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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

As physicians, our 8+ years of training are focused on understanding what symptoms could be related to what diagnoses and helping patients navigate the many possibilities and narrow it down with appropriate testing and treatment to better understand what their final diagnosis may be.

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The Role of Internal Medicine in Preventive Health Care

Mesa Family Physician

Internal medicine is a medical specialty focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. So if you’re wondering can an internist be a PCP , the answer is a clear yes. They are trained not only in diagnosing and treating illness, but also in coordinating care with specialists when necessary.

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The Importance of a Primary Care Relationship

Edge Family Medicine

Why Primary Care Relationships Matter A trusted PCP gets to know you — not just your chart. This deeper understanding leads to more personalized care and better medical decisions. Learn more about our medical services 2. Your PCP helps monitor symptoms, adjust medications, and coordinate with specialists.

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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? Glucose is a fancy medical word for sugar. 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%

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

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

GeriPal

Mara Schonberg is associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. If you know that there’s a group that you don’t treat even after they’re diagnosed, it causes anxiety, but you’re not causing them harms from treatment. Mara: Thank you so much.