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Mashup Score: 21
It is time for family medicine to stop enabling a dysfunctional health care system. The patient needs that family physicians witness and strive to meet each day are immediate and personal.[1][1] That immediacy, and directly knowing the individuals, families, and communities we serve over time, have
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Comparing Very Low-Carbohydrate vs DASH Diets for Overweight or Obese Adults With Hypertension and Prediabetes or Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Trial - 10 month(s) ago
PURPOSE Adults with a triple multimorbidity (hypertension, prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, and overweight or obesity), are at increased risk of serious health complications, but experts disagree on which dietary patterns and support strategies should be recommended. METHODS We randomized 94 adults from southeast Michigan with this triple multimorbidity using a 2 × 2 diet-by-support factorial…
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Research from @LMjonesPhD_RN @juliawolfson @diabetesdiezy @CRichardsonmd suggests that a very low-carb diet may have greater benefits for patients who are overweight, have hypertension, or type2 diabetes. https://t.co/cFYSttv4J6
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Mashup Score: 1
It is time for family medicine to stop enabling a dysfunctional health care system. The patient needs that family physicians witness and strive to meet each day are immediate and personal.[1][1] That immediacy, and directly knowing the individuals, families, and communities we serve over time, have
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
20 years on, the founding editor of @AnnFamMed Kurt Stange reflects on the increasingly important role of family doctors as front-runners in the fight for a more equitable and just healthcare system. https://t.co/TVIyc6IoYs
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Mashup Score: 0Arts and Poetry in the Clinic: A Novel Approach to Enhancing Patient Care and Job Satisfaction - 10 month(s) ago
Working in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) presents many challenges including limited time to develop a deep understanding of patients’ complex health issues and psychosocial needs. The frustration from both physicians and patients stimulated us to think creatively. We incorporated arts
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Allowing patients and medical staff artistic expression can make clinic visits and work environments more satisfying, according to two family docs who established a successful arts intervention. https://t.co/q1imovkuuG
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Mashup Score: 0The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review - 10 month(s) ago
PURPOSE Interpersonal continuity has been shown to play an essential role in primary care’s salutary effects. Amid 2 decades of rapid evolution in the health care payment model, we sought to summarize the range of peer-reviewed literature relating continuity to health care costs and use, information critical to assessing the need for continuity measurement in value-based payment design. METHODS…
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A new systematic review updates the results of a 2002 study, reaffirming the power of continuity of care. Researchers found that it is still significantly associated w/ reduced health care care costs & increased care utilization. https://t.co/MadaHzggus
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Mashup Score: 1Triaging Patients With Artificial Intelligence for Respiratory Symptoms in Primary Care to Improve Patient Outcomes: A Retrospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study - 10 month(s) ago
PURPOSE Respiratory symptoms are the most common presenting complaint in primary care. Often these symptoms are self resolving, but they can indicate a severe illness. With increasing physician workload and health care costs, triaging patients before in-person consultations would be helpful, possibly offering low-risk patients other means of communication. The objective of this study was to train…
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Researchers found that an AI model can be used to triage patients with respiratory symptoms in primary care, freeing up clinicians time to focus on higher-risk patients and those with more severe symptoms. 👉 https://t.co/nEaDdKNcl5
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Mashup Score: 0Arts and Poetry in the Clinic: A Novel Approach to Enhancing Patient Care and Job Satisfaction - 10 month(s) ago
Working in a federally qualified health center (FQHC) presents many challenges including limited time to develop a deep understanding of patients’ complex health issues and psychosocial needs. The frustration from both physicians and patients stimulated us to think creatively. We incorporated arts
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Allowing patients and medical staff to express themselves through art can make clinic visits and work environments more meaningful and satisfying, write two family docs who implemented a successful arts intervention. https://t.co/q1imovkuuG https://t.co/raY6y5dXh4
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Mashup Score: 0Patient-Guided Tours: A Patient-Centered Methodology to Understand Patient Experiences of Health Care - 10 month(s) ago
PURPOSE The experience-based design approach using patient-guided tours (PGT) has been suggested as an effective way to understand the patient experience and may better allow the patient to recall thoughts and feelings. The objective of this study was to assess how patients with a disability perceive the effectiveness of PGTs for understanding their experiences of receiving primary health…
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Clinicians looking to improve patient experiences are shifting away from trad’l feedback tools to more participatory approaches like patient-guided facility tours. A new study sheds light on how patients w/ disabilities perceive the approach. https://t.co/EBQpiGoJ7p https://t.co/0fWjKCHO97
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Mashup Score: 0“Three Good Things” Digital Intervention Among Health Care Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial - 10 month(s) ago
PURPOSE Positive psychology shows promise in improving positive affect and happiness. We tested a digital version of a positive psychology intervention called Three Good Things (3GT) among health care workers to assess whether gratitude practice improved well-being. METHODS All members of a large academic medicine department were invited. Participants were randomized to an immediate intervention…
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
While the gratitude intervention led to an initial increase in well-being among healthcare workers, results were not sustained long term. https://t.co/9qYc6K4B0Q https://t.co/eak4Hv2sk0
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Mashup Score: 2The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review - 11 month(s) ago
PURPOSE Interpersonal continuity has been shown to play an essential role in primary care’s salutary effects. Amid 2 decades of rapid evolution in the health care payment model, we sought to summarize the range of peer-reviewed literature relating continuity to health care costs and use, information critical to assessing the need for continuity measurement in value-based payment design. METHODS…
Source: Annals of Family MedicineCategories: General Medicine Journals and Societies, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A new systematic review updates the results of a 2002 study, reaffirming the power of continuity of care. Researchers found that it is still significantly associated w/ reduced health care care costs & increased care utilization. https://t.co/MadaHzggus https://t.co/ZpOv7R2oS9
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RT @LessIsMoreMed: Time for Family Medicine to Stop Enabling a Dysfunctional Health Care System https://t.co/jQG4CBwKGC #familymed #burnou…