Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Stigma surrounding addiction and substance use disorders (SUDs) hinders access to intervention and treatment, directly impacting primary care efforts. Study Design: We utilized a scoping review approach, which is a non-exhaustive selection of literature pertaining to and examining a specific topic.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention/Instrument A multiclass random forest (RF) method for risk prediction was utilized. Population Studied Adult patients scheduled for in-person or telehealth visits between 01/2019-06/2023. SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) to identify the relative importance of factors. The RF models had an AUROC of 0.87 for CA, 0.85

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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

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Evaluate the economic impact of receiving tele-legal services from Medicaid’s perspective with regard to a) fee- for service (FFS) total cost of care; b) FFS cost of primary care; c) utilization for FFS primary care; d) utilization for FFS and capitated behavioral health (BH) and BH emergency department encounters.

Primary Care 130

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: By investigating the utilization of primary care resources, the authors hope to assess the efficacy of current approaches, better inform future public health initiatives, and improve health outcomes in this medically marginalized community. Results: All hypotheses were supported.

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Primary Care Utilities Community Preventative Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Gender affirming medical care is associated with long term benefits for transgender and non-binary patients but access to such care does not meet the current need. Setting or Dataset A pretestposttest survey design was utilized to assess the intervention. This mismatch is worsened in rural communities.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a virtually-delivered health professions education model, designed to improve patient care by enhancing primary care capacity in specialty topics. Conclusion The burden of rheumatic disease is rising. Conclusion The burden of rheumatic disease is rising.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Diagnose Clinical Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Measures of handgrip strength are collected in primary care settings as a vital sign for the prevention of health conditions related to low muscle strength. Study Design and Analysis: We utilized a 2-visit cross-sectional design, wherein participants visited our location twice approximately 1-week apart.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To document and analyze Burmese immigrant and refugees’ beliefs about the intersection of spirituality and health, as well as their attitudes towards giving a spiritual history in a primary care setting. Study Design and Analysis: Mixed-methods study utilizing an in-person survey.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Physicals Appointment Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Acute pyelonephritis is a common diagnosis in the primary care and emergency settings. These include minimizing resource utilization and decreasing the risk of complications associated with IV antibiotics such as diarrhea.

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Primary Care Complication Diagnosis Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To describe how primary care clinics have considered social needs in DM, and identify opportunities to support primary care clinics. However, in practice, these recommendations may not translate into adjustments to DM.

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Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients without a regular primary care provider (a family physician or nurse practitioner) are considered "unattached,". million people aged 12 and older) were unattached to a regular primary care provider. Outcome measures: Perspectives and experiences from unattached patients on the utility of the CWL.

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Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Finance Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Administrative activities, including work related to caring for individual patients and clinic administration, may play a substantial role in understanding changes to primary care workload. Results/Findings Information management is central to health care delivery, but often not valued or actively supported.

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Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instrument The T-Connector Approach uses latex tubing, a plastic barbed tee piece, and a metal connector from the primary care clinic (the piece used to switch blood pressure cuffs) to connect a patient’s HBPM to their physician’s office sphygmomanometer. Cohen’s kappa was 0.39.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We utilized AI tools in the qualitative software program Atlas.ti to complete an analysis of qualitative data collected from primary care clinician and staff perspectives on the use of anti-obesity medications. These methods may be useful in reviewing summaries of large data sets and provide additional context for analysis.

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Primary Care Electronics Provider Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Telehealth became an essential tool to assist care delivery in the outpatient primary care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies documented that the type of insurance coverage was associated with the likelihood of a patient receiving care through telehealth.

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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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Primary Care Insurance Utilities Relationship 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Dataset: The cohort was identified using the April 2023 Primary Care Population Dataset (PCPOP), an ICES-derived database.

