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Double-Booking the Doctor is Half-Booking the Patient

A Country Doctor Writes

I have always tried to “squeeze” urgent visits in when I know the patient and the issue they’re having. Not only have we shortened medical appointments to 15 minutes. I get the feeling that non-providers think of this as something fairly ordinary, and even reasonable. We also sometimes double book them.

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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Integrated Care News by CFHA

At the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA), we see your agenda aligning with ours in powerful ways. It provides immediate, non-stigmatized behavioral health support at the point of medical care, often in the same visit.

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What Does Behavioral Health Provider Practice in Primary Care Look Like? [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Integrated behavioral health (IBH) within primary care can help patients receive quality whole person care, however little is documented about the distribution and nature of time spent in key activities by integrated psychologists (i.e., Behavioral Health Providers, BHPs). Intervention: NA.

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A Texas Boy Needed Protection From Measles. The Vaccine Cost $1,400.

Physician's Weekly

So, in mid-March, he took his family to a primary care clinic at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Nguyen, who is a UTMB postdoctoral fellow in public health and infectious disease, said he asked clinic staff whether his family’s insurance would cover the checkups and immunizations. Then the bills came.

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What Does Team Function Look Like in Primary Care Integrated Behavioral Health? [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Up to 30% of patients seen in primary care have a co-occurring mental health or substance use issue. Population Studied: Medical providers and staff, and integrated behavioral health (IBH) psychologists and psychiatrists. Setting: Seven primary care practices in one Colorado USA health system.

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Mental Health in Michigan: A Direct Primary Care Approach

Plum Health

Long wait times, high costs, and limited availability of providers can make it feel like you're on your own. It's a different way of doing healthcare, one that puts patients at the center. This means they can provide personalized care and support. One of my patients, Sarah, had been struggling with anxiety for years.

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Talking to families about why we don’t need tests after febrile seizures or first-time seizures

PEMBlog

Choosing Wisely recommends that doctors and all medical providers have detailed conversations with patients and their families about why labs and CT scans are unlikely to give new information or provide any additional reassurance. They also expose young children to painful venipuncture and unnecessary radiation.