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Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context With buprenorphine prescribing restrictions lifted, primary care physicians (PCP) are frequently the first contact for patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and require treatment with buprenorphine. Post-rotation, 64% of residents felt more comfortable diagnosing OUD. Notable, 92.9%

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How Does Amazon Clinic Compare with Direct Primary Care?

The Direct Doctors Difference

Well that is great as long as you already have your diagnosis figured out! You would not be isolated to one single problem type and you wouldn’t be required to arrive with your diagnosis already in hand. If you need a refill in a pinch and don’t have a PCP, this might be helpful for you.

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PEMPix 2023 Online Case 1: A House Divided

PEMBlog

PEMPix is the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Emergency Medicine’s annual visual diagnosis competition. She was diagnosed with constipation. The family declined an enema in the ED, and she was discharged home on a miralax cleanout to follow up with her PCP. This is the first of the four cases.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care Internal medicine plays a central role in adult health, especially when it comes to prevention, diagnosis, and long-term care. Internal medicine is a medical specialty focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. What Is Internal Medicine?

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November is Diabetes Awareness Month

Family Physicians of Greeley

of the adult population) in Colorado have diagnosed diabetes, and that every year approximately 34,291 people are newly diagnosed? Type 2 diabetes is by far the most prevalent form of diagnosed diabetes. Prediabetes – is diagnosed when a person’s HgbA1c is between 5.7% Did you know approximately 311,554 (6.9%

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A Case of HPV / Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx as Seen from a CBCT

CDOCS

The age of diagnosis of HPV squamous cell carcinoma starts in males and females at about 30 years old and peaks between 60-69 and then starts decreasing after that. With more than 13,000 new diagnoses of throat cancer each year in the US, the disease has surpassed cervical cancer as the most common cancer with HPV.</p>

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

And so, unfortunately, I think for a while, this condition, for many people, isn’t diagnosed until you end up seeing a cardiologist or a heart failure doctor who’s really honed in on this to say, actually, this is a heart failure syndrome. Eric 12:05 Any pearls on the diagnosis of HFpEF. Eric 13:28 Thank you. What is GDMT?