Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 3, 2025

As our state legislature gets closer to special session, the Minnesota Academy of Family Physician’s (MAFP) lobbyist Megan Verdeja breaks down what’s happening at the Minnesota State Capitol and provides a recap of the 2025 session. MAFP Priorities Many of the MAFP’s legislative priorities remain active in ongoing health care negotiations.

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Telehealth Specialization Transportation Primary Care 90

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) affiliated with an academic medical center serving a diverse population in a mid-western metropolitan area. Population Studied: Purposive sample of care team members (eg, physicians, social workers, diabetes educators, dietitians, community health workers).

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Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) at an urban academic medical center in the Midwest. Transportation and scheduling challenges also hindered engagement. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g., All participants are referred to receive free produce ("standard of care").

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Clinic Transportation Internal Medicine 130

Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 26, 2025

At Vida Family Medicine, I’ve helped hundreds of patients improve their blood sugar without extreme dieting or cutting out the foods they love. Its job is to transport sugar from your bloodstream to the cells that need it—like your brain, muscles, or liver. Small, sustainable changes that work with your body—not against it.

Management 52

Management Diabetes Family Medicine DO 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) hosted a year long, monthly Project ECHO ® educational series on OUD. Objective: To understand perspectives and needs of primary care clinical staff in addressing the OUD epidemic. Participants were surveyed at pre- and post-intervention.

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Primary Care Transportation Family Physician Education 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

About 90% were either currently or formerly undocumented, 2/3 spoke Spanish, 2/3 made <$50,000 annually, and 1/3 reported inadequate transportation. Cancer Screening: Challenges with making appointments and getting PAP Smears due to time, employment, transportation, and lack of established primary care provider.

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Diagnosis Screening Transportation Diagnose 130

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. Have you had a family history of substance use disorder? Katie: Yep.

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Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136