Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organizations determine the value of health technologies such as medical devices, lab tests, or medications. Objectives: To explore and measure the outcomes of HTA organizations’ guidelines in family medicine. Setting: Community-based primary health care.

General Practitioner 130

General Practitioner Lab Testing Relationship Family Physician 130

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Did you know that lab tests and CT scans are not recommended for most children who fully recover after a simple febrile seizure or a first-time, unprovoked generalized seizure?

Families 52

Families Family Lab Testing Medical Provider 52

Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Patients IT Medical 52

GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Today we are coming back for more (or less given the content), talking about the following articles with their lead authors: First up, we talk with Ariel Green about her article in JAMA Network on preferred phrases a clinician may use to explain why they should reduce or stop the medication. That’s huge! Elizabeth: Nice to be here.

Specialization 104

Specialization Medical Patient-Centered Provider 104

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

What is the meaning of Family Medicine? As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Medicine 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So my family is from Maui and were impacted by the wildfires, so I really appreciate this. Alex: How is your family doing? My family’s also from Maui. And her dad’s family, the Makekaus family, which is based in Lahaina, and we actually visited their grave sites there, when we were there a few years ago.

Patient-Centered 129

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

We now have biomarkers that can reasonably approximate the degree of amyloid build-up in the brain with a simple blood test. We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. What is that screening test gonna do for me? I just had lab tests done.

Primary Care 95

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 95