To anyone who feels the slightest bit abashed or stressed coming into a COVID vaccine site for your first dose, we are all so happy to see you. Even if you want to just walk in and talk to the clinical team with your questions and then decide. No judgment. No pressure.

In their new Forefront article, Katrina Donahue + contributing authors in thread from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discuss how practice-based research networks (PBRNs) act as watersheds to support primary care from diminishing capacity from the #COVID19 pandemic. bit.ly/3tAFI5G

Facilitators approaches to working with practices appeared to influence practices' abilities to maintain participation in interventions despite disruptions. #EvidenceNOW #mixedmethods Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine ow.ly/JkX650Hz80e

In this RCT, a brief abstinence game engaged adults not yet ready to quit smoking. The results of this study showed those who played the game had nearly double the cessation rate compared with those who just had nicotine replacement therapy. ja.ma/3GZNYzR

The diversity of Family Medicine department chairs in FM is greater than many other specialties. But is it enough? jabfm.org/content/35/1/1… #DiversityandInclusion #MedTwitter #FMRevolution #familymedicine American Board of Family Medicine

Our article about developing a high value elements version of Patient-Centered Medical Home model did not show improvements in cost or utilization - top-down models are difficult; perhaps focus on primary care innovation? journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcar…

Our new paper highlights how organization context is a key determinant of behavior change and how strategies may need to be tailored differently across types of organizational ownership #EvidenceNOW #ImpSci #mixedmethods pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34981342/

An incredibly thoughtful piece by my dear friend and colleague Deb Cohen about the value of having a trusted #primarycare doc throughout life and the significant supply chain problem we have in America. Not enough primary care docs, sadly !

In February: Older Latino patients were more likely to receive stool-based #ColorectalCancer screening tests but less likely to receive #endoscopy referrals than non-Hispanic Whites, even w/ positive stool-based screening test. bit.ly/3uo7P8t Miguel Marino PhD 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 OHSU School of Medicine

#ICYMI Learn what happens when an insurance enrollment tool is implemented in CHCs: ⚡️81% were enrolled in Medicaid 12 months after tool use ⚡️Cervical cancer preventive ratio increased by 5% OCHIN #Impsci bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Join #AHRQ's expert panel for a discussion on the patient and provider benefits of integrating patient-generated health data #digitalhealth into electronic health records: digital.ahrq.gov/events/nationa… #digitalhealth

Data collected by patients outside of the clinical setting can give providers a broader understanding of a patient's health. Register for the #AHRQ webinar and learn how integrating this data #digitalhealth can transform patient care: digital.ahrq.gov/events/nationa… #digitalhealth

"…a substantial portion of the unvaccinated population would be willing to get vaccinated if they had greater access to accurate information…from a trusted source." Primary Care Leads⁩ ⁦⁦@drlaurenshughes⁩ ⁦Deb Cohen⁩ ⁦⁦MANISHA SHARMA, MD, FAAFP medpagetoday.com/primarycare/va…

Register for the #AHRQ National Web Conference and hear from our expert #digitalhealth panel on opportunities and recommendations for improving patient care through PGHD: digital.ahrq.gov/events/nationa… #digitalhealth

This is your Feb survey, designed to better understand response & capacity of US primary care practices to COVID-19. Responses will be shared with Assistant Secretary for Health & the national HHS Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care. Respond by Tues, 3/1, 11:59 PM PST bit.ly/3sitxtk

🔥Hot off the press! Lessons learned from #EvidenceNOW on the advantages and challenges of SW-CRT design in #primarycare Dr. Ann M. Nguyen Theresa Walunas, PhD, FAMIA annfammed.org/content/20/3/2…

Increasing primary care spend should include investing in the infrastructure to facilitate practice transformation, especially for small practices that may benefit most from this support as research by Deb Cohen and team has shown.