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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.

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10 Tips to Find the Best Diabetes Doctor for Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Zaar

Understand the Different Types of Diabetes Doctors Before searching for a diabetes doctor, it’s important to understand the types of medical professionals who treat Type 2 diabetes: Primary Care Physician (PCP): Often the first point of contact, they handle basic diabetes management. Are they patient and open to your questions?

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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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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. ” Dr. Delaporta will begin accepting new patients on June 1.

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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

Should you check in with your primary care physician or skip that step and go to a specialist, assuming your physician will send you there anyway? But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management. On the drive home, it’s swelling and painful.

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Our Anxiety Epidemic: How to Stop Fearing the Future

Priority Physicians

Tips to Manage Anxiety If anxieties disable your daily life, discuss the situation with your direct primary care doctor. Regularly talking with people you care about may help you avoid the need for antidepressants. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, IN and has a passion for putting his patients first in his practice.

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Trading One Substance for Another: Replacing Alcohol With THC

Priority Physicians

Direct primary care aims to improve your life until there’s no need to numb it! At Priority Physicians, your relationship with your primary care doctor encourages openness on this subject. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, IN and has a passion for putting his patients first in his practice.