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๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ is the September/October 2026 issue of Annals of Family Medicine!
Explore the newest research and insights shaping #FamilyMedicine and #PrimaryCare
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Plaque buildup in the carotid arteries is a major & modifiable risk factor for ischemic stroke.
This study examined whether AI-enhanced handheld ultrasound could improve carotid plaque detection & stenosis assessment in community-based #PrimaryCare screening
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Results: The AI-enhanced images showed 94.8% of plaques compared with 87.6% on the standard handheld ultrasound images.
The AI-enhanced images correctly flagged 63.2% of plaques that looked unstable, up from 47.4%, and correctly ruled out stable-appearing plaques about 96% of the time.
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Implications: Using AI to enhance handheld ultrasound images could help clinicians in community and primary care settings decide who needs confirmatory imaging, closer follow-up, or more intensive management of stroke risk factors.
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In this survey study, 169 prescribers (mainly physicians, 86%) answered questions about practices & barriers regarding non-English prescription medication instructions.
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The findings from this study highlight the critical need to coordinate language services between institutions and among patients, prescribers, and pharmacy team members.
๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: @STFM_FM's new Certificate of Distinction: Adaptive Coaching in GME supports meaningful behavior change & integration of coaching skills into day-to-day faculty roles.
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Analyzing Medical Assistant Tasks at a Family Medicine Residency Improved Workflow
One residency practice tracked how assistants spent their time, identified opportunities for improvement, & tested a new staffing model.
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#FamilyMedicine offices can be constrained by the availability of clinical support staff. Medical assistants (MAs) are responsible for performing a variety of tasks in many offices. When trying to coordinate multiple MAs in a large multi-physician practice, identifying an optimal allocation of tasks can be challenging, and suboptimal MA task allocation can cause bottlenecks, prolonged visit times, and delays in care.
In response, the practice began trialing a new arrangement which involves matching each medical assistant to a single physician or a pair depending on patient load rather than sharing them across a pod of physicians. The practice has seen an improvement in workflow and satisfaction among physicians and assistants has improved.
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A study of a Teamlet care model in Singapore found that reorganizing large polyclinics into small teams for chronic disease care can improve care processes & reduce high-cost health care utilization, with a shift of healthcare utilization towards #PrimaryCare
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The teamlet model was associated with decreased overall health care costs for people with chronic disease over 6 years. The savings came mainly from fewer hospital stays, and to a lesser extent, decreased specialist outpatient visits, and fewer emergency department visits over six years.
#PrimaryCare costs rose due to patients receiving more comprehensive care and visiting the polyclinics more often.
Health systems everywhere face rising chronic disease and limited budgets. The findings from this study suggest that reorganizing existing staff into small teams can produce meaningful savings & improve care in high-volume #PrimaryCare settings.
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A New @AssnDeptsFamMed Resource: Making the Evidence-Based Business Case for #FamilyMedicine to Institutional Leadership.
To support conversations with decision-makers, ADFM has developed a set of resources that help department leaders articulate the strategic value of Family Medicine in different settings. These resources are designed to assist chairs and faculty leaders in preparing for discussions with medical school deans, health system executives, and other institutional stakeholders.
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The intent of these resources is to aid department leaders in relationship building and making requests on behalf of their departments to executive leadership at their institutions.
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A multi-year initiative to develop and implement a competency-based, standardized curriculum for POCUS training.
The Task Force looks to collaborate within #FamilyMedicine to strengthen POCUS training in residencies.
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It's here.
The October issue of Family Medicine, a scholarly journal of STFM, is a theme edition covering the teaching of #POCUS in family medicine residency programs to prepare learners for using POCUS in the clinic: journals.stfm.org/familymediโฆ
๐๐ฃ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ of the ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต with Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA and Jesse Wennik, NP discussing their research study titled, โSocial Support in Group Medical Visits for Chronic Pain in Primary Care."
The co-authors talk about their research study which found that through deliberate facilitation and peer exchange, group medical visits mobilize four reinforcing forms of social support as core therapeutic processes and may serve as a model of biopsychosocial chronic pain management in primary care.
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๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: Parental leave, while essential for residents who choose to start or expand their families during training, can create challenges for residency programs.
The ACGME and @TheABFM have established requirements and policies regarding compensation for and duration of parental leave for programs and residents
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A recently published article in our latest issue explores a New Care Model That Includes Longer Visits, Aiming to Reach Patients Before They Need Emergency or Hospital Services.
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Over a 12-month period beginning in March 2023, 801 HVVs were completed and, in comparison to a demographically similar control group within the same risk pool, the HVV patient population saw a 9.2% reduction in per-member-per-year costs, translating to $17.6 million in global savings.
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Targeting of rising-risk, as opposed to current high-cost claimants may be an effective strategy in mitigating health care expenditures within underserved, urban primary care environments. In conclusion, the model led to reduced care utilization, improved chronic disease management, and lower global costs within our rising-risk Medicaid managed care population.
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