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. What does the new 2024 ESC Guideline recommend? The new 2024 ESC guideline takes a different view and recommends atrial fibrillation screenings for very large patient groups. Here are some insights.

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Screening Family Medicine DO Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Concussions, or mild traumatic brain injuries, are diagnosed in 150,000 Ontarians annually, resulting in disruptions to work, school, and sport. Results From November 2019 to June 2024, 636 clinicians attended ECHO Concussion sessions. The qualitative descriptive approach was used to inductively code FGD transcripts.

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Management Education Illness Chronic Condition 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: 12 monthly online OUD sessions held from April 2023 to March 2024. Participants were more confident in screening and diagnosing, harm reduction, and motivational interviewing. Setting: 20 PC practices located in various regions across the US. Population studied: PC teams (clinical and non-clinical roles).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Education Individual Screening 130

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. Providers at New South Family Medicine and MedSpa can address the patient's deeper needs, rather than trying to rush through a hectic day full of too-brief appointments.

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DO Family Medicine Families Family 40

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. And here, just to clarify, we’re using that term to mean, people diagnosed with cancer, not necessarily people who were treated with curative intent. So, among folks ever diagnosed with head and neck cancers, prevalence of substance use disorders was 9%.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: And Sammy Winemaker, who’s a palliative care physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu. Alex: Matt?

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Education IT Illness Healthcare 127