Jennifer Y C Edgoose, Yohualli B Anaya, David Rakel
{"title":"Face-to-Face Relationships Still Matter in a Digital Age: A Call for a 5th C in the Core Tenets of Primary Care.","authors":"Jennifer Y C Edgoose, Yohualli B Anaya, David Rakel","doi":"10.1370/afm.3144","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3144","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We primary care clinicians, scholars, and leaders ascribe value to Barbara Starfield's core tenets of primary care-the 4 Cs: first contact, comprehensiveness, coordination, and continuity. In today's era of rapid technological advancements and dwindling resources, what are the implications for face-to-face interactions of patient-clinician relationships? We propose adding a 5th C: \"Contiguity.\" Contiguity-or physical proximity and presence-is a key dimension that not only enables the necessary technical aspects of a physical exam but also authenticates the most human aspects of a relationship and occurs specifically when we are physically vulnerable and responsible for the other before us. This, in turn, may best enable us to bridge difference and nurture trust with our patients. We measure what we value and, thus, naming Contiguity as a core tenet assures that we will not lose sight of this keystone in a patient's relationship with their personal physician.</p>","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"453-455"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419726/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Health Equity Fellowships.","authors":"Santina Wheat, Elizabeth Beiter, Erin Kavanaugh","doi":"10.1370/afm.3189","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3189","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"461-462"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419712/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cross-Sectional Study of Cesarean Delivery and Safety Culture by Family Medicine Presence.","authors":"Allison K Hoynes, Michael E Johansen","doi":"10.1370/afm.3165","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3165","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"464"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419708/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joyce Y Lee, Jenny Nguyen, Vanessa Rodriguez, Allen Rodriguez, Nisa Patel, Alexandre Chan, Sarah McBane, José Mayorga
{"title":"Digital Innovation to Grow Quality Care Through an Interprofessional Care Team (DIG IT) Among Underserved Patients With Hypertension.","authors":"Joyce Y Lee, Jenny Nguyen, Vanessa Rodriguez, Allen Rodriguez, Nisa Patel, Alexandre Chan, Sarah McBane, José Mayorga","doi":"10.1370/afm.3151","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3151","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The impact of digital health on medically underserved patients is unclear. This study aimed to determine the early impact of a digital innovation to grow quality care through an interprofessional care team (DIG IT) on the blood pressure (BP) and 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk score of medically underserved patients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a 3-month, prospective intervention study that included patients aged 40 years or more with BP of 140/90 mmHg or higher who received care from DIG IT from August through December 2021. Sociodemographic and clinical outcomes of DIG IT were compared with historical controls (controls) whose data were randomly extracted by the University of California Data Warehouse and matched 1:1 based on age, ethnicity, and baseline BP of the DIG IT arm. Multiple linear regression was performed to adjust for potential confounding factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 140 patients (70 DIG IT, 70 controls) were included. Both arms were similar with an average age (SD) of 62.8 (9.7) years. The population was dominated by Latinx (79.3%) persons, with baseline mean BP of 163/81 mmHg, and mean ASCVD risk score of 23.9%. The mean (SD) reduction in systolic BP at 3 months in the DIG IT arm was twice that of the controls (30.8 [17.3] mmHg vs 15.2 [21.2] mmHg; <i>P</i> <.001). The mean (SD) ASCVD risk score reduction in the DIG IT arm was also twice that of the controls (6.4% [7.4%] vs 3.1% [5.1%]; <i>P</i> = .003).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The DIG IT was more effective than controls (receiving usual care). Twofold improvement in the BP readings and ASCVD scores in medically underserved patients were achieved with DIG IT.</p>","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"410-416"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419718/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Day I Almost Walked Away: Trust, Gratitude, and the Power of Teamwork.","authors":"Colleen T Fogarty, Rebecca Schiano","doi":"10.1370/afm.3162","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Practicing family medicine is really hard; the emotional toll of sharing patients' distress, vulnerability, and trauma can build up and become overwhelming. A family physician experienced such a moment during one particularly complex morning. Feeling nearly ready to walk out of patient care, she reached out to the team nurse, who helped her get through the moment and re-engage with the waiting patients. Sharing vulnerability in the moment, and later reflecting and deciding to write about it shows the power of prioritizing teamwork in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"451-452"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419722/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tochi Iroku-Malize, Anna Flattau, Anna Ramanathan, Samantha Elwood
{"title":"The Changing Role of a Chair and DA: Follow-Up from the 2023 ADFM Annual Conference Session.","authors":"Tochi Iroku-Malize, Anna Flattau, Anna Ramanathan, Samantha Elwood","doi":"10.1370/afm.3186","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3186","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"460-461"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419721/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using the Electronic Health Record to Facilitate Patient-Physician Relationship While Establishing Care.","authors":"Samantha Barbour, Elizabeth A Fleming","doi":"10.1370/afm.3142","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3142","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"457"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419711/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily White VanGompel, Lavisha Singh, Francesca Carlock, Claire Rittenhouse, Kelli K Ryckman, Stephanie Radke
