ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE


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Annals of Family Medicine: New Research Demonstrates That a Highly Successful Electronic Health Record (EHR) Optimization Can Be Conducted at the Departmental Level

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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This collaborative effort not only showcases a successful department-level quality improvement process but also sets the stage for health care systems nationwide to reimagine their relationship with technology.

Key Points: 
  • This collaborative effort not only showcases a successful department-level quality improvement process but also sets the stage for health care systems nationwide to reimagine their relationship with technology.
  • Through the formation of eight multidisciplinary workgroups focusing on specific workflow problems, the department successfully identified and implemented 124 EHR-related optimizations.
  • Helping Health Care Leadership Reimagine a Healthy EHR Relationship ," underscores the need for a radical shift in health care systems' approach to technology.
  • By prioritizing user training and technological investment, health care systems can transform EHRs from sources of frustration into powerful tools for enhancing care delivery and clinician well-being.

Annals of Family Medicine: The risk of death during or shortly after childbirth is higher for people in the US than in other developed countries.

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Thursday, January 25, 2024
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PROVIDENCE, R.I., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a new article published in Annals of Family Medicine, "A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Quality Improvement Model to Optimize Perinatal and Primary Care in the Community Health Setting," researchers assessed a quality improvement learning collaborative's (QILC) intervention to link high-risk prenatal patients with primary care. The aims of the study were twofold: to measure the impact of the intervention on postpartum and primary care utilization for high-risk prenatal patients and to explore the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) participants' experiences of working with a QI collaborative.

Key Points: 
  • Using information from patient's health records, 19 clinics within the six participating FQHCs identified high-risk prenatal patients who delivered between January and June 2021.
  • The QI intervention implemented a patient registry and conducted direct patient outreach for six months after delivery to connect patients to primary care.
  • At the conclusion of the intervention, all six FQHCs had successfully implemented processes for coordinating their maternal and primary care.
  • Complete editorial content and interactive discussion groups for each published article can be accessed for free on the journal's website, www.AnnFamMed.org .

Annals of Family Medicine: Papers Explore how Technology is Changing Medical Practice and how Doctors are Adapting

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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They then queried to what extent an AI-aided home stethoscope could support detection of asthma exacerbations, especially in young children.

Key Points: 
  • They then queried to what extent an AI-aided home stethoscope could support detection of asthma exacerbations, especially in young children.
  • For children under 5, the authors argue that it could significantly facilitate asthma monitoring by their parents and caregivers.
  • In a separate study, Canadian researchers examined how virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted primary doctors' basic psychological needs and subjective well-being.
  • Conversely, basic workplace psychological need satisfaction -- though not autonomous motivation towards using virtual care -- was associated with higher well-being.

Annals of Family Medicine: International Group of Research Experts Establish Checklist Detailing Key Consensus Reporting Items for Primary Care Studies

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- An international group of leading primary care researchers has developed the first research reporting guideline for primary care: Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care (CRISP) Checklist.

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  • PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- An international group of leading primary care researchers has developed the first research reporting guideline for primary care: Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care (CRISP) Checklist.
  • Built by and for the international, interdisciplinary community, it addresses the unique perspectives, approaches and research concerns of primary care.
  • The special report is titled, "Improving the Reporting of Primary Care Research: Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care - the CRISP Statement."
  • The CRISP Checklist outlines 24 items that describe the research team, patients, study participants, health conditions, clinical encounters, care teams, interventions, study measures, care settings, and implementation of findings/results in primary care.

Annals of Family Medicine: Researchers Describe Clinical Experiences of Transgender People, Recommend Strategies to Reduce Negative Health Consequences

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Monday, September 18, 2023
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A new paper published in the September/October 2023 issue of Annals of Family Medicine describes the clinical experiences of transgender people.

Key Points: 
  • A new paper published in the September/October 2023 issue of Annals of Family Medicine describes the clinical experiences of transgender people.
  • Study authors also present short-term and long-term strategies towards reducing oppression and its health consequences among this patient population.
  • "Understanding the experiences of transgender people when their gender identities are known to clinicians and the reasons transgender people may share, modify, or withhold information could yield important clinical insights," the authors write.
  • Annals of Family Medicine is a peer-reviewed, indexed research journal that provides a cross-disciplinary forum for new, evidence-based information affecting the primary care disciplines.

