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

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. The practice steadily grew through the 80’s and 90’s, and Dr. Eggebrecht joined in 1993, at a time when family doctors still rounded in the hospital and delivered babies.

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MyChart Messages the Wild West of Patient Communication

33 Charts

You can prove it by asking a bunch of doctors and patients how they’re supposed to use MyChart messages you’ll get a wild range of responses. The local family doctor wants to use antibiotics and we need to know whether we should fly to Dubai. Crucial that we fix this. The problem with human communication is that it’s nuanced.

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My favorite public health and health care books of 2024

Common Sense Family Doctor

For more great reads, feel free to browse my lists from 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , and 2015-2020. The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics , by Barron Lerner 4. On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service , by Anthony Fauci 7. Hope this list helps with your holiday shopping! ** 1. Perry Wilson 6.

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Pathways to primary care for underserved communities

Common Sense Family Doctor

Most family physicians have at some point heard the old saw "jack of all trades, master of none," which I have come to view as less insulting than is usually intended. Schools with primary care pathway programs that send a majority of students into non-family medicine residencies may not be creating future primary care physicians.

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

Common Sense Family Doctor

AHRQ survived that episode, only to be zeroed out by the House once again in 2015, when the danger to the agency's survival seemed real enough that former Senate majority leader Bill Frist and former CMS director Gail Wilensky both penned op-eds urging their Republican colleagues to reconsider - which they eventually did.