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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? These questions were the subjects of two recent Georgetown University Health Policy seminars. Image courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians Modest gains in the numbers of U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. I stepped down as director of the Robert L.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Mobile health, or "mHealth" for short, describes technology that allows clinicians or public health professionals to monitor and/or deliver health-related messages to patients via cellular phones, tablets, or other wireless devices. and abroad was the topic of a recent Georgetown University Health Policy Seminar. Phillips, Jr.

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MAY 29, 2014

At first glance, federal nutrition policy seemed to be an unusual topic for our Georgetown Health Policy Seminar for family physicians. They must learn to work in interprofessional teams with dietitians and other skilled health professionals to help patients make needed dietary changes. Kenny Lin, MD, MPH Director, Robert L.

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The Health Policy Exchange

MAY 7, 2013

To supporters of the Affordable Care Act, legislative expansion of the Medicaid program is a welcome financial and health care bonanza for states and uninsured patients. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation , more than half of today's 48 million uninsured have incomes below the new Medicaid threshold. Phillips, Jr.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

In this context, our August 2013 Georgetown University Health Policy Seminar debated the USPSTF's recent draft recommendation statement that endorsed annual low-dose CT screening for lung cancer in longtime smokers. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine Phillips, Jr.

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MAY 20, 2013

In this month's Georgetown University Health Policy seminar, we discussed two examples, anemia drugs and the diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia) , which were prominently featured in recent articles by Peter Whoriskey in The Washington Post. for three more years, during which thousands of new patients were prescribed the drug.

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