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Associations between tapering or discontinuing opioids and subsequent pain-related primary care visits [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To evaluate the associations between opioid dose tapers with continued opioid use and opioid tapers with discontinuation, and subsequent pain-related utilization primary care visits, ED encounters, and hospitalizations. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study. 1.31) and hospitalizations (aIRR 0.74, 95% CI: 0.54-1.02).

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>Pathways to Primary Care - Charting trajectories from medical school graduation through specialty training [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Shortages of primary care (PC) physicians threaten access, quality, and equity in US healthcare. Population Studied: US physicians who graduated from medical school 2001-2015. Policy solutions require insight into complex patterns of training from medical school graduation through specialty training into PC careers.

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Episode 320: WDx #27: “There is No Innocent Eye”

The Clinical Problem Solvers

She serves as Associate Director for Faculty Development for the SanFrancisco VA Center of Excellence in Primary Care Education. Denise Davis is a recipient of many awards, includingthe prestigious Kaiser Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching and she was elected to the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators in 2015.

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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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Growing Overlap of COPD, Severe Obesity, and Sleep Apnea

Physician's Weekly

They analyzed using NHANES data from 2005–2008 and 2015–March 2020. kg/m 2 The results showed that from 2005–2008 to 2015–March 2020, the proportion of individuals with a triple overlap of COPD, severe obesity, and HR-OSA rose from 0.653% [95% CI, 0.651–0.655%] to 1.560% [95% CI, 1.557–1.563%].

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Dermatology program brings timely and accurate diagnosis of skin conditions to underserved communities

Medical Xpress

A dermatology program first developed by the University of Missouri in 2015 can bring life-saving diagnoses of skin conditions to communities without adequate dermatologic care.

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Congratulations to our 2019 Graduating Residents!

Louisville Lectures

We wish him luck as he moves forward to a primary care practice home in Tennessee with his talented wife, Rachel.” Disclaimers ©2015 LouisvilleLectures.org created a very compelling lecture addressing hyperkalemia. I’ll never forget the man fishing when I think of hyperkalemia-induced EKG changes. Dr. Jordan Burlen “Dr.