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Development of a Multidisciplinary Clinic for the Treatment of Obesity in a Canadian University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) [Obesity, exercise and nutrition]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied Patients with obesity enrolled in the Méta-Santé clinic. Setting The North of Lanaudière University Family Medicine Group (U-FMG) Intervention Upon referral from their family doctor, patients attend a group course on nutrition and metabolic health.

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Primary care for all Americans

Common Sense Family Doctor

" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients.

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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. They have remained independent and committed to caring for patients as a small practice, all the while introducing new ideas and setting new standards in Michigan’s Great Southwest.

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Is there enough time for prevention in primary care?

Common Sense Family Doctor

Family physicians are being squeezed by two accelerating trends: (1) too few of us to care for the growing US population and (2) the rising number of tasks that we are asked to accomplish for each patient. hours per day, with more than one-half of that time (14.1 hours) allocated to preventive care. hours) allocated to preventive care.