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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. Study Design A behavioral health curriculum was designed for second year residents.

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Neighborhood Determinants of Primary Care Access in Virginia [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

PURPOSE Primary care is the foundation of any health care system. Primary care improves the health of communities and decreases health inequities. METHODS We used the 2019 Virginia All-Payers Claims Database to identify primary care physicians (PCPs) and the number of distinct patients seen by each physician.

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November is Diabetes Awareness Month

Family Physicians of Greeley

This diagnosis increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. Get a regular annual physical with your PCP (Primary Care Physician), get moderate physical activity at least 4-5 days per week (30 minutes), eat a healthy diet, and know your risk factors. Prediabetes is reversible!!

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

GeriPal

Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. Eric 12:05 Any pearls on the diagnosis of HFpEF. So kind of from a primary care point of view, the guys are doing okay.

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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. He had recently been to his primary care physician who also dismissed it as viral. The PCP tested for strep throat twice but both times results were negative.

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