Enhancing the primary care team to provide redesigned care: the roles of practice facilitators and care managers.

abstract：PURPOSE:Traditionally first-void urine specimens are used to test for Chlamydia trachomatis. In contrast, midstream urine specimens are traditionally recommended for microscopy and culture of presumptive bacterial urinary tract infections. The ability to test for both C trachomatis and urinary tract infection on a sing...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Mangin D,Murdoch D,Wells JE,Coughlan E,Bagshaw S,Corwin P,Chambers S,Toop L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In screening for type 2 diabetes, guidelines recommend targeting high-risk individuals. Our objectives were to assess the yield of opportunistic targeted screening for type 2 diabetes in primary care and to assess the diagnostic value of various risk factors. METHODS:In 11 family practices (total practice popu...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Klein Woolthuis EP,de Grauw WJ,van Gerwen WH,van den Hoogen HJ,van de Lisdonk EH,Metsemakers JF,van Weel C

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We wanted to describe family physicians' use of information from an electronic knowledge resource for answering clinical questions, and their perception of subsequent patient health outcomes; and to estimate the number needed to benefit from information (NNBI), defined as the number of patients for whom clinica...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Pluye P,Grad RM,Johnson-Lafleur J,Granikov V,Shulha M,Marlow B,Ricarte IL

更新日期：2013-11-01 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:Automated office blood pressure monitoring during 30 minutes (OBP30) may reduce overtreatment of patients with white-coat hypertension in primary health care. OBP30 results approximate those of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, but OBP30 is much more convenient. In this study, we compared OBP30 with routine...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Bos MJ,Buis S

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recognizing fundamental flaws in the fragmented US health care systems and the potential of an integrative, generalist approach, the leadership of 7 national family medicine organizations initiated the Future of Family Medicine (FFM) project in 2002. The goal of the project was to develop a strategy to trans...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Martin JC,Avant RF,Bowman MA,Bucholtz JR,Dickinson JR,Evans KL,Green LA,Henley DE,Jones WA,Matheny SC,Nevin JE,Panther SL,Puffer JC,Roberts RG,Rodgers DV,Sherwood RA,Stange KC,Weber CW,Future of Family Medicine Projec

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite growing calls for team-based care, the current staff composition of primary care practices is unknown. We describe staffing patterns for primary care practices in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative. METHODS:We undertook a descriptive analysi...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Peikes DN,Reid RJ,Day TJ,Cornwell DD,Dale SB,Baron RJ,Brown RS,Shapiro RJ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physician narratives in family medicine have the potential to convey the vibrant spirit of our field and provide meaningful insights into disease, illness, suffering, and the nature of healing. They may also complement empirical research, education, and practice through their integrative, expressive nature. This true ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Borkan J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although screening with fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) reduces colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality, its effectiveness may diminish if patients do not adhere with repeated screenings. Among patients who had previously engaged in FOBT screening, we assessed subsequent adherence with FOBT screening. METHODS:We a...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Fenton JJ,Elmore JG,Buist DS,Reid RJ,Tancredi DJ,Baldwin LM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recent national guidelines encourage a trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) as a means of increasing vaginal births after cesarean (VBACs) and decreasing the high US cesarean birth rate and its consequences (2010 National Institute of Health Consensus Statement and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecol...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Deline J,Varnes-Epstein L,Dresang LT,Gideonsen M,Lynch L,Frey JJ 3rd

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In 30 small, independent primary care practices, we examined the association between clinician-reported use of elements of the Chronic Care Model (CCM) and diabetic patients' hemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)) and lipid levels and self-reported receipt of care. METHODS:Ninety clinicians (60 physicians, 17 nurse-practi...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Nutting PA,Dickinson WP,Dickinson LM,Nelson CC,King DK,Crabtree BF,Glasgow RE

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:Overtreatment of screen-detected localized prostate cancer (LPC) is an important public health concern, since the survival benefit of aggressive treatment (surgery or radiation) has not been well established. We investigated the survival expectations of patients who had LPC with and without their chosen treatme...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Xu J,Janisse J,Ruterbusch JJ,Ager J,Liu J,Holmes-Rovner M,Schwartz KL

