Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: A patient’s relationship with their primary care physician (PCP) or advanced practice provider (APP) is instrumental in their healthcare journey. Study Design and Analysis: We conducted a secondary data analysis of EHR data which include n=10,279,755 encounters among n=278,406 unique patients.

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Relationship PCP PCP Patients 130

Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

Should you check in with your primary care physician or skip that step and go to a specialist, assuming your physician will send you there anyway? But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management.

Management 52

Management Primary Care Physician Primary Care Patient-Centered 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

The first few chapters discuss the problems with mental health care in the U.S. Dr. Smith shares the stories of several patients he met during residency and his early years in practice who illustrate the bad outcomes that accompany not attending to patient's emotions and focusing solely on their physical problems.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health IT Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Understand the Different Types of Diabetes Doctors Before searching for a diabetes doctor, it’s important to understand the types of medical professionals who treat Type 2 diabetes: Primary Care Physician (PCP): Often the first point of contact, they handle basic diabetes management. Are they patient and open to your questions?

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Board-Certified Management Internal Medicine 52

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The demand for healthcare professionals spans a wide range of specialties, including primary care physicians, registered nurses, mental health counselors, and much more. As well as retaining top talent to meet the needs of Connecticut’s patient population. PACT is one such organization that prides itself on hiring.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered Primary Care Physician 52

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

APRIL 12, 2025

For medical assistant positions in CT, typical tasks may include: Interviewing patients about their symptoms and main complaints. Checking patients’ vital signs, such as blood pressure and temperature. Measuring patients’ height and weight. Assisting with procedures, under the direction of a physician.

Medical 52

Medical Healthcare Patient-Centered Primary Care Physician 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 26, 2023

Dr. Saha’s research focuses broadly on the influence of race and racism in the doctor-patient relationship, its relation to disparities in the quality of health care, and its implications for diversity in the healthcare workforce. He has also served as a Council member and Secretary of SGIM.

Electronics 52

Electronics Internal Medicine Patient-Centered Healthcare 52

Priority Physicians

JANUARY 27, 2025

Tips to Manage Anxiety If anxieties disable your daily life, discuss the situation with your direct primary care doctor. Regularly talking with people you care about may help you avoid the need for antidepressants. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, IN and has a passion for putting his patients first in his practice.

Primary Care Doctor 52

Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Board-Certified Physicals 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When I’m on service these days there is inevitably a moment when a resident says “Patient so-and-so is on X” – and I have absolutely no idea what X is. In this context, we’re excited to hear from infectious disease experts and nephrologists about updates in the care of older adults. Summary Transcript Summary.

Complication 97

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 97

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Today we learn more about coaching from 3 coaches: Greg Pawlson, coach and former president of the American Geriatrics Society, Vicky Tang, geriatrician-researcher at UCSF and coach , and Beth Griffiths, primary care internist at UCSF and coach. This is the first RCT that was available for coaching in physicians. [link] 5.

Board-Certified 110

Board-Certified IT Primary Care Referral 110

The Health Policy Exchange

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Our recent Georgetown Health Policy Journal Club discussed two editorials in the October 1 issue of American Family Physician that offered contrasting answers to the question: "Would Medicare for All Be the Most Beneficial Health Care System for Family Physicians and Patients?" health care bill.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Family Physician Insurance Primary Care 130

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary If you’re anything like me, you might find the process of what happens to patients when they visit a radiation oncologist somewhat mysterious. Anish 01:02 Well, I speak, you know, from a physician lens of some of the patients that I get referred, and by the time there’s.

Patient-Centered 102

Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

Hospital 52

Hospital Management Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 13, 2025

While some of these changes are inevitable, many can be managed effectively with early intervention and regular medical care. A primary care physician ( PCP ) can help identify potential health problems and risks, provide preventative measures, and recommend the right screenings or treatments.

PCP 52

PCP PCP Diabetes Primary Care Physician 52

FDA Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Houck — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued a voluntary practice guideline on opioid prescribing for clinicians treating chronic pain five years ago. (We By Larry K. We blogged on the final 2016 guideline here on March 17, 2016). Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, 87 Fed.

Patient-Centered 75

Patient-Centered Clinical Practice Patients Individual 75

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We talk about what is heart failure, particularly HFpEF, how we treat it (including the use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2’s), and how we should apply guidelines to individual patients, especially those with multimorbidity who are taking a lot of other medications. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Michigan residents have been buzzing about a primary care clinic that’s setting a new standard for healthcare across the state. Whether you’re in Detroit , Corunna , Lansing , Royal Oak , or Van Buren , this clinic is offering comprehensive care that puts patient well-being first. Here’s why everyone is talking about it!

Clinic 52

Clinic Chronic Disease Management Primary Care Medical 52

FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

CDC received some 5,500 comments from patients, caregivers, clinicians and interested organizations to the proposed guideline update it issued in February. An important part of the 2022 Guideline includes CDC’s pronouncement that some laws, regulations and policies have misapplied the 2016 guidelines and likely contributed to patient harm.

Patients 52

Patients Patient-Centered ER Individual 52

GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

And also kind of highlights, you know, part of what we try to do in geriatrics and palliative care is really individualize how we care for individual, like, the people in front of us, the patients, the caregivers, their family members, their friends. So we’re actually finding care circles, right? We need to.

Individual 82

Individual Community IT Chronic Condition 82

GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

And, who within ASPE guides aging policy and connects policy to every day health challenges experienced by patients and clinicians? Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Rasheeda Hall, who is a physician scientist in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine, and sees patients at the Durham VA.

Complication 52

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians. So I kind of look at it in that context less about us thinking about how do we build the guild of geriatric medicine and more about how do we continue to advance the care of older people.

Board-Certified 91

Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91

BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

Family health centers are the facilities where the vaccination intention is much more vital, as they carry out the contact and case follow-ups during the pandemic and are the center of vaccination application. There are 44 family health centers, including 158 family physicians and 165 family health workers working in the district.

Vaccination 40

Vaccination Healthcare Professional Healthcare Primary Care 40

GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

So Eric Cassell, for folks who don’t know, was a primary care physician. But really was a seminal pioneering figure in the field of bioethics, palliative care, et cetera. One of the patients I spoke to really said this quite well. Most physicians don’t have that luxury.

Patient-Centered 106

Patient-Centered Physicals IT Patients 106

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Topics on the AAFP agenda included: Improving Access to Primary Care for High Deductible Health Plans Enrollees - high deductible plans discourage patients from accessing primary to deal with problems such as diabetes and hypertension and delay care, leading to worsening health outcomes.

Family Physician 40

Family Physician DO Family Medicine Primary Care 40

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

Most family physicians have at some point heard the old saw "jack of all trades, master of none," which I have come to view as less insulting than is usually intended. The authors term "primary care yield" as the percentage of physicians who start training in primary care and complete it in primary care.

Primary Care 90

Primary Care Community Primary Care Physician DO 90

Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

Part of my job was to encourage students' interest in primary care careers and mentor those who chose to enter family medicine. The number of visits to primary care physicians fell by 43% from 2010 to 2021 despite 7.4% The number of visits to primary care physicians fell by 43% from 2010 to 2021 despite 7.4%

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DO Family Medicine Family Families 52