Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 8, 2025

Health professionals who survive a nuclear explosion ( 90% of those in Hiroshima were killed instantly ) would likely face a catastrophic loss of communications, impassable transportation routes, and “ risk their lives amid destroyed infrastructure, dangerous radioactivity, and limited healthcare facilities and supplies.”

Transportation 80

Transportation Government Education Community 80

33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

But the problem isn’t contact and connection, but rather how we shape and optimize the flow of information between doctor and patient. The zero-sum medical day In many healthcare systems the Epic feature is turned on and health professionals are expected to respond. Maybe it’s our faulty healthcare model? Absolutely.

Patients 75

Patients IT Provider Family Doctor 75

Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

While many patients are familiar with terms like “family doctor” or “primary care,” the field of internal medicine often raises questions: What exactly does an internist do? Internist vs Family Doctor: What’s the Difference? A common comparison is between an internist and a family doctor (or general practitioner).

Internal Medicine 130

Internal Medicine GP Family Doctor Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Canada, most of the population relies on their family doctor for their mental healthcare needs. Outcome Measures: The monthly prevalence was calculated as the percent of mental health visits (MHV) among all visits to a provider in that month. Modeling used segmented time-series regression.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Mental Health Illness Family Doctor 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

Hospital 52

Hospital Management Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

While I'm grateful for subspecialists who alleviate pain, rescue patients who are unable to breathe on their own, manage complicated fractures, and replace worn-out hips and knees, the gap between the number of family doctors we need and the number we have keeps getting wider. growth in the U.S.

Family Medicine 52

Family Medicine DO Families Family 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 27, 2025

An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality evidence synthesis that I previously discussed showed that WIC improves important maternal and child health outcomes. A Research Letter in JAMA documented increases in food insecurity and days with poor physical health after the end of a temporary pandemic increase to SNAP benefits in March 2023.

Patient-Centered 59

Patient-Centered Family Families Family Medicine 59