A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 3, 2025

I have always tried to “squeeze” urgent visits in when I know the patient and the issue they’re having. Not only have we shortened medical appointments to 15 minutes. Sometimes a patient does need a lot of non-provider time, for example to get undressed and ready for a Pap smear. Government.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

POPULATION STUDIED: Diverse stakeholders (PC clinicians, survivorship experts, policy leaders, oncologists, and patient advocates) were interviewed (n=45). SETTING: A purposive sample of national stakeholders participated in the expert panel and interviews. Local PC stakeholders participated in the second panel.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 21, 2025

Its basic argument was that it isn’t sustainable to only see patients one by one in traditional doctor visits. I thought of it the other day when I put together a presentation about Galileo’s way of interacting with patients. Most medical practices are still stuck doing piecework.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Prenatal care can be difficult for patients to accomplish, with frequent visits and time-sensitive health screenings. Patient interviews, providing qualitative information to augment study findings. Semi-structured interviews of post-partum patients. Intervention/Instrument: Optional virtual prenatal visits.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Therefore, we have developed Proactive, a self-administered screening questionnaire that enables older people to independently monitor their risk of functional decline. Agreement between Proactive and the clinical examination varied by construct, ranging from 47% (Sleep) to 94% (Medication). Objective: To validate Proactive.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

I have been working in cancer screening for seven months now, and I have had the opportunity to reflect on what that means for me, as a cancer patient myself. For a start, my cancer is colorectal not cervical, and besides it is unrelated to screening as I was diagnosed at an age that is outside of the screening parameters.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Patient messaging to providers has dramatically increased since the pandemic, leading to informatics efforts to categorize messages to facilitate more efficient review. Setting Video call and screen share via Teams. Conclusion Clinicians generally lack the time to prioritize patient messages.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This exclusive full-practice membership model allows physicians and patients to spend more time together in a comprehensive, nurturing environment conducive to good health and wellness. Most importantly, Concierge Choice programs offer patients peace of mind.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We also assessed patterns of social risks and need for assistance among our patient populations. Setting or Dataset: We used data from Epic on social needs screening and Compass Rose utilization. Of those patients with an episode (i.e.,

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

Understanding Preventive Health Services: The Foundation of Wellness Preventive health services encompass medical care specifically designed to prevent illnesses, detect conditions early, and promote overall wellness. In Arizona’s climate, skin cancer screenings are particularly important given our high sun exposure.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 11, 2025

We may only have 15 minutes with each patient. In primary care it is often necessary to think in terms of including more than our area of interest in our mental picture of our patient. My system lets me choose whether to import everything or essentially nothing from the patient’s past medical history.

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Family Medicine Initiative

MAY 7, 2025

It’s the number of patients you need to treat to prevent one bad outcome. Now, some context: The NNT was first introduced in the NEJM in 1988 as a useful measure to communicate and prioritize medical treatments. Baseline risk: NNT depends on the average baseline risk of study participants, which can differ in real life patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context While poverty is a risk factor for many chronic conditions, when it is recognized by care providers social screening can be used to positively impact patients’ health. Population Studied The study collected data from family physicians, nurse practitioners, and adult patients of the clinic. Of screened patients, 94.4%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care physicians and practice teams face well-documented challenges increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates among their patients. Multi-level interventions that address patients, clinicians, clinical care environments and larger systems (hospitals, networks, etc.)

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: 119,926 adult patients with one or more primary care visits during the 30-month study period. Outcome Measures: Assessment of tobacco use; Among patients with current tobacco use, provision of advice to quit, referral to tobacco cessation counseling and tobacco cessation medication orders.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 14, 2025

But skipping cholesterol screenings in your 20s and 30s could eventually put you at risk for serious health problems. Here’s why younger adults should prioritize cholesterol screenings. Know Your Baseline Your first cholesterol screening in your 20s or 30s provides a baseline for future test results.

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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. Below, I share three reasons why.

