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As Flu Reaches Epidemic Proportions, Protect Yourself and Patients

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/as_flu_reaches_epidemic_proportions.html

As Match Day Nears, Student Board Member Shares Wishes for Family Medicine

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/as_match_day_approaches_student.html

Ask the Question: Screening for Alcohol Misuse Can Save Lives

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/ask_the_question_screening_for.html

Asking Right Questions Critical to Making Right Match

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/asking_right_questions_critical_to.html

Asking Tough Questions About Abuse Can Save Lives

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/asking_tough_questions_about_abuse.html

At a Loss: If Educating Parents About Vaccines Won't Work, What Will?

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/at_a_loss_if_educating.html

At Home or Abroad, ALSO Training Improves Maternal Outcomes

The Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics program has helped improve maternal outcomes in other countries around the globe. Carl Olden, M.D., writes that now it's time to improve U.S. outcomes.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20171218lv-also.html

At the Crux of Art and Science: I'm a Family Physician

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/at_the_crux_of_art.html

Attention, Students: Six Thoughts Before Submitting Your Rank Order List

Rank order lists are due soon for those participating in the National Resident Matching Program. Stewart Decker, M.D., offers a few tips for students still pondering their options.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/attention_students_six_thoughts_before.html

Back to Work: Adjusting Bit by Bit

After taking a two-year break from daily practice to raise twins, Meshia Waleh, M.D., writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that her next great adventure involves a new job in a new state.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180705fp-waleh.html

Balancing Act: There Is More to My Life Than Just Medicine

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/balancing_act_there_is_more.html

Banding Together Helps Small Practices Achieve PCMH Recognition

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/banding_together_helps_small_practices.html

Bare Necessity: Communication Is Critical in a Crisis

Wildlife lessons learned since a move to the small frontier community of Valdez, Alaska, have taught John Cullen, M.D., that communication is the key to survival. Brown bears and grizzlies have plenty to say about techniques for getting through life's difficulties to those who know how ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/bare_necessity_communication_is_critical.html

Barriers Hindering Use of Telemedicine

Family physicians see promise in telemedicine, but numerous barriers -- including payment issues -- impede the technology's adoption. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin has the details.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/barriers_hindering_use_of_telemedicine.html

Barriers Impede Telemedicine's Potential

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/barriers_impede_telemedicine_s_potential.html

Barriers to Care Persist for GLBT Patients

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/barriers_to_care_persist_for.html

Beat the Clock: Why I Chose Direct Primary Care

Allison Edwards, M.D., writes in this Fresh Perspectives blog post that the limitations of the 12-minute patient visits she experienced as a resident inspired her to start her own direct primary care practice.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190115fp-whydpc.html

Beat the PQRS Deadline, Avoid 2 Percent Medicare Cut

CMS has extended the 2014 informal review period for the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) to Nov. 23. Physicians who participate in the Medicare fee-for-service program, the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, PQRS group practice reporting option, or an accountable care ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/beat_the_pqrs_deadline_avoid.html

Beating Burnout: Get Involved, Call for Change

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/beating_burnout_get_involved_call.html

Being a Family Physician Requires 'Courageous' Commitment

Aroha? In this Leader Voices Blog post, Gary LeRoy, M.D., describes the courage and commitment needed to succeed in family medicine.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180103lv-aroha.html

Benefits of Rural Practice Make Sacrifices Worthwhile

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/benefits_of_rural_practice_make.html

Better Cancer Care Demands That FPs, Oncologists Work Together

AAFP Board Chair Wanda Filer, M.D., M.B.A., reports from a cancer symposium that communication between primary care physicians and oncologists is critical for patients' welfare.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/better_cancer_care_demands_that.html

Better Health Care for Veterans Requires Better Payment

Ada Stewart, M.D., who cares for active-duty soldiers and veterans as a U.S. Army Reserve physician, as well as in her civilian practice, writes about the urgent need for payment and workforce reform in the nation's veterans health care system.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190218lv-veterans.html

Beware Consequences of Delaying Primary Care in Pandemic

Although it may make sense to delay elective procedures during a pandemic, Natasha Bhuyan, M.D., writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that primary care is essential.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200625fp-coviddelay.html

Beware Virulent Deer and Confounding EHR Notes

We asked our new physician bloggers about the worst EHR notes they have seen. They shared their experiences in this Fresh Perspectives blog post.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200113fp-ehrnotes.html

Bill Would Help Patients With High Deductible Plans

Reps. Brad Schneider, D-Ill., and Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., have introduced the Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2018 (H.R. 5858). In the latest In The Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin examines why the proposed...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20180529ITT_PCAct.html

