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). It showed that, for these patients, a measurement on the upper arm with the correct cuff size was meaningful.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Margaret Greenough, a family medicine specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA, has opened a new medical practice offering patients the Concierge Choice FullFlex™ program. Most importantly, Concierge Choice programs offer patients peace of mind.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

Doc4aDay provides an introduction about the pathway to becoming a physician, a hands-on suturing segment in the skills lab, participation in high-fidelity simulated patient scenarios and a question-and-answer session with current medical students. Vicki and Shelly have worked in partnership for over ten years to deliver this valuable program.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

So, which patients should get them first? Patients ask me these questions fairly often, so I know it’s important for GPs to know the key facts. Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? What are the true benefits and side effects?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In the post-discharge period from hospital acute inpatient care, the older patient is at risk from a lack of joined-up care. Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Though patients/carers are often copied in, they seldom get a plain English version or space to discuss its contents.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Through food pharmacies, food insecurity screenings and innovative community partnerships, health care providers are ensuring patients get the nourishment they need to thrive. The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) adopted a resolution (policy guidance) in 2024 related to addressing food insecurity in Minnesota.

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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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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 29, 2025

P < 01), after adjustment for age, family history, and race. Using the DBSI-based model in patients with PI-RADS 1–3 could have reduced biopsies by 27%, missing 2% of clinically significant prostate cancer compared to biopsying all. 2.73; P < 01), alongside PSA density (OR 2.02; 95% CI, 1.21–3.35; for PI-RADS 3; 95% CI, 1.37–11.6;

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Language-concordant healthcare is an important social determinant of health, associated with better patient outcomes and lower mortality in some settings. Setting or Dataset: Publicly available physician data was collected from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario’s (CPSO) website in January 2024.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

This means patients will no longer be automatically grandfathered in for medications that are not on—or are removed from—the Medi-Cal Rx Contract Drug List (CDL). 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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In our institution, screenings are completed for patients ≥15 years during well visits; those not presenting for well visits and under 15 may represent missed opportunities. Objectives: To implement SUD screening in patients aged 12-17 seen for all visit types (well and sick visits) and to quantify the rate of substance misuse.

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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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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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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. hours per day, with more than one-half of that time (14.1 hours) allocated to preventive care.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

MAY 14, 2021

News May 14 Written By Heather Shelby NBC Nightly News This kind of primary care allows patients to bypass insurance and pay a flat rate to see their doctor for basic services. Joseph 147 Peace Blvd St. Joseph 147 Peace Blvd St. Joseph, P.C.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. As The Pitt illustrates, unchecked violence in the ED leads to moral injury, staff attrition, and compromised patient care.

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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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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

A patient with a history of headaches is brought by ambulance to the emergency department for the abrupt onset of weakness and decreased sensation in their left arm and leg. A code stroke is called. Are these symptoms of an acute stroke or a stroke mimic , such as a hemiplegic migraine ?

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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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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients. Nevertheless, the U.S.

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Myriad Genetics

APRIL 15, 2024

4 In a recent presentation, Dale Muzzey, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Myriad, summarized the findings this way: “We followed up with providers regarding their patients who screened positive for 22q. 5 Clear Benefits for Healthcare Providers and Patients The benefits to a high PPV are, well, myriad. Accessed February 22, 2024.

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Permanente Medicine

APRIL 16, 2025

NWP and TPMG are physician-led, independent Permanente Medical Groups who partner exclusively with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan to provide care for their patients in Oregon, southwest Washington, and Northern California. Senior care: Both medical groups are dedicated to improving care for older patients.

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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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Permanente Medicine

MAY 22, 2025

As an experienced physician leader, she is known for always going the extra mile for our patients and colleagues. ” Dr. She has held a variety of leadership positions within the organization dedicated to maintaining and advancing high-quality care that delivers value and superior outcomes for patients.

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Sound Physicians

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I was born and raised in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Toronto with my family. I interacted with Sound clinicians during my residency, and seeing the impact they had on the patients and hospital leadership was inspiring. I saw how they approached problems and put out fires. What keeps you at Sound?

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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. The patient has had improving activity and energy since his fall and initial ED evaluation 2 weeks prior. This patient had a subsequent brain MRI that also revealed papilledema. StatPearls , StatPearls Publishing, 2 February 2024.

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Optimizing Advanced Imaging of the Pediatric Patient in the Emergency Department: Policy Statement. 2024-066854. 2024-066855.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management. Unfortunately, traditional care doctors often resort to the two easiest options for patients with joint or back pain: They send the patient for imaging or refer them to a specialist.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 24, 2025

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  Accessed 2024. 2022;31(2):211-221.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

In analyzing electronic health records for almost 800,000 patients, the researchers found the vaccines to be 75% effective against acute infection, meaning illness that was serious enough to send a patient to a health care provider. USE OUR CONTENT This story can be republished for free ( details ). Research Is Proving Them Right.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Learning Objectives Describe the classic and atypical clinical presentations of Parvovirus B19 infection in pediatric patients, including erythema infectiosum, arthropathy, transient aplastic crisis, and chronic anemia in immunocompromised hosts. It is a non-enveloped, single-stranded DNA virus in the Parvoviridae family. Parvoviruses.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  Accessed 2024. 2022;31(2):211-221.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. In 2024, 75% of ABIM Board Certified geriatricians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA, while 68% of ABFM geriatricians chose the LKA.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 27, 2025

Find a caring primary care doctor: As a direct primary care physician, I devote time to sit down with patients and learn about their lifestyles, hopes, desires, worries, and concerns. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, IN and has a passion for putting his patients first in his practice. He completed his residency at St.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

With increasing emphasis on patient turnover and documentation, all while navigating the complexities of billing and authorization, our jobs are stressful and time-consuming. Add in the complexities of family life, child-rearing, and pursuing any interest outside of your career, and much of your time is spoken for.

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Priority Physicians

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Jonathan Schmidt Dr. Schmidt is a board-certified family medicine physician with undergraduate degrees in Microbiology and medicine from Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, IN and has a passion for putting his patients first in his practice.

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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. Instead, they establish a direct patient-provider relationship, for a flat fee. Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated.

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