Colorado Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 2, 2025

We’re pleased to share this issue of Colorado FP, which celebrates our 2025 Family Medicine Award recipients, includes the Academy’s 2024 Annual Report, and more. The post Read the Latest Colorado FP appeared first on Colorado Academy of Family Physicians. Read the issue here.

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Family Integrative Medicine

JULY 19, 2024

Family Integrative Medicine continues to shine as a leader not only in healthcare but also in the community. Recently, the team participated in Best Fest 2024, a premier event hosted by the West Orange Chamber of Commerce in Winter Garden, Florida.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Data collection took place between June of 2023 and May of 2024. Family Medicine was the most common specialty among alumni respondents (29.9%). selected primary care specialties including family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine. Descriptive statistics were calculated using R version 4.2.2. Of all respondents, 50.6%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: 1) Measure the uptake of publicly-funded vaccines against respiratory infections; 2) Understand the hesitancy towards these vaccines in a population of adults followed in Family Medicine Groups (FMGs). Results: 166 participants were recruited from 6 sites as of April 16 2024, with a median age of 56 (IQR 39-70) years, 31.9%

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Altitude Family & Internal Medicine

JANUARY 28, 2025

Altitude Family & Internal Medicine (303) 730-2167 Navigating the 2024-2025 Respiratory Season Navigating the 2024-2025 Respiratory Season: What You Need to Know The 2024-2025 respiratory season is shaping up to be one of the worst in recent memory, with particularly high levels.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Last year, our Family Medicine Residency Program restructured the Journal Club to incorporate a more resident-driven approach. Setting The project was conducted within a family medicine residency program in the Southwestern United States over the academic year 2023-2024.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In October 2023, the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) and the Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) announced their strategic plan for family medicine research. One emphasis of the plan is to develop and normalize the team science approach in family medicine research.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Burnout among family medicine residents is widespread, impacting the workforce. Study Design and Analysis: Family medicine residency programs applied to participate in the Project ECHO series. Intervention: 4 series: Fall 2022; Spring 2023; Fall 2023; Spring 2024. Population studied: Residents.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 25, 2025

So, here is a “standard”… What do the current ESC guidelines from 2024 recommend? A randomized study published in October 2024 tested three different arm positions with 133 participants (average age 57). The 2024 ESC guidelines consider wrist measurements (in the office) as a possible alternative.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

For the past few years, MAFP has provided financial support for this opportunity hoping to encourage young adults in communities under-represented in medicine to become physicians (and hopefully family physicians!).

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Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Margaret Greenough is a Family Medicine Specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA with over 10 years of experience in the medical field. Outside of her medical practice, Dr. Greenough enjoys traveling, cooking and spending time with her family.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

MARCH 24, 2025

Wayne Lipton, CCP Managing Partner ​America’s trust in medical professionals is dwindling, according to Gallup’s annual professions rating , dropping from a high of 67% in 2021 to just 53% in 2024. Physicians, particularly primary or family care doctors, value the doctor-patient relationship too.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

31, 2024, 988 was contacted 16,333,707 times nationally, with 11.0 The post 988 Contacted More Than 16 Million Times From Its Launch to December 2024 first appeared on Physician's Weekly. Monthly, state-level data on 988 contact volumes across all modalities were obtained for the 30 months after the launch of 988. Of all contacts, 70.1,

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 19, 2025

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. Families, Systems, & Health, 39(2), 259–268. Lengerich, A. DeSantis, B., Comeau, C. V., & Johnson-Esparza, Y. Douglas, S.,

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) adopted a resolution (policy guidance) in 2024 related to addressing food insecurity in Minnesota. An excerpt follows: 2024-04. Family physicians can refer patients to systems that are already in place such as Allina Health’s Care Meals Program or M Health Fairview’s Fair Table.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

In March 2024, FDA therefore approved semaglutide for secondary CVD prevention in overweight or obese adults. 5 In March 2024, Novo Nordisk announced that 24% less CKD-related events occurred in the intervention group. Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Family medicine is uniquely placed to help, but lacks structures, tools and funding to do so. Objective The GP-MATE study has built a new intervention for family medicine and patients/carers through co-design.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding where Ontario’s family physicians practice and how many can provide language-concordant care to official language minority communities can inform future research and policy development. Outcomes Measured: Prevalence and distribution of community-based family physicians in Ontario (all, and French-speaking).

