BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Mental Health Family 40

Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 12, 2025

In the two years since publication of the latest American Family Physician review article on osteoporosis , new guidelines and research studies have enhanced management of this common condition. Not only is it difficult to clinically predict osteoporosis risk, fragility fractures can occur in patients without osteoporosis.

Screening 52

Screening Family Physician Clinic Community 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Watchful waiting refers to clinical observation only. in 2000 to 59.8%

Routine Screenings 52

Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 15, 2025

Dr. Michelle Rockwell and colleagues at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia, performed a sludge audit of their colorectal cancer (CRC) screening services in 2021 and 2022. A sludge audit is “a systematic approach to identifying the presence and cost of sludge and figuring out how to eliminate it.”

Screening 52

Screening Insurance Primary Care Referral 52

33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

And as suggested recently in the New England Journal of Medicine , One of the most important factors at play in the clinical environment is the apparent tension between availability and attention. You can prove it by asking a bunch of doctors and patients how they’re supposed to use MyChart messages you’ll get a wild range of responses.

Patients 75

Patients IT Provider Family Doctor 75

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Therefore, family physicians are trained to do minor surgical procedures in the office, care for kids and adults, provide various GYN services, among many other comprehensive services for patients. I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Medicine 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

Barriers to implementing findings from lung cancer screening trials into typical clinical practice include the nonrepresentative nature of research participants (younger, healthier, and less racially and geographically diverse than the target populations) and the superior infrastructure and clinical support available to them.

Primary Care 59

Primary Care Screening Family Physician Family Medicine 59

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 4, 2024

years) with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis were randomized to early TAVI or guideline-recommended clinical surveillance. Of the clinical surveillance group, 87% eventually underwent aortic valve replacement. In a multicenter trial in the United States and Canada , 901 patients older than 65 years (mean age 75.8

Hospital 52

Hospital Management Patients Clinic 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 23, 2025

The proliferation of clinical practice guidelines of varying quality and conflicting recommendations has led to calls to systematically evaluate guidelines for their impact on patient outcomes. Now the Department of Government Efficiency is trying again, threatening 90% staff reductions that would decimate the agency.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Patient-Centered Primary Care Illness 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 20, 2025

For decades, five independent scientific advisory panels made evidence-based recommendations on clinical preventive services, community preventive services, newborn screening tests, infection prevention, and immunizations. Even worse, the study’s existing data are at risk. I wrote a Medscape commentary about current threats to the U.S.

Chronic Disease 92

Chronic Disease Diabetes Screening Vaccination 92

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

In every part of Canada, in every province, there are not enough doctors. In our city of Victoria, for instance, many people do not have a family doctor because so many doctors have retired; those who are left are unable to take new patients because their lists are full. No post-graduation debt in Germany.

Vaccination 52

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