Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. Tirzepatide (15 mg) showed slightly more noticeable effects than Semaglutide (2.4

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

A study of an insurance claims database found that family physicians are more likely to perform colonoscopies in older, male patients residing in more rural areas of the Midwest, South, and Western United States.

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Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

PURPOSE Although studies have shown that more temporally regular (TR) primary care visits are associated with improved patient outcomes, none have examined what clinic staff can do to encourage greater TR visits. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed, and coded using Atlas qualitative data analysis software (Lumivero, LLC).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Clinicians practicing in rural areas mentioned using telehealth for mental health care and finding it beneficial for specialist consultations on pregnancy complications. For example, telehealth was not viewed as user friendly for clinical use. Further, lower insurance reimbursement rates can limit its clinical use.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

METHOD/PARTICIPANTS: A 21-item survey questionnaire was mailed to 489 adult patients ages 18-75 with DM type 2 empaneled to 3 primary care clinics, who had hemoglobin A1c of =/>8% and who gave research authorization. However, 49% worried about the future and possibility of serious complications.

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By Paul Amendola, Executive Director, VecnaCares Reference: Bartlett L , Avery L , Ponnappan P , et al, Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000845.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Now, in the pediatric emergency department, the diagnosis of reflux is primarily clinical. They can handle this problem.

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Edge Family Medicine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

At Edge Family Medicine, we prioritize early detection to give our patients the best chance at a healthy life. Diabetes Screening We conduct fasting glucose and A1C tests to diagnose prediabetes or diabetes early, preventing complications like cardiovascular disease and nerve damage.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems. Our Mesa clinic is conveniently located and designed for accessibility, with same-day appointments often available for urgent needs.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: 4 primary care clinics (PCCs) across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Results: Trend lines of opioid MME prescribed by providers at each participating clinic were shared at provider meetings. Study Design: Secondary data analysis of a retrospective cohort from 2017-2023.

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Vida Family Medicine

JANUARY 4, 2022

to take care of ourselves and prevent disease, or to treat disease when we catch it early than it is to treat a more complicated health problem. Many traditional clinics have a high turnover of doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, so it is difficult to see the same doctor more than once.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: People experiencing homelessness (PEH) and type 2 diabetes are hospitalized more often, develop diabetes complications, and die on average 10 years earlier than their housed peers due to poorly controlled chronic physical and behavioral health conditions.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 22, 2023

6-week Medical Student Externship - Medical Student Externship Report – Molly Mann, MS2 2023 July – August "My externship experience consisted of shadowing Dr. Der Simonian at the Falmouth Family Medicine office and at the Maine Medical Center Mother Baby Unit.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice. And some people in studies and just in clinical use have found that to be helpful, including for patients with serious illness. Alex: It’s complicated. So, creating a- Alex: Control condition. Eric: Yeah.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

When I was a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, I participated in their Ethics track. This included additional classes in medical ethics as well as a scholarly project examining the medical ethics of a specific clinical situation. Medicine involves many extremely ethically challenging situations.

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

First, we talk with Christine, a researcher and geriatrician from the University of North Carolina, who recently published a JAGS article titled Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infections by nursing home clinicians versus a clinical guideline. Eric: So this is a complicated pathway, right? Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Chrissy.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Should GPs actually be treated as the stars of medicine? On average, twice as many patients have contact with GPs than with all specialists (in offices and/or outpatient clinics) combined. Here are the key results.

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GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

Funding for research and clinical care is at risk, as USAID and PEPFAR (which is under USAID), are shuttered. And when she was here, she co founded the Golden Compass Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital for older adults living with HIV. Millions of lives are at stake. Meredith wore a shirt that said Silence=death.

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