience. Recently, the need to study potential associations between expressions of A/E towards cancer and its treatment during consultations and the emotional distress reported by patients after the consultation emerged.

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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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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

One of the most rewarding parts of being a primary care physician is when I am able to work with a patient to help them find answers to unexplained symptoms they have been dealing with, sometimes for years! As a result, doctors often end up referring the patient somewhere else if they do not immediately know the answer.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 24, 2025

Minnesota’s Health Care Homes (HCH) certification program is transforming primary care by recognizing clinics that prioritize patient-centered, team-based care. This free and voluntary program offers significant benefits to clinics, health care professionals and patients across the state. Why Pursue Health Care Homes Certification?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Phase-1: We conducted a hybrid deductive-inductive thematic analysis, identified the types of outcomes, and displayed the relationships between these types on a concept map. Population Studied: Family physicians, general practitioners, and patients. Phase-2: We extracted descriptive statistics and tabulated them by type of outcome.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Luis Rodríguez-Padial, MD, PhD , and colleagues assessed patients found via a population-based diagnostic screening for FH that included a genetic analysis to improve “our understanding of the phenotype/genotype relationships associated with FH that can help optimize treatments and thereby improve prognoses.”

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Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

PURPOSE We aimed to address fears and lived experiences of cognitive decline among adults via whole-person conversations that elicit problems and goals that matter most to patients. A review of tools for older adults with cognitive impairment showed strong clinical specificity, with insufficient whole-person support for patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Electronic health records (EHR) and patient portal systems have resulted in an unrestricted, undefined, and often uncompensated workload for Primary Care providers. Little information exists regarding the volume of work due to electronic portal messaging and if disparities exist among gender, race, age, and specialty of the provider.

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LEAD Physician

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Physicians must be leaders in their field to provide excellent patient care, manage a large team and coordinate between departments, and support their patient's overall health with information about prevention and maintenance. For example, a physician might be dealing with a patient who has just been diagnosed with cancer.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants recognized increased ASCVD risk among Black patients, which they attributed to social and cultural factors. However, they did not discuss the inclusion of race in ASCVD risk estimates and rarely discussed with Black patients their increased risk of ASCVD.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite the many well-established benefits of primary care (PC), the percentage of Americans with a source of usual care or with an ongoing PC relationship is declining. Measures were further categorized into 13 access domains.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S. Key findings include: 1.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Methods: Semi-structured interviews and focus groups with key informants (n=26) recruited through purposeful sampling were conducted, and participant observation was carried out during implementation committee meetings (n=31).

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Plum Health

MAY 22, 2023

Employers are increasingly finding that DPC offers a personalized doctor-patient relationship, comprehensive preventive care, and overall cost savings. Easy access and relationship-driven care minimize long-term healthcare expenses and cut down on unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits. Sadly, up to 80% do not.

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Vida Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

When it comes to your health, it is important that you have all the information you need to take the best care of yourself. As the patient your health outcomes will depend on your actions, so it is important that you understand your health and your doctor's recommendations fully so you can make the best choices for yourself.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The first included DFMEM clinicians, researchers, a patient partner, and the second included representatives of the Quebec PC research landscape. A RRSPUM theory of change graphic representation was created as well as an informed action plan to facilitate understanding of the process.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

For many of us, the emergence of medical scribes, both in-person and remote, provided a valuable solution, offloading documentation and allowing us to have more focused patient interactions. It can differentiate between a physician’s questions and a patient’s responses and even filter out non-relevant small talk.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JULY 26, 2023

Building a Strong Doctor-Patient Relationship: Regular health check-ups also play a vital role in establishing a strong doctor-patient relationship. Preventive care is an investment in your long-term health and can help you avoid more significant health issues down the road.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

At Mesa Family Physicians, we’ve observed that patients who understand this connection often experience better health outcomes. Similarly, when we prioritize mental health, we’re more likely to make positive choices for our physical bodies.

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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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The Physicians Foundation

AUGUST 19, 2024

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a patients’ DOH drove 80% of health outcomes. Through The Physicians Foundation’s drivers of health grant program, we are making a tangible difference by supporting physicians to meet their patients’ comprehensive health needs,” said Gary Price, MD, president of The Physicians Foundation. As the U.S.

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Plum Health

MAY 19, 2023

Plum Health DPC has a primary care solution designed just for you: Embrace the Benefits of Direct Primary Care Direct Primary Care is a membership-based healthcare model that emphasizes a direct relationship between patient and doctor.

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