Bipartisan Teaching Health Center Bill Is Vital to Workforce

Without congressional action, the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program will expire Sept. 30. A newly introduced bill to extend funding has support from both sides of the aisle.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20170725thcgmebill.html

Bipartisan Work on Crucial Issues Deserves Support

Congress is showing signs of bipartisan agreement on three health care issues. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers an update on prescription drug pricing, physician workforce training and insurance reform.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190219itt-bipartisan.html

Bouncing Back From Burnout in Residency

When family medicine resident Michelle Byrne, M.D., M.P.H., experienced symptoms of burnout, she acted quickly to overcome it. Read more in this Leader Voices Blog post.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190820lv-residburnout.html

Breadth of Opportunities in Family Medicine Intrigues Medical Students

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/breadth_of_opportunities_in_family.html

Breaking Point Offers Med Students Chance to Grow

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/breaking_point_offers_med_students.html

Breastfeeding: What Every FP Should Know but Didn't Learn in Med School

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/breastfeeding_what_every_fp_should.html

Bringing a Small Town Approach to Urban Practice

Whether urban or rural, every patient needs a primary care physician and open lines of communication with that physician.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/bringing_a_small_town_approach.html

Bringing You Up To Date: New Information on Previous Posts

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/bringing_you_up_to_date.html

Building Relationships at Core of Family Medicine, Leadership

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/building_relationships_at_core_of.html

Building Student Interest Focus of Family Medicine Stakeholders

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/building_student_interest_focus_of.html

Building the Family Medicine Pipeline

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/building_the_family_medicine_pipeline1.html

Burnout by Numbers

Recent surveys and studies paint a bleak landscape regarding physician burnout. AAFP Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin writes in this In The Trenches blog post that the continued shortcomings of electronic health records are the prime driver.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200121itt-ehr.html

Burnout Part 2: Adopting a Systems Approach to Prevention

Carl Olden, M.D., examines methods to approach physician burnout and resilience from the perspectives of the small practice, the multispecialty group and hospital medical staff.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180219lv-burnout.html

Bustling Clerkship Shows Family Medicine Is Never Boring

Chandler Stisher saw the excitement of family medicine for himself in his first third-year clerkship. He writes that the primary care physician shortage could be eased if more students were exposed to the full potential of family medicine.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181120lv-clerkship.html

But I Already DID Refer You to an 'American' Doctor

More than one-fourth of U.S. physicians were born in other countries. Kimberly Becher, M.D., examines the difficulty of getting some white patients to accept referrals to minority subspecialists.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20171009fp-race.html

California AFP's Success Shows What Chapters, FPs Can Accomplish at State Level

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/california_afp_s_success_shows.html

California's Vaccine Victory Holds Lessons for Other States

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/california_s_vaccine_victory_holds.html

Called to Serve: Being Patient-Centered Puts Joy Back Into Practice

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/called_to_serve_being_patient.html

Can a Sense of Gratitude Make You Happier?

Stressed out? Melissa Hemphill, M.D., writes that keeping a record of the things that bring you joy could make you healthier and happier.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/can_a_sense_of_gratitude.html

Can Design Thinking Improve Health Care for Patients, Physicians?

Design thinking requires decision-makers to empathize with, and test potential solutions with, users and stakeholders. Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., shares insights from a crash course on the process.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190205fp-designthinking.html

Can Increased Awareness Trump Cyberbullies?

Melania Trump has pledged to combat cyberbullying as the nation's first lady. Natasha Bhuyan writes that this important issue demands increased awareness.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/can_increased_awareness_trump_cyberbullies.html

Can Mindfulness Meditation Deliver Us From Burnout?

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/can_mindfulness_meditation_deliver_us.html

Can Physicians Save Patients From Violent Deaths?

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/can_physicians_save_patients_from.html

Candidates Wanted: Four Spots Available for AAFP Board

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/candidates_wanted_four_spots_available.html

Care for Special Populations in Pandemic Adds Challenges

From masks and social distancing to closing group homes, Kyle Jones, M.D., writes in the FPs on the Front Lines blog that physicians caring for patients with intellectual or other developmental disabilities face added challenges with COVID-19.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/fpsonfrontlines/entry/20200624fl-specialpopulations.html

Caring for Patients With Addiction Problems Takes Practice

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/caring_for_patients_with_addiction.html

Carpe Diem: It's Time to Fix Our Broken Health Care System

AAFP Senior VP for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin writes in this In the Trenches blog post that the current health crisis presents an opportunity to drastically improve the U.S. health care system.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200414itt-fixsystem.html

Catching a Dream: Participating in Leadership Keeps 'Goblins' at Bay

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/catching_a_dream_participating_in.html

