Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 29, 2025

In November 2024, two new RCTs were published that investigated whether atrial fibrillation screening using an ECG is effective. A limitation was that only 49% of those invited participated in the screening. UK National Screening Committee (2019): “Screening is not currently recommended for this condition.”

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Family Medicine Initiative

MAY 7, 2025

However, a 2020 analysis of 875 clinical trials showed that only 9% reported an NNT. Similar Concepts: Number Needed to Harm ( NNH ) and Number Needed to Screen ( NNS ) are the equivalents for adverse effects and screenings. erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. 1 year vs. 10 years).

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The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Phillips, Jr.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: News and scholarly reports have highlighted that primary care professionals, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and administrators, are leaving comprehensive family medicine practice because of COVID-19 circumstances that may have fostered moral distress.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

The US Preventive Services Task Force , the American Academy of Family Physicians , and the American College of Chest Physicians recommend annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for adults 50 to 80 years of age who have at least a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have smoked within the past 15 years.

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Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

According to the CDC, “About 697,000 people in the United States died from heart disease in 2020– that’s 1 in every 5 deaths”. Cholesterol, sugars, kidney, liver and electrolytes are typically screened during annual wellness visits. We cannot control genetics, but we can control other modifiable factors.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

And I was interviewing candidates for our clinical fellowship and interviewed Alexis, who had been like family medicine doc before, done all kinds of cool things. That was January 2020. We had, you know, it was a Monday night in June of 2020. Ricky 11:23 Yeah. So rewind a few years. We’ve got to do that.

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