{"title":"Family Medicine Presence on Labor and Delivery: Effect on Safety Culture and Cesarean Delivery.","authors":"Emily White VanGompel, Lavisha Singh, Francesca Carlock, Claire Rittenhouse, Kelli K Ryckman, Stephanie Radke","doi":"10.1370/afm.3157","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Currently, 40% of counties in the United States do not have an obstetrician or midwife, and in rural areas the likelihood of childbirth being attended to by a family medicine (FM) physician is increasing. We sought to characterize the effect of the FM presence on unit culture and a key perinatal quality metric in Iowa hospital intrapartum units.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a cross-sectional design, we surveyed Iowa physicians, nurses, and midwives delivering intrapartum care at hospitals participating in a quality improvement initiative to decrease the incidence of cesarean delivery. We linked respondents with their hospital characteristics and outcomes data. The primary outcome was the association between FM physician, obstetrician (OB), or both disciplines' presence on labor and delivery and hospital low-risk, primary cesarean delivery rate. Unit culture was compared by hospital type (FM-only, OB-only, or Both).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 849 clinicians from 39 hospitals completed the survey; 13 FM-only, 11 OB-only, and 15 hospitals with both. FM-only hospitals were all rural, with <1,000 annual births. Among hospitals with <1,000 annual births, births at FM-only hospitals had an adjusted 34.3% lower risk of cesarean delivery (adjusted incident rate ratio = 0.66; 95% CI, 0.52-.0.98) compared with hospitals with both. Nurses endorsed unit norms more supportive of vaginal birth and stronger safety culture at FM-only hospitals (<i>P</i> <.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Birthing hospitals staffed exclusively by FM physicians were more likely to have lower cesarean rates and stronger nursing-rated safety culture. Both access and quality of care provide strong arguments for reinforcing the pipeline of FM physicians training in intrapartum care.</p>","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"375-382"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419729/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anushree Vichare, Mandar Bodas, Anuradha Jetty, Qian Eric Luo, Andrew Bazemore
{"title":"A Few Doctors Will See Some of You: The Critical Role of Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) Family Physicians in the Care of Medicaid Beneficiaries.","authors":"Anushree Vichare, Mandar Bodas, Anuradha Jetty, Qian Eric Luo, Andrew Bazemore","doi":"10.1370/afm.3140","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3140","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Despite being key to better health outcomes for patients from racial and ethnic minority groups, the proportion of underrepresented in medicine (URiM) physicians remains low in the US health care system. This study linked a nationally representative sample of family physicians (FPs) with Medicaid claims data to explore the relative contributions to care of Medicaid populations by FP race and ethnicity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This descriptive cross-sectional study used 2016 Medicaid claims data from the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System and from 2016-2017 American Board of Family Medicine certification questionnaire responses to examine the diversity and Medicaid participation of FPs. We explored the diversity of FP Medicaid patient panels and whether they saw ≥150 beneficiaries in 2016. Using logistic regression models, we controlled for FP demographics, practice characteristics, and characteristics of the communities in which they practiced.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 13,096 FPs, Latine, Hispanic, or of Spanish Origin (LHS) FPs and non-LHS Black FPs saw more Medicaid beneficiaries compared with non-LHS White and non-LHS Asian FPs. The patient panels of URiM FPs had a much greater proportion of Medicaid beneficiaries from racial and ethnic minority groups. Overall, non-LHS Black and LHS FPs had greater odds of seeing ≥150 Medicaid beneficiaries in 2016.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings clearly show the critical role URiM FPs play in caring for Medicaid beneficiaries, suggesting physician race and ethnicity are correlated with Medicaid participation. Diversity in the health care workforce is essential for addressing racial health inequities. Policies need to address problems in pathways to medical education, including failures to recruit, nurture, and retain URiM students.</p>","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"383-391"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419707/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rocío Reinoso Arija, Rosario Ruiz-Serrano de la Espada, Mª Dolores Núñez Ollero, Laura Carrasco Hernandez, Esther Quintana Gallego, Jose Luis López-Campos
{"title":"Evaluation of the Importance of Capsule Transparency in Dry Powder Inhalation Devices.","authors":"Rocío Reinoso Arija, Rosario Ruiz-Serrano de la Espada, Mª Dolores Núñez Ollero, Laura Carrasco Hernandez, Esther Quintana Gallego, Jose Luis López-Campos","doi":"10.1370/afm.3147","DOIUrl":"10.1370/afm.3147","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The aim of this work is to test whether the use of a transparent capsule affects the residual capsule weight after inhalation as a surrogate of the inhaled delivered dose for patients with non-reversible chronic airway disease. Researchers conducted an observational cross-sectional study with patients using a single-dose dry powder inhaler. The weight of the capsule was measured with a precision microbalance before and after inhalation. Ninety-one patients were included, of whom 63 (69.2%) used a transparent capsule. Inhalation with a transparent capsule achieved a weight decrease of 30.1% vs 8.6% for devices with an opaque capsule (<i>P</i> <0.001). These data reinforce the need to provide patients with mechanisms that verify the correct inhalation technique.</p>","PeriodicalId":50973,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Family Medicine","volume":"22 5","pages":"417-420"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11419709/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142309036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}