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Can the Practice of Primary Care Medicine ever be Practical Again?

A Country Doctor Writes

So, instead, our patients end up going to walk-in clinics, seeing providers they don’t know who practice without the shackles of the family doctor of record. It is a vehicle for top-down government control of people’s care decisions and doctors’ behavior. Each provider is aided by one medical assistant.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St. Direct Primary Care is owned and operated by Doctors Michael Eggebrecht, Leanne Mancini, Allison Meadows, and James Gendernalik. Family Physicians of St.

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Book Review: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? by Dr. Robert C. Smith

Common Sense Family Doctor

Smith, a general internist and professor of medicine and psychiatry at Michigan State University, explains why our medical system consistently prioritizes physical over emotional health and presents some ambitious proposals for how to rectify this harmful disparity. This relatively slim volume is divided into three parts.

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MyChart Messages the Wild West of Patient Communication

33 Charts

Why MyChart messages create a challenge for hospital systems So more contact and connection between doctors and patients seems like a good thing, right? But the problem isn’t contact and connection, but rather how we shape and optimize the flow of information between doctor and patient. Absolutely. How do we fix this?

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For family medicine workforce, HHS reorganization plan receives a failing grade

Common Sense Family Doctor

The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." Before becoming a core faculty member at the Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program , I spent more than 15 years teaching in Georgetown's family medicine department. growth in the U.S.

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Book Review: Booster Shots by Dr. Adam Ratner

Common Sense Family Doctor

In two decades of practicing family medicine, I've never seen a patient with measles. Oh, and the CDC's National Immunization Survey has been canceled by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, even if the Epidemic Intelligence Service seems to have received a temporary reprieve.) this is it. over the past 30 years.

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Once again, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is in the line of fire

Common Sense Family Doctor

Now the Department of Government Efficiency is trying again, threatening 90% staff reductions that would decimate the agency. Please join me and hundreds of medical organizations in standing with AHRQ and preserving its vital contributions to the health of all Americans. ** For the past 30 years, a little-known U.S.