Remove Board-Certified Remove Family Physician Remove Patient-Centered Remove Primary Care
article thumbnail

Health Care Homes Certification: Advancing Primary Care in MN

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Minnesota’s Health Care Homes (HCH) certification program is transforming primary care by recognizing clinics that prioritize patient-centered, team-based care. This free and voluntary program offers significant benefits to clinics, health care professionals and patients across the state.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Direct Doctors Welcomes Dr. Sara Delaporta

The Direct Doctors Difference

Direct Doctors, a direct primary care practice in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, is pleased to announce that Dr. Sara Delaporta will join the practice starting Tuesday, May 30. Dr. Delaporta is a board-certified family physician who grew up in Connecticut.