Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To explore how family physicians document SDOH in EHRs and identify factors influencing this practice Study Design and Analysis: A cross-sectional observational analysis. Conclusions: Socioeconomic aspects of the communities and a practice-level capacity to address SDOH were the biggest predictors of documenting SDOH.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

During the session, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians actively represented the interests of its members on a range of healthcare initiatives. Sponsored by Representative Paul Lee, the legislation removes the burdensome 100-hour annual service requirement, facilitating greater access to care for underserved communities.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes. An excerpt follows: 2024-04.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

The revenue from this tax has been used to fund key Medi-Cal services, such as supplemental payments for family planning and reproductive health care services and dental care. CAFP is actively advocating to preserve critical workforce funding that trains and sustains family physicians across the state. million total funds ($1.46

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 6, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Health Equity Committee has identified a need for an Interpreter Access Task Force to help identify gaps and barriers to interpreter access across the state. The task force will meet 3-5 times within a 12-month period, as determined by the task force chair and MAFP staff.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Family physicians are being squeezed by two accelerating trends: (1) too few of us to care for the growing US population and (2) the rising number of tasks that we are asked to accomplish for each patient. Since 2020, the starting ages for breast, lung, and colorectal cancer screening were lowered to 40, 50, and 45 years, respectively.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2024

Doc4aDay is a community outreach program provided through the Maine Medical Center Department of Medical Education. For the past few years, MAFP has provided financial support for this opportunity hoping to encourage young adults in communities under-represented in medicine to become physicians (and hopefully family physicians!).

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 1, 2025

As many of you understand, our Capitol community is like a family and many of us have worked together for years, if not decades. Words cannot fully express the loss—not only of beloved lives, but of the sense of safety and security that our community has cherished. The legislation passed narrowly in both chambers.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 24, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians has been a longtime supporter of HCH, as some of our leaders were involved as the initiative came together. Many of our family medicine physicians work in certified health care homes; they value the infrastructure that the HCH model provides to ensure comprehensive and coordinated care.

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East Cary Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Insights from East Cary Family Physicians In this blog, we’re diving into one of the most prevalent health conditions worldwide: diabetes. Get regular check-ups and screenings to monitor blood sugar levels, especially if there’s a family history of diabetes.

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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. In early 2025, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated its recommendations on screening for osteoporosis.

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The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

primary care is posing a grave threat to the wellbeing of communities nationwide. Diminishing Workforce: Primary care clinician shortages worsen access to care The number of primary care clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs), decreased from 105.7 per 100,000 in 2022.

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Noreta Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

A Goal Fulfilled I made several goals during my family medicine residency training program, one of which was to publish a research paper. Fast forward to the present day in which I am a practicing Direct Primary Care (DPC) family physician. 1 – Doing research is time-consuming. 5 – We have more work to do.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JANUARY 30, 2024

As we embark on Glaucoma Awareness Month, East Cary Family Physicians is unwavering in our commitment to highlight the pivotal role of vision health, with a special emphasis on the early detection of glaucoma. Family history: If you have a close relative with glaucoma, you may have an increased risk.

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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. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs. A recent analysis of the U.S. in 2000 to 59.8%

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Family Physicians of Greeley

APRIL 22, 2024

Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, educator, or simply curious about autism, this post aims to provide a comprehensive overview of what autism is and what it means for individuals and their families. The post Demystifying Autism: Understanding the Spectrum appeared first on Family Physicians of Greeley, PLLP.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

” Related AI scribes story: Analysis: AI scribes save physicians time, improve patient interactions and work satisfaction Dr. Nguyen also highlighted the potential to utilize artificial intelligence and Kaiser Permanente’s extensive medical database to develop predictive analytic models aimed at enhancing patient care.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. 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.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context As the population ages, access and continuity of primary care with the family physician are crucial for managing the complex health needs of persons with dementia. Objective To provide a comprehensive overview of primary care use among community-dwelling persons with dementia in Quebec from 2018 to 2020.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

As a family physician, my days are filled with caring for individuals and families across the lifespan and in multiple healthcare settings. I spend other days meeting with legislators or advocacy groups to discuss policy and how it may impact patients’ health, as well as physicians’ ability to care for them.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

The US Preventive Services Task Force , the American Academy of Family Physicians , and the American College of Chest Physicians recommend annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for adults 50 to 80 years of age who have at least a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have smoked within the past 15 years.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

All physicians are trained in medical ethics, but I have always taken a particular interest in this field. These are intellectually interesting but often personally devastating to the patient and family involved. When I was a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, I participated in their Ethics track.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Dr. James Martínez, family medicine physician at Community Health Partners, explains: “Preventive care represents one of the most powerful tools we have in medicine. Review your family health history, particularly any new diagnoses among blood relatives since your last appointment.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 28, 2025

In a 2024 American Family Physician editorial , Dr. Doug Campos-Outcalt reviewed best practices for diagnosis and prevention of measles. For comparison, there were 285 cases of measles in the United States in 2024, and there have already been more reported cases than in all but two years since 2000. since last week.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

I've spent the past week as the attending physician on my residency program's adult inpatient service. Chronic conditions that frequently lead to readmissions, such as heart failure, have been targets of transitional care interventions that may include self-care education, home visits, telephone contacts, and office visits.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

OCTOBER 2, 2023

We, here at Family Physicians of Greeley, care about the health of our patients and community. Be sure to follow us on Facebook ( [link] ) and Instagram ( [link] ) for health tips and other exciting news in our community! The post Breast Cancer Awareness appeared first on Family Physicians of Greeley, PLLP.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 11, 2025

Preventive Care: Your First Line of Defense Against Illness When it comes to your health, waiting until something goes wrong isn’t the best approach. Instead, adopting a preventive mindset can help reduce your risk of illness, improve long-term outcomes, and even limit the need for more serious interventions. What Is Preventive Care?

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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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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As the 2025 legislative session swings into full gear, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has set its sights on a cadre of pivotal bills set to shape the healthcare landscape for years to come. Sen Arthur Orr, SB 87 proposes significant reforms to enhance midwifery services and birth center regulations.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

In 1998, a Letter to the Editor in American Family Physician expressed concerns about the relatively new practice of pharmaceutical advertising directly to patients. A quarter of a century later, the United States remains the only country besides New Zealand where DTCA for prescription drugs is completely legal. But it is not free.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations.

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BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

Introductory article to İkİIşik H, Sezerol MA, Taşçı Y, et alCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary healthcare workers in a district of Istanbul: a cross-sectional study from TurkeyFamily Medicine and Community Health 2022;10:e001430. Statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.05.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Opposition from a coalition of the tobacco lobby and the recovery community prevailed to kill the bill. However, many towns, including Portland, South Portland, Falmouth, Brunswick, Bangor, Bar Harbor and Hallowell, passed ordinances banning flavored tobacco in their communities.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

Several past colleagues in the family medicine department at Georgetown recently published an informative scoping review of specialty disrespect in the medical learning environment. The authors term "primary care yield" as the percentage of physicians who start training in primary care and complete it in primary care. in 2023-24.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." The number of visits to primary care physicians fell by 43% from 2010 to 2021 despite 7.4%

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