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Assessment of Project ECHO(R) Opioid Use Disorder Sessions for Primary Care Teams [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Unfortunately, most individuals suffering from OUD do not have access to necessary care. While primary care (PC) settings have the potential to bridge this gap in care, many care teams lack the education and training required to effectively manage patients with OUD.

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Neighborhood Determinants of Primary Care Access in Virginia [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

PURPOSE Primary care is the foundation of any health care system. Primary care improves the health of communities and decreases health inequities. METHODS We used the 2019 Virginia All-Payers Claims Database to identify primary care physicians (PCPs) and the number of distinct patients seen by each physician.

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988 Contacted More Than 16 Million Times From Its Launch to December 2024

Physician's Weekly

31, 2024, 988 was contacted 16,333,707 times nationally, with 11.0 per 1,000 is less than half that of the rate of adult emergency department visits that include a mental health diagnosis (53.0 per 1,000 is less than half that of the rate of adult emergency department visits that include a mental health diagnosis (53.0

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Migraine headaches: diagnostic and treatment tips

Common Sense Family Doctor

million primary care visits annually and are the fifth most common reason for emergency department visits” in the United States. An article on acute migraine headaches in the April 2025 issue of American Family Physician reviewed current treatment strategies for acute migraine headaches, which “account for … 3.6

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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

Should you check in with your primary care physician or skip that step and go to a specialist, assuming your physician will send you there anyway? But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management. On the drive home, it’s swelling and painful.

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Pharmacy Law and Licensing Highlights 2025

FDA Law Blog

By Sara M Keup In reviewing some new 2025 pharmacy rules/laws a couple interesting changes caught this bloggers attention: As of December 30, 2024, Missouri has rolled out new rules related to prescription drug delivery requirements. The California Board of Pharmacy updated many of the application forms and guidelines in late 2024.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex 00:30 And we’re delighted to welcome Alison Huang, who’s a primary care doc and researcher and professor of medicine, urology, and epi-biostats at UCSF in the division of General Internal Medicine. George, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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