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The Importance of a Primary Care Relationship

Edge Family Medicine

Support with Chronic Condition Management If you’re living with a chronic condition like high blood pressure or diabetes, you’ll benefit greatly from continuity of care. Coordinated Specialist Referrals Your PCP is your guide through the larger healthcare system. Preventive Care that Works Primary care is your first line of defense.

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

When you put in that referral, how do we make sure that that patient walks out with the specialty appointment versus phone tag. Let’s say a diabetic comes in and they’re on metformin. They’ll also pen the rheumatology referral. We’ve been enhancing that and we share that with the other markets.

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Anatomy of a Healthy Plate- Guest Blogger Rebecca Gray

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

May reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes. We follow ALL VACCINATION GUIDELINES set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Medicine! May protect against certain types of cancers. Carbohydrates​ ​can​ ​be​ ​confusing and scary to some people.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. 22 Family physicians are the sole care providers for 86% of hypertensive patients and for 71% of diabetics (based on 2.7 Over time, more trust develops. Over time, communication improves. million Canadian patients).