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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Written by Pat Moody on Moody on the Market When it comes to healthcare, and primary care in particular, it has become increasingly difficult to remain successful as a small, independent practice. Direct Primary Care is owned and operated by Doctors Michael Eggebrecht, Leanne Mancini, Allison Meadows, and James Gendernalik.

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. minutes long.

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Q&A: Cannabis Use Tied to Reduced Working Memory

Physician's Weekly

Gowin and his colleagues analyzed data from 1,003 adults between 22 and 36 years of age who had functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), urine toxicology, and cannabis use results collected at one academic site between 2012 and 2015 as part of the Human Connectome Project. The cohort (mean age, 28.7

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The burden of mental health on Canadian primary care following Covid-19 [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To measure and compare the proportion of primary care visits associated with mental health before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The time horizon was anchored in January 2012: pre-pandemic period was defined as January 2012 to March 2020, and the pandemic period as April 2020 to June 2022.

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Does transitional care management improve outcomes after discharge from the hospital?

Common Sense Family Doctor

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

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Human papillomavirus vaccination in community-based clinics among adolescents by ethnicity, country of birth, and sex [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection that can lead to multiple types of cancer. HPV vaccination is recommended for all children starting at age nine years, and it is most effective before HPV exposure. It remains uncertain how ethnicity and country of birth relate to HPV vaccination among younger Latinos.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

There’s an organization that I took my training from, which began, I want to say, in 2012. It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. John: I do. It’s Jimmy Buffett’s song, Bubbles Up.

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