A Country Doctor Writes

JULY 1, 2025

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. He pushed it and the furnace started instantly.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. The practice steadily grew through the 80’s and 90’s, and Dr. Eggebrecht joined in 1993, at a time when family doctors still rounded in the hospital and delivered babies.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

And having the federal government or the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) lead a national effort to dramatically expand the footprint of behavioral health in medical education is likely a pipe dream. Even though stigma prevents many persons with mental health problems from seeking care, there has never been enough go around.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 8, 2025

Doctors have been at the forefront of campaigns against nuclear weapons since 1961, when Physicians for Social Responsibility was founded.

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33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

You can prove it by asking a bunch of doctors and patients how they’re supposed to use MyChart messages you’ll get a wild range of responses. A few ideas: Stronger technology governance of MyChart messages We want to call the MyChart mushroom an Epic problem. Crucial that we fix this. How do we fix this? Potentially serious.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

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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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

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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