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You Know DPC is working when…

Noreta Family Medicine

We are dedicated to staying connected with our patients, ensuring they are up-to-date with follow-up appointments, preventive screenings, referrals, medication refills, and any other care needs. patients have easy access to their family doctor. At Noreta Family Medicine, we believe communication should be simple and direct.

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"Sludge audits" identify obstacles to completing colorectal cancer screening

Common Sense Family Doctor

A 2022 article in the Harvard Business Review introduced the term sludge to describe “these types of situations in which the design of a specific process consistently impedes individuals from completing their intended action.” Wait times. More travel to a laboratory or a different office for a test or procedure. The list goes on.

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Identifying and managing gambling-related harms

Common Sense Family Doctor

A recent article in the BMJ summarized a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline on identification and management of gambling-related harms. Although prevalence estimates in North America are low (1.5% of women, 2.7% People with gambling disorder are at increased risk for self-harm and suicide attempts.

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Readers Endorse Doctor Migration and Shun ‘Elderspeak’

Physician's Weekly

A podcast producer and director emeritus of WOUB Public Media zeroed in on our article about restless doctors, sharing his thoughts on X: This must be Trump and Kennedy’s idiotic plan to make American Healthy Again… [link] — Tom Hodson (@thodson) May 29, 2025 — Tom Hodson, Athens, Ohio Oh, Canada Welcomes American Doctors!