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Developing the BRANCH Initiative-Building Relationship science for Advanced Networks in Communication and Health: Year One S [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: Our goal with the BRANCH Initiative is to connect the deep body of knowledge in relationship science and human communication research with science and art of medicine. In this presentation, we share successes (including two initial funders) and challenges of Year One. This extends to patients, practitioners and stakeholders.

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Why Younger Adults Shouldn’t Skip Cholesterol Screenings

Imperial Center Family Medicine

Decode Your Family History Since high cholesterol often runs in families, knowing your levels can clarify if you’ve inherited a predisposition. Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic condition causing severely elevated total and LDL cholesterol. Healthy living’s preventive payoff gets bigger the earlier it starts.

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

A year ago we did our first “Deprescribing Super Special”. Liz Bayliss is Senior Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research, and Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado. Alex: And we have Ariel Green, who’s a geriatrician and Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. Well, because they’re hard on people with dementia and they can be very hard on families, and they’re a form of crisis. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.

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Why Regular Check-ups Matter: Preventive Care at Mesa Family Physicians

Mesa Family Physician

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa Offers Next Level Care

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. Providers at New South Family Medicine and MedSpa can address the patient's deeper needs, rather than trying to rush through a hectic day full of too-brief appointments.

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Primary Care Addiction Consultation Service: Colorados Implementation Support for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

This intervention used a primary care addiction consultation service model including education, an addiction medicine consultant, and practice facilitation to increase capacity for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. Results Practice types included clinician-owned, FQHCs, and system-owned; most specialized in family medicine (91%, N=22).