Patient-physician shared experiences and value patients place on continuity of care.

abstract：:PURPOSE We examined how the closure of a large safety-net hospital in Los Angeles County, California, affected local primary care physicians. METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews with 42 primary care physicians who practiced in both underserved and nonunderserved settings in Los Angeles County. Two investiga...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Walker KO,Clarke R,Ryan G,Brown AF

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinicians are faced with a plethora of guidelines. To rate guidelines, they can select from a number of evaluation tools, most of which are long and difficult to apply. The goal of this project was to develop a simple, easy-to-use checklist for clinicians to use to identify trustworthy, relevant, and useful...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Shaughnessy AF,Vaswani A,Andrews BK,Erlich DR,D'Amico F,Lexchin J,Cosgrove L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Peer health coaches offer a potential model for extending the capacity of primary care practices to provide self-management support for patients with diabetes. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to test whether clinic-based peer health coaching, compared with usual care, improves glycemic control for lo...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Thom DH,Ghorob A,Hessler D,De Vore D,Chen E,Bodenheimer TA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translational research seeks to improve health care by promoting action and change in real-world health care settings. Although translational research advocates a break from the traditional researcher-initiated approach to science, strategies to successfully engage clinicians and leaders of health care delivery organi...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Schmittdiel JA,Grumbach K,Selby JV

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Studies among adults suggest that patient-provider racial concordance is associated with higher satisfaction and partnership with physicians. It remains unknown whether similar findings are true for children. This study examines the association of race/ethnicity concordance with parent reports of children's pri...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Stevens GD,Shi L,Cooper LA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We hypothesized that antibiotic overuse for acute cough illness (ACI) is in part due to a mismatch between patients' expectations and the natural history of ACI. METHODS:We performed a population-based random digit dialing survey of 493 adults in Georgia to determine their expectations regarding the duration o...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Ebell MH,Lundgren J,Youngpairoj S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hearing loss, the second most common disability in the United States, is under-diagnosed and under-treated. Identifying it in early stages could prevent its known substantial adverse outcomes. METHODS:A multiple baseline design was implemented to assess a screening paradigm for identifying and referring patien...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Zazove P,Plegue MA,McKee MM,DeJonckheere M,Kileny PR,Schleicher LS,Green LA,Sen A,Rapai ME,Mulhem E

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family medicine has matured as an academic and scientific discipline with its own core concepts, knowledge, skills, and research domains. It has acquired much expertise in studying common illnesses; the integration of medical, psychological, social, and behavioral sciences; patient-centered care; and health services d...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Lam CL

更新日期：2004-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We wanted to identify differences between diabetic patients who smoke and those who do not smoke to design more effective strategies to improve their diabetes care and encourage smoking cessation. METHODS:A random sample of adult health plan members with diabetes were mailed a survey questionnaire, with tel...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Solberg LI,Desai JR,O'Connor PJ,Bishop DB,Devlin HM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We wanted to compare 2 screening instruments for problem drinking, the CAGE and a single question, assessing frequency of use, patient and clinician comfort, and patient engagement in change. METHODS:The study was a crossover, cluster-randomized clinical trial with 31 clinicians in Missouri and 13 in the Ameri...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Vinson DC,Galliher JM,Reidinger C,Kappus JA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To address doubts regarding National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) generalizability, we analyzed over 6,000 lung cancer screenings (LCSs) within a community health system. METHODS:Our LCS program included 10 sites, 7 hospitals (2 non-university tertiary care, 5 community) and 3 free-standing imaging centers. Pri...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Handy JR Jr,Skokan M,Rauch E,Zinck S,Sanborn RE,Kotova S,Wang M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although screening for unipolar depression is controversial, it is potentially an efficient way to find undetected cases and improve diagnostic acumen. Using a reference standard, we aimed to validate the 2- and 9-question Patient Health Questionnaires (PHQ-2 and PHQ-9) in primary care settings. The PHQ-2 compr...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Arroll B,Goodyear-Smith F,Crengle S,Gunn J,Kerse N,Fishman T,Falloon K,Hatcher S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In specialist care, fecal calprotectin (FCal) is a commonly used noninvasive diagnostic test for ruling out inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children with chronic gastrointestinal symptoms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of FCal for IBD in symptomatic children in primary care. ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Holtman GA,Lisman-van Leeuwen Y,Kollen BJ,Norbruis OF,Escher JC,Kindermann A,de Rijke YB,van Rheenen PF,Berger MY

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to identify the strategies used to support patient behavior change by clinicians whose patients had an increase in patient activation. METHODS:This mixed methods study was conducted in collaboration with Fairview Health Services, a Pioneer Accountable Care Organization. We aggregated data on the chang...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Greene J,Hibbard JH,Alvarez C,Overton V

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A randomized controlled trial found that patients with diabetes had lower HbA1c levels after 6 months of peer health coaching than patients who did not receive coaching. This paper explores whether the peer coaches in that trial, all low-income patients with diabetes, mastered and utilized an evidence-based hea...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Goldman ML,Ghorob A,Hessler D,Yamamoto R,Thom DH,Bodenheimer T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Practice transformation in primary care is a movement toward data-driven redesign of care, patient-centered care delivery, and practitioner activation. A critical requirement for achieving practice transformation is availability of tools to engage practices. METHODS:A total of 48 practices with 109 practice si...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Khanna N,Gritzer L,Klyushnenkova E,Montgomery R,Dark M,Shah S,Shaya F