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is a shortage of rural primary care personnel with expertise in team care for patients with common mental disorders. Building the workforce for this population is a national priority. We investigated the feasibility of regular systematic case reviews through telepsychiatric consultation, within collaborat...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Al Achkar M,Bennett IM,Chwastiak L,Hoeft T,Normoyle T,Vredevoogd M,Patterson DG

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, we aimed to assess (1) the agreement between patient self-reports and general practitioner (GP) reports of the chronic conditions affecting the patients and (2) the agreement between patients and GPs on health priorities in a primary care setting. METHOD:Patients were recruited in the Parisian a...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Sidorkiewicz S,Malmartel A,Prevost L,Partouche H,Pinot J,Grangé-Cabane A,du Vaure CB,Gilberg S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is currently too few endoscopists to enact a national colorectal cancer screening program with colonoscopy. Primary care physicians could play an important role in filling this shortage by offering screening colonoscopy in their practice. The purpose of this study was to examine the safety and effectivene...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Wilkins T,LeClair B,Smolkin M,Davies K,Thomas A,Taylor ML,Strayer S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This review summarizes the evidence regarding the efficacy of adjuvant steroids for pain reduction in acute pharyngitis. METHODS:We searched for randomized controlled trials, using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, published between 1966 and December 2008. Two reviewers assessed...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Korb K,Scherer M,Chenot JF

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:As a family physician, I have become increasingly uncomfortable being associated with the US health care system. While shiny, new buildings go up each day, there is still little movement toward a model that will shore up the crumbling foundation. The current delivery system and financing structures are unsustainable. ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： DeVoe J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Describe the duration of symptoms, proportion of parents seeking primary care consultations, and costs for respiratory tract infections (RTIs) of children in the community. METHODS:Community-based, online, prospective inception cohort study. General practitioners from socioeconomically diverse practices posted...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Hay AD,Anderson E,Ingle S,Beck C,Hollingworth W

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a night of severe pain and weakness, I found several plausible-sounding diagnoses online: occipital neuralgia, nerve damage, and meningitis. The next day, I consulted a physician who did not offer professional guidance; instead the physician suggested tests entirely based on my self-diagnoses. What resulted was...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Au A

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：BACKGROUND:Notions about the most common errors in medicine currently rest on conjecture and weak epidemiologic evidence. We sought to determine whether cascade analysis is of value in clarifying the epidemiology and causes of errors and whether physician reports are sensitive to the impact of errors on patients. METH...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Woolf SH,Kuzel AJ,Dovey SM,Phillips RL Jr

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of a large and compelling body of evidence documenting the impacts of social determinants, such as income and education, on health outcomes, health care systems are beginning to incorporate social and economic risk data into health care delivery decisions. But there is a risk that some of these efforts cou...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Gottlieb LM,Alderwick H

更新日期：2019-01-01 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:Most new mothers return to work soon after childbirth. A need exists to reexamine the definition of postpartum health and evaluate employed women's recovery from childbirth in association with such factors as delivery type and breastfeeding. METHODS:Using a prospective cohort design, we recruited Minnesota wom...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： McGovern P,Dowd B,Gjerdingen D,Gross CR,Kenney S,Ukestad L,McCaffrey D,Lundberg U

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We wanted to estimate excess risk of in-hospital mortality associated with medical injuries identified using an injury surveillance system, after controlling for risk of death resulting from comorbidities. METHODS:The Wisconsin Medical Injuries Prevention Program (WMIPP) screening criteria were used to identif...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Meurer LN,Yang H,Guse CE,Russo C,Brasel KJ,Layde PM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic hepatitis C, a treatable condition caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV), can be found in almost all primary care and community practices. The rate of hepatitis C treatment is low, however. This study explores the frequency of hepatitis C treatment, documented discussions of treatment consideration, ...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Rocca LG,Yawn BP,Wollan P,Kim WR

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We undertook a study to understand how women who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) want physicians to manage these abusive relationships in the primary care office. METHODS:Thirty-two mothers in IPV shelters or support groups in southwestern Ohio were interviewed to explore their abuse experien...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Zink T,Elder N,Jacobson J,Klostermann B

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Results of case management designed for patients with dementia and their caregivers in community-based primary health care (CBPHC) were inconsistent. Our objective was to identify the relationships between key outcomes of case management and barriers to implementation. METHODS:We conducted a systematic mixed s...

journal_title：Annals of family medicine

authors： Khanassov V,Vedel I,Pluye P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00