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

Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

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.

Family Physician

Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified

Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Increasing access to primary care clinicians who are better able to screen and treat pediatric mental health conditions can improve mental health and reduce unnecessary ED visits. Analysis: This is a secondary analysis of clinician participation and uptake of consultation and training for pediatric mental health in Virginia between 2016-2023.

Mental Health

Mental Health Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO

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

Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

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