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

Common Sense Family Doctor

In 2008, a Society of Teachers of Family Medicine consensus statement classified colonoscopy as a core procedure that family medicine residents should not only be exposed to but also “have the opportunity to train to independent performance.”

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care. minutes long. Have a good week! Read My Latest News!

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The US Healthcare System vs…….South Park ?!?!

Noreta Family Medicine

There are a lot of things to comment on in this video, so I’m going to take a few of the examples of healthcare red tape that I identified with as a primary care physician and highlight them below. Let’s start with the scene where Kyle and friends walk into an office to try to get his friend’s medicine paid for.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

What is primary care? 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!)