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

Common Sense Family Doctor

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

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

Permanente Medicine

Kaiser Permanente’s physician-led, integrated care model focuses on prevention, screening, treatment, and research to drive continuous improvement in care quality standards that have gained national recognition. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor Results

Myriad Genetics

It’s encouraging to see patients recognize what we, as healthcare providers, already know—that medications can be an effective option for people struggling with depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions,” said Dr. Brown. My problems were not going away, and I found myself wishing I could just not be here,” said Ms. exclaimed Ms.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Everything.

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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. What was life for you as a provider pre-pandemic? And so we’re able to provide access to those patients that may be home-bound or home limited or have a lot of struggles to get in.