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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

A recent study of almost 3 million US patients showed that those who visited primary care were much more likely to receive preventive services : 127% more vaccinations, 122% more colonoscopies, and 75% more mammograms. In other words, patients can get more services, more easily, more appropriately.

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Podcast Episode: The Unvaccinated Child with Fever

PEMBlog

This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast focuses on the approach to unvaccinated or undervaccinated children aged 336 months presenting to the ED with fever. The episode emphasizes thoughtful, individualized care in the context of rising vaccine hesitancy and declining immunization rates.