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

The Health Policy Exchange

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Phillips, Jr.

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You Know DPC is working when…

Noreta Family Medicine

You Know DPC is working when… I decided to do something a little different in this blog. I’ve written blogs that discuss my perspective on why Direct Primary Care (DPC) is helpful to both patients and physicians in Columbia, SC (and beyond!). patients have easy access to their family doctor. patients feel supported.

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

Common Sense Family Doctor

In 2000, American Family Physician published an AAFP position paper (an updated version currently resides on the AAFP website) emphasizing that “colonoscopy can be a natural extension of the total care provided by a well-trained family physician.”

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

Part 2 Here are some frequently asked questions I get as a Primary Care Provider. What is the meaning of Family Medicine? As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) Other family doctors only see patients in their clinics.