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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) maintains that clinical privileges should be based on documented training and experience rather than the physician’s specialty.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

She is also a member of the board of directors for The Southeast Permanente Medical Group and Hawaii Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008. She is board certified in general and laparoscopic surgery by the American Board of Surgery. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

And then, the family, her kids got together, my wife and her brother and sister got together and said, wait a minute, mom did not want this, right? She wasn’t communicating, she couldn’t remember anybody’s name, nothing. She has advance dementia. Eric: So, let’s talk about that. They would be horrified.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

And the Ryan Haight Act I think was passed in 2008, which was in response to a young person who died of an opioid overdose. And I think that it was percolating in a lot of the palliative care community. I think you’re a loving family doing the best you can.” I was getting asked to give talks on how do you do this?