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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Bruce Leff, Christine Ritchie, Deborah G. Freeland, Namirah Jamshed, Anita Major, Naomi Gallopyn, Shanaz Sharieff, Jane Taylor, Jean A. Yudin, Orla C. Sheehan
Summary: This article describes the work of the National HBPC Learning Network, which aims to foster a continuous learning culture among home-based primary care practices and improve practice quality. Through recruitment, training, and feedback, LN practices have addressed and improved performance in multiple quality areas.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Juliette Malley, Annette Bauer, Annette Boaz, Hannah Kendrick, Martin Knapp
Summary: Research-practice partnerships are long-term collaborations between research and practice that aim to improve practice. This project aims to explore whether the RPP approach can be applied successfully in English care homes. The study takes a theory-based approach, using a mixed-methods design, to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of RPPs in the care home context.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jodie Bailie, Boyd Alexander Potts, Alison Frances Laycock, Seye Abimbola, Ross Stewart Bailie, Frances Clare Cunningham, Veronica Matthews, Roxanne Gwendalyn Bainbridge, Kathleen Parker Conte, Megan Elizabeth Passey, David Peiris
Summary: This study examines publication outputs from an Australian Indigenous primary healthcare research network from 2002 to 2019. It found that the number of publications increased over time, especially in the final phase, indicating the importance of long-term relationship building and diversity in authorship for enhancing research impact in continuous quality improvement in primary healthcare.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Giorgio Cometto, Samuel Assegid, Geta Abiyu, Mesfin Kifle, Ozge Tuncalp, Shamsuzzoha Syed, Melissa Kleine Bingham, Jennifer Nyoni, Onyema Kester Ajuebor
Summary: The progressive realisation of universal health coverage requires policies and management strategies that enable health workers to provide compassionate and respectful care. This paper explores various policy options, such as competency-based education, supportive supervision, and workforce governance, to enhance the quality of care and support health workers in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Nicola Hall, Kathryn Bullen, John Sherwood, Nicola Wake, Scott Wilkes, Gemma Donovan
Summary: This study aims to explore the barriers and facilitators to prescribing error reporting in primary care. The findings suggest that the capability, opportunity, and motivation to report prescribing errors in primary care are influenced by various factors. Three key contextual factors that underpin the behavioral influences on reporting are identified: the nature of prescribing, heterogeneous priorities for error reporting across and within different primary care organizations, and the complex infrastructure of reporting and learning pathways in primary care. The study highlights the lack of consistency in how, when, and by whom prescribing errors are reported across primary care.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Sharon Dixon, Claire Duddy, Gabrielle Harrison, Chrysanthi Papoutsi, Sue Ziebland, Frances Griffiths
Summary: The study highlights the need for knowledge and training for GPs to support FGM-affected patients, access to specialist services, and potential complications arising from reporting requirements. The impact of mandatory reporting requirements on healthcare interactions in primary care should be evaluated.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Heather Hamill, Elizabeth David-Barrett, Joseph Rogathe Mwanga, Gerry Mshana, Kate Hampshire
Summary: The study reveals the challenges faced by pharmaceutical market regulators in Tanzania, including chronic under-resourcing, information gaps, and enforcement challenges, which limit efforts to achieve the goals of the Global Surveillance and Monitoring System.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jonathan D. Wolfe, Arnold M. Epstein, Jie Zheng, E. John Orav, Karen E. Joynt Maddox
Summary: Hospitals participating in the BPCI program were incented to reduce Medicare payments by at least 2%. Results showed that major joint replacement of the lower extremity had the highest proportion of savers, while complex non-cervical spinal fusion had the lowest. Conditions that were mostly urgent/emergent had a higher proportion of savers, and having higher than median costs at baseline was associated with saving.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Sagi Shashar, Moriah Ellen, Shlomi Codish, Ehud Davidson, Victor Novack
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the extent to which each determinant (patient, physician, clinic) explains medical practice variation (MPV) among primary care physicians and to identify the characteristics of health services with a greater explained variance. The results showed that over 70% of MPV is not explained by the patient, clinic and physician demographic and professional characteristics. Future research should focus on the fraction of MPV that is explained by the physicians' psychological characteristics to potentially identify targets for reducing MPV.
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Tao Wang, Jing-Yu (Benjamin) Tan, Xian-Liang Liu, Isabella Zhao
Summary: This study identified the barriers and enablers to implementing clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) recommendations in primary care. The findings suggest that policy-driven strategies should be developed to optimize resource allocation, promote integrated care models, establish well-coordinated multidisciplinary networks, increase technical support, encourage healthcare providers and patients' engagement, standardize guideline reporting, enhance education and training, and stimulate motivations to facilitate the uptake of CPGs recommendations in primary care.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Lynden (Lindsay) Crowshoe, Anika Sehgal, Stephanie Montesanti, Cheryl Barnabe, Andrea Kennedy, Adam Murry, Pamela Roach, Michael Green, Cara Bablitz, Esther Tailfeathers, Rita Henderson
Summary: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its Final Report in 2015 with 94 Calls to Action, some of which urged the health care sector to reform based on the principles of reconciliation. In Alberta, Canada, various initiatives have been implemented to address health legacy Calls to Action, but without a formal mechanism to connect them, resulting in limited overall improvements. Stakeholders from across Alberta gathered in 2019 to provide direction for an Indigenous Health Research network focused on primary health care and policy research.
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Matthew T. James, Tayler D. Scory, Ellen Novak, Braden J. Manns, Brenda R. Hemmelgarn, Aminu K. Bello, Pietro Ravani, Bhavneet Kahlon, Jennifer M. MacRae, Paul E. Ronksley
Summary: Nurse practitioner care for CKD patients is associated with better guideline-concordant care than primary care alone or nephrologist care, with clinical outcomes that are similar or better than primary care alone and similar to care by nephrologists.
CLINICAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Leticia Xander Russo, Timothy Powell-Jackson, Jorge Otavio Maia Barreto, Josephine Borghi, Roxanne Kovacs, Garibaldi Dantas Gurgel Junior, Luciano Bezerra Gomes, Juliana Sampaio, Helena Eri Shimizu, Allan Nuno Alves de Sousa, Adriana Falangola Benjamin Bezerra, Airton Tetelbom Stein, Everton Nunes Silva
Summary: The study shows that there is a negative and significant association between PMAQ and hospitalization rates for ACSCs, with an increase in PMAQ participating leading to a decrease in hospitalization rates.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lisa S. Rotenstein, Nate Apathy, Susan Edgman-Levitan, Bruce Landon
Summary: This study characterizes the differences between physicians and advanced practice practitioners (APPs) in terms of appointment scheduling, visit types, and electronic health record (EHR) use. The findings reveal significant variations in these aspects across different specialties.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Meirong Wang, Lifen Chen, Juan Tang, Yun Wei, Guanghui Jin, Xiaoqin Lu
Summary: This study investigates the access to family resources by families living with schizophrenia from the perspective of primary care workers in Beijing. The findings reveal that most family resources are not targeted for families living with schizophrenia, there are difficulties in publicizing family resources, the application process for family resources is burdensome, community-based treatment options are limited, and stigma hinders effective communication between families and society. Simplifying the application process, providing systematic training for primary care workers, promoting more family resources, and improving public attitudes are recommended.
Article
Primary Health Care
Christina M. Hester, Vivian Jiang, Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant, Andrew Bazemore, Jennifer K. Carroll, Jennifer E. DeVoe, W. Perry Dickinson, Alex H. Krist, Winston Liaw, Ronna D. New, Tom Vansaghi
Article
Primary Health Care
Douglas Fernald, Tristen Hall, Linda Montgomery, Chandra Hartman, Bonnie Jortberg, Emilie Buscaj, Jaclyn King, L. Miriam Dickinson, W. Perry Dickinson
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Y. Alicia Hong, Chen Liang, Tiffany A. Radcliff, Lisa T. Wigfall, Richard L. Street
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Primary Health Care
Bonnie T. Jortherg, Douglas H. Fernald, Danielle M. Hessler, L. Miriam Dickinson, Robyn Wearner, Lauri Connelly, Jodi Summers Holtrop, Lawrence Fisher, W. Perry Dickinson
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE
(2019)
Article
Primary Health Care
W. Perry Dickinson, L. Miriam Dickinson, Bonnie T. Jortberg, Danielle M. Hessler, Douglas H. Fernald, Michael Cuffney, Lawrence Fisher
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE
(2019)
Correction
Health Care Sciences & Services
Y. Alicia Hong, Chen Liang, Tiffany A. Radcliff, Lisa T. Wigfall, Richard L. Street
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Primary Health Care
Arthur Kaufman, W. Perry Dickinson, Lyle J. Fagnan, F. Daniel Duffy, Michael L. Parchman, Robert L. Rhyne
ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE
(2019)
Editorial Material
Primary Health Care
Robert L. Phillips, Deborah J. Cohen, Arthur Kaufman, W. Perry Dickinson, Samuel Cykert
ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE
(2019)
Editorial Material
Anesthesiology
Thomas R. Miller, Tiffany A. Radcliff
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
(2020)
Article
Primary Health Care
W. Perry Dickinson, Donald E. Nease, Robert L. Rhyne, Kyle E. Knierim, Douglas H. Fernald, Dionisia R. de la Cerda, L. Miriam Dickinson
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE
(2020)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tiffany A. Radcliff, Karen Chu, Claudia Der-Martirosian, Aram Dobalian
Summary: This study compares primary care appointment disruptions during Hurricanes Ike and Harvey and finds that the disruptions were greater and more persistent for Hurricane Harvey.
DISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Health Care Sciences & Services
Stephanie B. Gold, Shale L. Wong, Larry A. Green, W. Perry Dickinson
Summary: Breaking down barriers to the dissemination of integrated behavioral health and primary care, and accelerating the promotion of integrated behavioral health in Medicaid and Medicare, are essential. The recent Bipartisan Policy Center Report offers key policy recommendations and presents a policy window of opportunity.
FAMILIES SYSTEMS & HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Danielle Hessler, Lawrence Fisher, Miriam Dickinson, Perry Dickinson, Jose Parra, Michael B. Potter
Summary: This study compares an evidence-based self-management support program for type 2 diabetes with an enhanced version that includes a patient engagement protocol. Both programs resulted in significant improvements in self-management behaviors, psychological outcomes, and social risks for patients. The enhanced version showed greater improvements in psychological outcomes and behavioral self-management.
TRANSLATIONAL BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Primary Health Care
Patricia A. Carney, W. Perry Dickinson, Jay Fetter, Eric J. Warm, Brenda Zierler, Jill Patton, Greg Kirschner, Steven D. Crane, Sarah Shrader, M. Patrice Eiff
Summary: The study evaluated the experiences of interprofessional teams coached by interprofessional coaches to improve primary care residency training and interprofessional practice. Participants reported that coaches helped them develop as teams, stay on task, and respond to local context issues, showing a positive working relationship with their coaches.
JOURNAL OF PRIMARY CARE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Kyle E. Knierim, Tristen L. Hall, L. Miriam Dickinson, Donald E. Nease, Dionisia R. de la Cerda, Douglas Fernald, Molly J. Bleecker, Robert L. Rhyne, W. Perry Dickinson