Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

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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Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified 52

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

The Hidden Benefits of Regular Check-ups You Might Be Missing Many residents of Mesa and the surrounding Arizona communities don’t realize that preventive care goes far beyond just “checking the box” for your annual physical. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all medicine.

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Family Physician Preventive Care Preventative Care Family 100

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

What is primary care? Part 2 Here are some frequently asked questions I get as a Primary Care Provider. As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) I have kept up my board certification since then.

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Primary Care Board-Certified GP DO 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. David: People with these illnesses suffer from persistent symptoms, poor quality of life, depression, anxiety, despite all the great things we do and all our colleagues in those specialties and in primary care and geriatrics.

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Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 123

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. But on the flip side, cancer registries do not measure substance use.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Connie 13:10 So generally what, what I see, very rural, is a nurse practitioner that’s out of our local home health and hospice agency that is palliative care certified. It usually isn’t for continuing palliative care services. Like, what does that part look like? And usually it’s simply for a consultation.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

.” I’m not going to pretend that that was palliative care, but what I am saying is there’s a desert sometimes even in places that look like they have palliative care and if there are more ways to access it, that’s better for patients. Eric: Well, let me ask you this. Can we just review some of the big changes?

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73