更新日期：2019-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Shared medical appointments (SMAs) are becoming popular, but little is known about their association with patient experience in primary care. We performed an exploratory analysis examining overall satisfaction and patient-centered care experiences across key domains of the patient-centered medical home among pa...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Heyworth L,Rozenblum R,Burgess JF Jr,Baker E,Meterko M,Prescott D,Neuwirth Z,Simon SR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large panel sizes are often held responsible for worse access to appointments in primary care. We evaluated the relationship between appointment backlog, panel size, and primary care clinician time in clinic, using Spearman correlation and multiple regression in a retrospective analysis. We found no independent associ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Margolius D,Gunzler D,Hopkins M,Teng K

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We aimed to advance the internal and external validity of research by sharing our empirical experience and recommendations for systematically reporting contextual factors. METHODS:Fourteen teams conducting research on primary care practice transformation retrospectively considered contextual factors important ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Tomoaia-Cotisel A,Scammon DL,Waitzman NJ,Cronholm PF,Halladay JR,Driscoll DL,Solberg LI,Hsu C,Tai-Seale M,Hiratsuka V,Shih SC,Fetters MD,Wise CG,Alexander JA,Hauser D,McMullen CK,Scholle SH,Tirodkar MA,Schmidt L,Don

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We undertook a study to evaluate the effectiveness of corticosteroid injections in primary care patients with greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS). METHODS:We evaluated the effect of corticosteroid injections compared with expectant treatment (usual care) in a pragmatic, multicenter, open-label, randomize...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Brinks A,van Rijn RM,Willemsen SP,Bohnen AM,Verhaar JA,Koes BW,Bierma-Zeinstra SM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the prevalence of both diabetes-concordant and diabetes-discordant conditions and the quality of diabetes care at the family practice level in England. We hypothesized that the prevalence of concordant (or discordant) conditions would be associate...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Ricci-Cabello I,Stevens S,Kontopantelis E,Dalton AR,Griffiths RI,Campbell JL,Doran T,Valderas JM

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because recognition and management of patients with somatoform disorders are difficult, we wanted to determine the specificity, sensitivity, and the test-retest reliability of the 15-symptom Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-15) for detection of somatoform disorders in a high-risk primary care population. METH...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： van Ravesteijn H,Wittkampf K,Lucassen P,van de Lisdonk E,van den Hoogen H,van Weert H,Huijser J,Schene A,van Weel C,Speckens A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our goal was to describe an approach to patient-centered medical home (PCMH) measurement based on delineating the desired properties of the measurement relative to assumptions about the PCMH and the uses of the measure by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) and health services researchers. METHODS:We de...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Alexander JA,Paustian M,Wise CG,Green LA,Fetters MD,Mason M,El Reda DK

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, we compared the rate of depression diagnoses in adults with and without diabetes mellitus, while carefully controlling for number of primary care visits. METHODS:We matched adults with incident diabetes (n = 2,932) or prevalent diabetes (n = 14,144) to nondiabetic control patients based on (1) a...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： O'Connor PJ,Crain AL,Rush WA,Hanson AM,Fischer LR,Kluznik JC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The explosion of evidence in the last decade supporting the role of spirituality in whole-person patient care has prompted proposals for a move to a biopsychosocial-spiritual model for health. Making this paradigm shift in today's multicultural societies poses many challenges, however. This article presents 2 t...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Anandarajah G

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern medical care is a 2-edged sword. Technical advances have improved our ability to diagnosis and treat disease, but they can also create a frightening, painful and bewildering environment for the patient seeking care. In this essay, the author shares his recent encounter with a life-threatening disease, emphasizi...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Rosenblatt RA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Targeted interventions to reduce the risk and increase the early detection of melanoma have the potential to save lives. We aimed to assess the effect of such an intervention on patient prevention behavior. METHODS:We conducted a pilot clustered randomized controlled trial, comparing a targeted screening and e...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Rat C,Quereux G,Riviere C,Clouet S,Senand R,Volteau C,Dreno B,Nguyen JM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Self-harm is a public health problem that requires a better understanding of mortality risk. We undertook a study to examine premature mortality in a nationally representative cohort of primary care patients who had harmed themselves. METHODS:During 2001-2013, a total of 385 general practices in England contri...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Carr MJ,Ashcroft DM,Kontopantelis E,While D,Awenat Y,Cooper J,Chew-Graham C,Kapur N,Webb RT

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Little is known regarding the effects of psychological factors on data collection in research studies. We examined whether Five Factor Model (FFM) personality factors-Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness-predicted missing data in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). METHODS...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Jerant A,Chapman BP,Duberstein P,Franks P

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Bacterial pathogens are assumed to cause an illness course different from that of nonbacterial causes of acute cough, but evidence is lacking. We evaluated the disease course of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) with a bacterial cause in adults with acute cough. METHODS:We conducted a secondary analysis...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Teepe J,Broekhuizen BD,Loens K,Lammens C,Ieven M,Goossens H,Little P,Butler CC,Coenen S,Godycki-Cwirko M,Verheij T,GRACE Consortium.

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00