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What Are the Most Common Preventive Services? A Complete Guide

Mesa Family Physician

As your trusted healthcare providers in Mesa, Arizona, we’re committed to helping you understand and access the preventive services that can keep you and your family healthy for years to come. Our physicians provide these services with sensitivity and thoroughness.

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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. What is a Health Care Home?

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

Dr. Zaar

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE): While not doctors, they play a key role in diabetes education and lifestyle support. 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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Top 10 Good Jobs in Connecticut You Can Get Without a Four-Year Degree

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Their day-to-day tasks may include keeping treatment rooms clean, measuring and recording patients’ vital signs, and documenting patients’ medical histories. They’re responsible for greeting and checking in patients, answering telephone calls, and scheduling appointments. Average salary in Connecticut: $21.48 per hour 2.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

She is also a member of the board of directors for The Southeast Permanente Medical Group and Hawaii Permanente Medical Group. As an experienced physician leader, she is known for always going the extra mile for our patients and colleagues. She is board certified in general and laparoscopic surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

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Direct Doctors Welcomes Dr. Sara Delaporta

The Direct Doctors Difference

Dr. Delaporta is a board-certified family physician who grew up in Connecticut. “She is a talented and experienced physician who shares our commitment to providing high-quality, patient-centered care.” ” Dr. Delaporta will begin accepting new patients on June 1.