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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care. I stepped down as director of the Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Other family doctors only see patients in their clinics. As a doctor, I enjoy caring for everyone, young and old, sick and well! Why Do I Need a Primary Care Physician? Can’t I just go to urgent care when I’m sick? What kind of patients do doctors like to see?

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CDC Emphasizes Opioid Guideline is Voluntary and Should Support, Not Supplant, Patient Care

FDA Law Blog

CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain — United States, 2022. We blogged on the 2016 guideline here in March 2016, and the proposed guideline here on March 18th). Expected clinical benefits should be weighed against risks before beginning therapy. Dowell D, Ragan KR, Jones CM, Baldwin GT, Chou R.,