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Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context With buprenorphine prescribing restrictions lifted, primary care physicians (PCP) are frequently the first contact for patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and require treatment with buprenorphine. Study Design A behavioral health curriculum was designed for second year residents.

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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

With 476 participating primary care practices, MDPCP provides prospective, non-visit based payments known as "care management fees" and operational support from a program management office and Care Transformation Organizations (CTO).

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Forecasting and adapting to the family medicine workforce shortage

The Health Policy Exchange

Projecting future physician workforce needs is a challenging calculation that must take multiple variables into account to avoid missing its mark. Image courtesy of the American Academy of Family Physicians Modest gains in the numbers of U.S.

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Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Vida Family Medicine

Instead, focusing on what you can control—like eating balanced meals, moving more, getting enough sleep, managing stress, and staying socially connected—can lead to better health outcomes. Some people need medication to manage metabolic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol.

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

A recent study offers recommendations on how to balance weight loss goals and bone health concerns in weight management programs for older adults. Given practical constraints in many healthcare settings, who are the minimum essential team members for multidisciplinary management of weight loss in older adults?

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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

member login CONTACT US About Us Concierge Medicine Services Our Physicians Locations Member Login Contact Us L Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist January 21, 2025 Orthopedic pain management is a guessing game. Contact your DPC physician immediately. Say you’ve sprained your ankle ice skating.

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Primary Care Physicians Responses to Treatment Burden in People With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Video Analysis in China [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

In contrast, GPs typically reserved health record management, motivational interviewing, and awareness of the patient’s background for specific issues. of these segments, the GP elicited and responded to discussions about treatment burden, whereas in 23.4%, the patient initiated the discussion and the GP responded to it, leaving 39.0%