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A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 26, 2025

A patient appointment for a physical could yield a cancer suspicion or diagnosis. All of this without forgetting the screening and preventive health agendas, which is what we are graded on. An appointment for chest pain could lead to an intervention for domestic violence. A Country Doctor Writes: is a reader-supported publication.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: FITs are an accepted method of colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and patients’ preferences and difficulties are unknown. Setting: 3 academic medical centers. Population Studied: 2148 individuals aged 50 to 85 years scheduled for screening or surveillance colonoscopy. Multiple FITs are available in the U.S.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

CONTEXT: Existing therapies for chronic low back pain (CLBP) are suboptimal, and many patients resort to opioid therapy. RESULTS: After screening 6,024 adults, 770 (385 MBT, 385 CBT) were enrolled; most identified as female (56.4%), non-Hispanic (84.0%), White (81.8%), and middle-aged (57.8±11.3 ±1.6) ±8.3) ±1.6)

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Myriad Genetics

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We went through the pediatrician, the physical therapist, and none of those people brought up carrier screening. A carrier screen is a genetic test that looks at a couple’s DNA to see if they are carrying any genetic mutations that could be inherited by their baby. “We started asking questions because he still wasn’t walking.

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The USPSTF recommends 1-time screening for AAA with ultrasonography in men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked. (B Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective chart search of the electronic medical records of a specific sub-group of patients at UNMC. Conclusion: There is a need for more screening for AAA in primary care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

The present study evaluated the acceptability and the feasibility of hearing screening for patients consulting in private family practice medicine. METHODS Data were collected in 3 French medical care centers from May through November 2022. RESULTS Of the 516 eligible patients, 219 (42%) were able to perform both tests.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for CRC in adults aged 45 to 49 years (grade B), all adults aged 50 to 75 years (grade A), and selectively offering CRC screening in adults aged 76 to 85 years (grade C). We further eliminated respondents if they were missing data on any of the variables in the study.

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Myriad Genetics

MAY 1, 2025

Enhancing Hereditary Cancer Screening at NMC Every day, every patient. Chelsea has spent the better part of a decade developing and implementing a program that ensures everyone who walks through the doors of her department at the Northwestern Medical Center (NMC) in St. The screening program has had enormous success.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 12, 2025

On October 6, 2017, a van loaded with medical supplies departed from the Health Center, bound for the local airport. 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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Myriad Genetics

APRIL 15, 2024

Less invasive options like prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screens can also be used to help identify the microdeletion. According to a study in Genes (Basel) , cfDNA screens have “a 70–83% detection rate and a 40–50% positive predictive value (PPV) for most associated 22q microdeletions.” We observed 100% PPV.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, it is unknown how such interventions affect medical assistants who are often responsible for carrying out these activities and may have personally experienced social barriers to health. Population Studied Medical assistants working in primary care. Interviews were coded for relevant content to identify common themes.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 28, 2025

Speaking to the American Medical Association, 2 physician leaders recently summed up how Permanente Medicine is putting those ideals into practice. At Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States, patients live 6 to 8 years longer than the national average. This translates into significant improvements.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications. When your doctor diagnoses you with high blood pressure, they will likely recommend medications and lifestyle changes based on your risk of complications.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications. When your doctor diagnoses you with high blood pressure, they will likely recommend medications and lifestyle changes based on your risk of complications.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

medical assistants) to deliver high quality cervical cancer screening (CCS). Modest change in staff confidence warrants further study to design workforce development tools that increase their CCS knowledge/confidence, as they play critical roles in patient education in FQHCs.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Postural sway velocity as a screening tool in diabetic peripheral neuropathy represents a potential early marker of balance impairment and fall risk. In one study that was not presented at the PNS annual meeting, the researchers aimed to assess whether evaluating balance and gait could serve as a viable screening tool of DPN.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: This study examined current tobacco screening practices and clinician, staff, and health system leaders’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to addressing parental tobacco use during pediatric visits among racially and ethnically minoritized parents in one health system.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Australia must "expand the implementation of pharmacogenomic screening to elevate the quality of care we offer to patients, on par with or better than international standards," according to the authors of a Perspective published today by the Medical Journal of Australia.

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