by American College of Lifestyle Medicine Credit: CC0 Public Domain A multidisciplinary panel assembled by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) has published an expert consensus statement that defines the implementation of lifestyle medicine in primary care. The intention of this statement is to support clinicians in helping patients achieve optimal health outcomes in...
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New primary care model created to dispense nutrition advice
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Culinary Medicine eConsult EHR referral example, requesting clinician view. Credit: Nutrients (2023). DOI: 10.3390/nu15122816Expert advice on nutrition delivered to patients electronically saved physicians time, improved patient satisfaction, and was reimbursable by insurance, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. The findings, published in Nutrients, showcase a new model developed at UT...
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Telemedicine visits comparable to in-person visits for addressing most patient clinical concern areas in primary careby American College of Physicians
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA study of more than 1 million adults has found that in primary care, telemedicine visits were comparable to in-person visits for addressing most patient clinical concern areas. Telemedicine visits resulted in lower treatment rates and higher rates of follow-up health care use compared with in-person office visits, but these differences were...
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Four Factors Complicate Treating OUD in Primary Care
Marcia Frellick August 14, 2023 Four themes in responses to a survey describe the multilevel barriers that make it difficult for primary care teams to incorporate medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in their practices, according to research published in JAMA Network Open. Elizabeth J. Austin, PhD, MPH, with the department of health systems and population health at...
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Integrating addiction medicine into primary care found to be clinically effective
by University of Pittsburgh Model Schematic for 3 Strategies Integrating Addiction Care Into Primary Care The 3 strategies were (1) primary care practitioner (PCP) services with external referral to addiction care (status quo), (2) PCP services plus onsite buprenorphine prescribing with referral to offsite harm reduction kits (BUP), and (3) PCP services plus onsite buprenorphine prescribing...
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Adult-Onset ADHD: Treatment in Primary Care
Matthew F. Watto, MD; Paul N. Williams, MD DISCLOSURES March 24, 2023 Matthew F. Watto, MD: Welcome back to The Curbsiders. Today we’re going to be talking about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). We had a great guest, Dr Kevin Simon, who taught us all about this. Paul, is it possible for adults to develop ADHD de novo? Paul N. Williams, MD: I’m...
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A New Approach to Type 2 Diabetes Management in Primary Care
Michael E. Bowen, MD, MPH, MSCS DISCLOSURES March 28, 2023 In the United States, primary care providers (PCPs) manage over 75% of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Thus, PCPs are uniquely positioned to improve the glycemic control and cardiometabolic health of patients with T2D. In recent years, emerging data on the role of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and glucagon-like...
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Comprehensive primary care, accessibility and continuity can reduce hospitalizations
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS Japanese researchers examined the association between primary care practice characteristics and total hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. They conducted a nationwide study and examined data from 1,161 participants ages 40-75. They assessed the quality of primary care attributes, including first contact between the patient and a primary care clinician, length of care,...
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Primary care plays a role in helping patients with long COVID symptoms by providing holistic, trustworthy care
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS IMAGE: KLOCKE, C. PATIENTS’ EXPERIENCES WITH THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES FOR POST-COVID SYNDROME: RESULTS OF A CROWDSOURCES RESEARCH SURVEY CREDIT: ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Many people are experiencing a variety of long COVID-19 symptoms and are relying on some of their own methods to allay those symptoms. Others are...
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New tool helps primary care providers address chronic pain and opioid prescribing
by Indiana University Screenshot of OneSheet, annotated. © 2022 Epic Systems Corporation. Credit: JAMIA Open (2022). DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac074 The Chronic Pain OneSheet, a clinical decision support tool developed by the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, is now available for all primary care providers this month at Eskenazi Health. Designed to help primary care providers treat patients with...