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

Common Sense Family Doctor

In 2000, American Family Physician published an AAFP position paper (an updated version currently resides on the AAFP website) emphasizing that “colonoscopy can be a natural extension of the total care provided by a well-trained family physician.”

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4 Ways to Combat Dental Assistant Job Dissatisfaction that You Can Implement Today

CDOCS

<p>According to the Dental Assisting National Board, dental assistant job satisfaction has declined every year since 2016, and currently only 50% feel valued by their employer. Providing opportunities to learn new skills and advance their careers not only enhances job satisfaction but also improves the patient experience.<br

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

So we had myself and other board certified surgeons from different specialties go through this very large list and then come up with whether or not we thought it was really causally related to mortality generally. And that really created an opportunity to study this. That provision was taken out of Obamacare back in 2007, 2008.