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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

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Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care. I stepped down as director of the Robert L. Phillips, Jr.

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The sense and nonsense of CT screening for lung cancer

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Also, since the USPSTF is permitted to consider only clinical effectiveness, not cost effectiveness, it could potentially put taxpayers on the hook for cost-prohibitive screenings. Images from the Lung Cancer Foundation's Demand A CT Scan campaign. Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Director, Robert L.

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