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Family Physician Primary Care Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: This study aimed to characterize populations with COVID-19 and LCS, describes symptoms, and health care utilization by presenting symptoms. Study Design and Analysis: Two survey’s captured acute COVID-19 symptoms, LCS symptoms, and health care utilization. Among online respondents, 15.2%

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Healthcare Community Primary Care Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Though dementia can be managed in primary care, the complexity of the condition and high prevalence of multimorbidity often require advice from a variety of specialists. eConsult is a secure web-based platform that may make communication with specialists more accessible for primary care providers (PCPs).

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

Still, it is estimated that only 4% of primary care patients are screened for depression. Participants were recruited via social media, provided informed consent, and their voice biomarker results were compared with a self-reported Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) at a cut-off score of 10 (moderate to severe depression).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Mental Health Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care is a main source for behavioral or mental health care provision in adults. Data suggests primary care settings may be an important place for mental health interventions, specifically for assessing and treating suicidal ideation (SI). 033) while issues with health care cost (β =.149,

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Primary Care Mental Health Insurance Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To describe a decade-long implementation process for genomic and precision medicine embedded in a primary care community hospital network. Results: To date, more than 225,000 patients have been screened for increased hereditary conditions, such as cancer risk, through these tools in primary care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In the post-discharge period from hospital acute inpatient care, the older patient is at risk from a lack of joined-up care. Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Conclusions GP-MATE is a bespoke care transition intervention for older people built by and for family medicine and its patients.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Adults with multiple chronic diseases, mental health comorbidities, and/or social vulnerabilities, may have complex health and social care needs (hereafter "complex needs"). Appropriate care for people with complex needs calls for integrated care programs that include providers from primary care and other health and social services.

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Integrated Care Finance Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Given the prevalence of fall risk, it is not feasible for a primary care practice to implement an evidence-based risk reduction intervention on every patient before they fall. We utilized Amazon Sagemaker Canvas to design our machine learning model.

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Barton Associates

JUNE 19, 2025

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design: We analyzed eleven interviews with primary care providers recruited from ABFM diplomates who completed a recertification exam in 2023. Analysis: All interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed utilizing NVivo software following an inductive content analysis approach.

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Family Physician Families Family Patient-Centered 130

Barton Associates

MAY 8, 2025

Across the United States, tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortage s of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals. Support continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions who require regular follow-ups. Enter temporary medical staff, such as locum tenens providers.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

MARCH 4, 2024

Together with the Pain Management Group (PMG), Logansport Memorial is dedicated to providing high-quality care right here in our community. A referral from a provider is not required but is recommended. The Logansport Memorial Pain Management Center is now accepting new patients. To schedule an appointment, call 574-725-3001.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Portable, Rapid, Low-Cost Testing According to the authors, the LIT system comprises a microprocessor-controlled device that utilizes an LCD user interface to control assay performance, automate assay analysis, and display results in a simple readout.

Diagnose 64

Diagnose Engineering Utilities Diagnosis 64

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Most diagnostic tests are evaluated in secondary care (SC). The sensitivity and specificity of medical tests vary between primary care (PC) and SC settings. This is due to diverse influences from factors at patient, test, study, and setting levels. Age, symptoms (e.g., Final results are anticipated before summer.

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Primary Care Utilities Clinic Patients 130

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

However, for individuals who do not qualify for federal Medicaid funding—such as most undocumented immigrants—the federal government does not provide matching funds, even when those individuals meet income eligibility requirements. million federal funds) in 2025-26 to support additional ACEs provider training. million total funds ($1.46

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Healthcare Family Physician Management Individual 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes. Essentia Health partners with Second Harvest Northland to provide emergency food access.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JULY 26, 2023

Regular health check-ups are proactive visits to your healthcare provider when you are not experiencing any specific symptoms or ailments. Regular check-ups allow your healthcare provider to conduct screenings, perform tests, and monitor vital indicators that may indicate the early onset of such conditions.

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Preventive Care Preventative Care Mental Health Healthcare 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. Who do we have with us today?

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Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

Lactate plays a central role in controlling the utilization of energy substrates and the selection of metabolic pathways.

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