Complication Family Physician Patient-Centered Primary Care 
The Health Policy Exchange
MARCH 26, 2014
But how has the specialty of family medicine fared, and what else can be done to extend capacity of the existing primary care workforce? Image courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians Modest gains in the numbers of U.S. As our discussion pointed out, though, these proposals have serious disadvantages.
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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Maine Academy of Family Physicians
OCTOBER 22, 2023
Der Simonian at the Falmouth Family Medicine office and at the Maine Medical Center Mother Baby Unit. I also spent one day at the Maine Family Planning clinic in Augusta, shadowing the head clinician, Lindsey Piper, NP. As a full spectrum physician, Dr. Der Simonian cares for patients throughout all stages and walks of life.
GeriPal
AUGUST 11, 2022
We talk with Susan about how far the field has come, from early days when the attending physician would decide which patients were DNR and place a black “no code” dot in the chart. There was no conversation with the patient or the family about this. We talk about challenges facing the field today.
Common Sense Family Doctor
APRIL 25, 2025
Before becoming a core faculty member at the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program , I spent more than 15 years teaching in Georgetown's family medicine department. Part of my job was to encourage students' interest in primary care careers and mentor those who chose to enter family medicine.
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