Annals of Family Medicine: Papers illustrate ways in which federal and insurance policies may negatively influence primary care practice

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two papers published in the July/August issue of Annals of Family Medicine address federal policy impact on Family Medicine practice.

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  • ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Two papers published in the July/August issue of Annals of Family Medicine address federal policy impact on Family Medicine practice.
  • The first documents differences in how federal medical school loan repayment programs support doctors who want to practice in rural and underserved areas.
  • The second describes the impact of differences in insurance reimbursement rates for identical care based on specialty and the implications of these differences on patient access to care.
  • Complete editorial content and interactive discussion groups for each published article can be accessed free of charge on the journal's website, www.AnnFamMed.org .

Annals of Family Medicine: Papers examine diet and clinical strategies that could help alleviate obesity, hypertension and diabetes in the United States

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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The first of these studies compares two diets commonly used by physicians to support weight loss in patients -- MyPlate and the Diabetes Prevention Program Calorie Counting Diet. Findings suggest that the MyPlate diet, the federally-approved successor to the food pyramid, may lead to greater feelings of satiety, facilitating weight loss among patients.

Key Points: 
  • However, effective, evidence-based interventions for weight loss are not commonly delivered in the primary care context.
  • New research in the May/June 2023 issue of the Annals of Family Medicine sheds light on how primary care providers can more effectively treat patients living with obesity.
  • The first of these studies compares two diets commonly used by physicians to support weight loss in patients -- MyPlate and the Diabetes Prevention Program Calorie Counting Diet.
  • Findings suggest that the MyPlate diet, the federally-approved successor to the food pyramid, may lead to greater feelings of satiety, facilitating weight loss among patients.

Annals of Family Medicine: Two Papers Describe How Developing Systems and Enhancing Education for Mifepristone Use Can Lead to Greater Abortion Medication Access

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Thursday, April 27, 2023
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Approved by the FDA in 2000, mifepristone is used, along with misoprostol, to end a pregnancy in the first 10 weeks of gestation and in miscarriage management.

Key Points: 
  • Approved by the FDA in 2000, mifepristone is used, along with misoprostol, to end a pregnancy in the first 10 weeks of gestation and in miscarriage management.
  • While misoprostol is readily available, mifepristone distribution has been restricted.
  • One clinical innovation that could increase access to the drug in the family medicine context includes streamlining prescription ordering processes.
  • Another intervention used in two Chicago-area federally qualified health centers, titled, "Excellence in Providing Access to New Directions in Mifepristone Use" (ExPAND Mifepristone), took a different approach to expanding access to the mifepristone.

Annals of Family Medicine: New paper finds that the presence of community support persons during Black birthing experiences is associated with less obstetric racism

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023
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Thirty-seven Black cisgender women with a prior hospitalization of labor, a live birth, and immediate postpartum during one continuous episode of care, participated in in-person, qualitative focus groups.

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  • Thirty-seven Black cisgender women with a prior hospitalization of labor, a live birth, and immediate postpartum during one continuous episode of care, participated in in-person, qualitative focus groups.
  • Participants shared birthing experiences across 348 hospitals from Washington, D.C. and 34 states in the United States.
  • Researchers found that scores across all three domains of obstetric racism were higher in the group where no community support person was present.
  • Additionally, their analysis found a greater decrease in disruption of kinship with the presence of a community support person during childbirth hospitalization.

Annals of Family Medicine: New Research Papers Outline the Importance of Whole-Person Patient Care, Identifying Where Gaps Are Occurring, and How to Close Those Gaps

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Research led by Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington Department of Family Medicine, scanned questionnaire responses to determine the characteristics of family physicians who work collaboratively with behavioral health professionals.

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  • Research led by Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington Department of Family Medicine, scanned questionnaire responses to determine the characteristics of family physicians who work collaboratively with behavioral health professionals.
  • The team cited prior research showing that integrated behavioral health can improve mental health and overall health outcomes, patient care experience, and clinician satisfaction, while reducing health care use and costs.
  • More than 60% of the 25,222 family practitioners who responded to the questionnaire reported that they did not work collaboratively with behavioral health professionals.
  • The authors recommend additional research to better understand why these disparities exist to better integrate behavioral health access for patients.