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Borrowing Dr. Una’s phrase) - "I can serve patients in a way that aligns with my core values." - "I will find a way to enjoy life and thrive in my career." - "My family, patients, and staff deserve this." - "I deserve this." - "I refuse to give up." Original March 2023, updated December 2024 Set up a time to chat.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To examine the association between community-based training and subsequent care of population in the community with high social needs among family physicians Study Design and Analysis: A retrospective cohort study. The 2024 American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Masterfile was used to identify current practice location.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

The revenue from this tax has been used to fund key Medi-Cal services, such as supplemental payments for family planning and reproductive health care services and dental care. CAFP is actively advocating to preserve critical workforce funding that trains and sustains family physicians across the state. million total funds ($1.46

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NPR Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

2024 advisory. But if you find it so physically and mentally draining you can't enjoy family time, it may be a sign of burnout. That leaves parents with less time for themselves, their partners and leisure activities.'/> Parenting can keep you on your toes all day. Here's what you can do about it.

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Family Integrative Medicine

AUGUST 7, 2024

At Family Integrative Medicine, our commitment to personalized, patient-centered care is enhanced by the expertise and compassion of our dynamic team, including our exceptional female healthcare providers.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 29, 2025

They assessed 241 patients who underwent prostate magnetic resonance imaging with conventional and diffusion basis spectrum imaging sequences before biopsy between February 2020 and March 2024. P < 01), after adjustment for age, family history, and race. 2.73; P < 01), alongside PSA density (OR 2.02; 95% CI, 1.21–3.35;

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: A rural-setting family physician scripted informal videos describing her extensive experience with treating patients with OUD using buprenorphine. Population Studied: Licensed, actively practicing Internal Medicine and Family Medicine physicians and Non-physician practitioners in Kentucky.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Create a quantitative Sankey diagram of the flow of US physicians from medical school graduation through postgraduate training into PC specialties: family medicine (FM), general internal medicine (IM), and general pediatrics (Peds). Dataset: AMA Physician Masterfile and Historical Residency File (2024).

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Family physicians are being squeezed by two accelerating trends: (1) too few of us to care for the growing US population and (2) the rising number of tasks that we are asked to accomplish for each patient. Since 2020, the starting ages for breast, lung, and colorectal cancer screening were lowered to 40, 50, and 45 years, respectively.

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Noreta Family Medicine

JANUARY 29, 2024

As a family doctor, I hear my patients talk about their “medicine cabinet full of old medicines” all the time. Even if you don’t flush your meds, chances are that someone in your family, a neighbor, etc. Let’s reduce the amount of medicine getting into our South Carolina water system and help keep our friends and family safe!

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

MAY 14, 2021

direct primary care DPC NBC News healthcare health care costs Heather Shelby Previous Previous Mediterranean Stuffed Tomatoes Next Next Direct Primary Care: Remaking the Health Care System OUR LOCATION Family Physicians of St. Joseph 147 Peace Blvd St. Joseph, P.C.

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Myriad Genetics

APRIL 26, 2024

3 According to new FDA guidelines, 4 by September 2024, all breast imaging facilities must alert a patient by letter if they have dense breasts and will recommend they contact their clinicians who can discuss potential follow-ups and risk assessment.

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Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

News & World Report in 2024 , the unemployment rate for physicians is 0.3%, which is less than the national unemployment rate of 4.2% Editor’s Note: This blog was originally published in February 2024 by Mike Connors and was updated in May 2025 by MIke Connors to reflect new information. in April 2025.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

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 million primary care visits annually and are the fifth most common reason for emergency department visits” in the United States.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Three PC practices that routinely serve adolescents were selected: 2 urban practices (1 Family Medicine [FM] and 1 Pediatric [PED]) and 1 rural combined FM/PED practice. Study period for urban locations: Oct 2–Dec 29, 2023; for the rural location: Nov 1, 2023–Jan 31, 2024.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

A 2024 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) poll revealed that 91% of emergency physicians reported that they or a colleague experienced violence in the past year. The severity of this problem has even made its way into pop culture. The Warner Bros.

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Myriad Genetics

APRIL 15, 2024

Parent support groups are available in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia, as well as online, and can provide families with additional information and support.” This can help reduce anxiety, increase confidence, and give families time to plan and prepare. Accessed February 22, 2024. Published April 16, 2024.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

During this ED visit, the family notes that the child has had 1 week of vomiting whenever he eats. StatPearls , StatPearls Publishing, 2 February 2024. At that visit, his physical exam was normal. He had a CT scan (depicted below) that was reviewed by the neurosurgery team, and he was cleared for discharge home. 9,3 (2014): 168-72.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Don Berwick's dire warning about the existential threat of greed on the failing American health care system seems to be coming true, to the extent that the brazen assassination of an insurance company executive in midtown Manhattan elicited far more outrage about delayed or denied care than sympathy for his family's loss.

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