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Understanding the Relationship Between Social Needs and Cervical Cancer Screening [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Conclusion In an insured population, social needs were not associated with screening in patients 30+ years. Having health insurance may mitigate the risk of missed screenings in patients with social needs. Programs targeting younger patients may lead to increased screening rates overall.

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What Is Nutrition Counseling and How it Can Help You Achieve Your Weight Management Goals

Dr. Michael Bazel

Building a Positive Relationship With Food Many people associate food with guilt or stress, particularly when managing weight. Together, you and your counselor evaluate your current eating habits, pinpoint areas for improvement, and design a strategy that fits your lifestyle and health objectives. It includes the following: Medical history.

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'It takes a lot of twisting: doing research in structurally vulnerable spaces [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

This ‘insider’ perspective provided understanding and promoted rapport, to promote trusting relationships with community participants. Participants engaged in research based on personal lived experience or following frontline work experience.

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New CAFP Family Docs Podcast Episode!

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

Maryal Concepcion and Jeannine Rodems live from the CAFP All Member Advocacy Meeting to talk about Direct Primary Care (DPC), what DPC is, how it works with the patient relationship, and resources available for any family physician looking at DPC as a potential career. Shruti Javali and Adnaan Edun speak with Drs.

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The Evolution of Concierge Medicine: What 20 years in the industry have taught me

Concierge Choice Physicians

Our job was primarily to inform private physicians and patients that there was another way to secure that one-to-one relationship and to get away from the bureaucracy that seemed to have taken over medicine. These skeptics underestimated how much patients valued the relationship they had with their doctor. ​The model took off.

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Alcohol Free for Five Years Today

Mere Mortal MD

Exactly five years ago today I decided to stop drinking alcohol. In part, it was because I was very depressed, burned out from my job, and existentially unhappy. But it was also because I had a drinking problem. I told myself that because it was red wine—which of course is healthy! for you, wink, wink—it was okay.

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Don’t Wait to Launch a Membership Medicine Pilot Program: CCP’s plug and play approach makes it easy to get started

Concierge Choice Physicians

Your healthcare organization has a vital untapped resource: your patient relationships. Many people have great ideas, but getting the team to actualize them can be a long and tedious process. There are consequences to delay, however. Don’t let time get away from you. Make sure you are not leaving a valuable asset untapped.

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