The Health Policy Exchange

MARCH 26, 2014

But how has the specialty of family medicine fared, and what else can be done to extend capacity of the existing primary care workforce? Image courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians Modest gains in the numbers of U.S. As our discussion pointed out, though, these proposals have serious disadvantages.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To evaluate the association between patient, health system, geosocial, and environmental factors on the likelihood of MA in Family Medicine clinics. Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention/Instrument: In its first phase, the MU incorporated three interventions tailored specifically to its context: nurse-led hypertension management, integration of blocks of telehealth consultations into routine clinician schedules, and a pilot of an ambient documentation system to supplant clinician-generated visit notes.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Integrating behavioral health with primary care has may be able to increase access, improve outcomes, and decrease costs. Perspectives from clinicians and staff conducting integration is valuable to understand facilitators and issues in integration behavioral health (IBH) care in primary care.

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BMJ

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Reference: Benson J , Sexton R , Dowrick C , et al, Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic As we face the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, doctors, and particularly general practitioners and family doctors (GPs), answer the call to serve in time-pressured, unfamiliar, chaotic, and often-traumatic environments.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

MAFP lobbyist Megan Verdeja shares the latest legislative updates on key health care-related hearings and bills moving through committees.

 It allows for telehealth services while establishing client-to-staff ratio requirements for group treatment settings. Status: The bill was laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill.

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