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Electronic Health Record Use and Patient-Centredness [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Large-scale electronic health record (EHR) programs have reported a number of issues to their implementation in primary care including physician patient-centredness and clinical performance. Recordings were analyzed for patient-centredness, overall clinical performance, and EHR use.

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Patient perspectives in addressing mental health needs in primary care [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Primary care physicians often help patients with mental health concerns, but little is known about patients’ views of addressing their mental health needs within the primary care setting. Patients could create a care plan for up to two identified risks.

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Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Ontario, multiple organizations operate under a ‘boutique’ medicine model where patients pay a block or annual fee to access primary care services. Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models.

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Humming Jeopardy

A Country Doctor Writes

Patients have been seen on time, my office notes have been completed in real time and my superbills have been submitted before each patient reached the check-out station. Every day I walk the fine line between well oiled efficiency and letting patients take the time they need to tell their stories. Things were really humming.

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Continuity and Relationships Among Patients, Physicians, and Care Teams (CARE PACT) [Secondary data analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: A patient’s relationship with their primary care physician (PCP) or advanced practice provider (APP) is instrumental in their healthcare journey. Study Design and Analysis: We conducted a secondary data analysis of EHR data which include n=10,279,755 encounters among n=278,406 unique patients.

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Redesigning Primary Care Workflows to Optimize Obesity Management

Physician's Weekly

The PATHWEIGH trial aims to embed structured obesity care into primary care, addressing barriers and boosting clinician confidence and patient outcomes. Barriers include time constraints, lack of training in obesity treatment, limited reimbursement, and the absence of structured care pathways.

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Physicians Perspectives on Race and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk Calculator [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study design: Qualitative descriptive study conducted using ten 45-minute semi-structured interviews with primary care physicians in North Carolina between March and April 2022. Responses were analyzed using both deductive and inductive approaches to identify primary topics.