Celebrating Disruptive Innovators in Primary Care

In his latest In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin spotlights four family physician leaders who found innovative ways to improve care.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190806itt-disrupters.html

Center Provides Important Lesson on Where We Came From

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/center_provides_important_lesson_on.html

Challenges, Hope for Small Practices and PCMH

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/challenges_hope_for_small_practices.html

Challenges, Opportunities Await in 2014

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/challenges_opportunities_await_in_2014.html

Chance to Shape FP Training, Education Prompts Career Move

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/chance_to_shape_fp_training.html

Change Isn't Optional, but Making Progress Is

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/change_isn_t_optional_but.html

Changing the Conversation: What Would It Take to Make Using Our EHRs Truly Meaningful?

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/changing_the_conversation_what_would.html

Changing the Trajectory of Burnout in Medicine

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/changing_the_trajectory_of_burnout.html

Changing Times, Changing Relationships?

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/changing_times_changing_relationships.html

Changing Training Standards for Maternity Care

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/changing_training_standards_for_maternity.html

Chapter Meetings Shine Light on Constituent Issues

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/chapter_meetings_shine_light_on.html

Chapters Can Help Each Other By Sharing Insights

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/chapters_can_help_each_other.html

Chemical Spill Puts Resident, Hospital to Test

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/chemical_spill_puts_resident_hospital.html

Child Abuse: We Have a Role to Play

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/child_abuse_we_have_a.html

Choose Well: Helping Patients Act on Their Choices Reminds Us to Do the Same

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/choose_well_helping_patients_act.html

Clinical Case Managers Improve Chronic Care Outcomes

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/clinical_case_managers_improve_chronic.html

Closing Down Tobacco Road

In his latest In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin highlights the Academy's advocacy efforts related to tobacco and nicotine regulation and tells family physicians how to learn more about a new payment model.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20191029itt-tobacco.html

Closure, COVID, Chaos: A Resident's Tale of Resilience

Merlyn Sunny Abraham, M.D., writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that her family medicine class of seven women persisted through the closure of their hospital, the transfer of their program and a pandemic.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200618fp-drexel.html

Cloudy With a Chance of Misdiagnosis

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/cloudy_with_a_chance_of.html

CMS Heeds AAFP Advice on New Payment Models

In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin examines the Primary Cares Initiative that CMS launched last week.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190430itt-primarycares.html

COGME Report Puts Family Medicine on Priority List

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/cogme_report_puts_family_medicine.html

Colonel's Request is Simple: Ask Patients if They Served in Military

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/colonel_s_request_is_simple.html

Come On, Grads, Let's Start Cultivating a Healthier World

As Lauren Abdul-Majeed, M.D., M.P.H., begins to put her new degrees to work, she reflects that family physicians are well-positioned to advocate for the health of not only individual patients, but entire communities.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/come_on_grads_let_s.html

Community Finds Right Prescription to Fight Hunger

More than 15 percent of Oregonians live below the federal poverty level -- more than the national average. And a recent poll found that 28 percent of those who visit food pantries worry about where their next meal will come from. Now, a simple screening tool, a healthy teaching kitchen ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/community_finds_right_prescription_to.html

Community Response to Disaster Shows Beauty of Rural Practice

An epic flood ravaged her town, but what Kimberly Becher, M.D., remembers most are the selfless acts of kindness that helped her patients put their lives back together.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/community_response_to_disaster_shows.html

Conflicting Beliefs Shouldn't Hinder Patient Care

Recent news of pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions raises a question: What happens when the beliefs of a health care professional conflict with those of a patient?

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180828lv-pharmrefusal.html

Congratulations on Your Match! Here's What to Do Next

Now that Match results are out, resident Alexa Mieses, M.D., M.P.H., offers tips to fourth-year medical students on what to do before residency orientation begins.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180316lv-aftermatch.html

Congress Faces Tight Deadlines on Critical Issues

A handful of critical health care programs will run out of funding if Congress fails to act by the end of September.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20170829itt-deadlines.html

Congress Fails Medicare Patients and Their Physicians

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/congress_fails_medicare_patients_their.html

Congress Needs to Hear From FPs -- Here's Your Chance

AAFP President-elect John Cullen, M.D., reports from Capitol Hill, where the Academy's Board of Directors recently had dozens of meetings with legislators and congressional staff.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180302lv-hillvisits.html

Congress of Delegates and Scientific Assembly: A Week to Remember

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/a_week_to_remember.html

Congress' Inaction Threatens Family Medicine Training

The future of the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program -- and more than 700 residency slots -- is unclear because Congress has failed to address long-term funding.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180129lv-thcgme.html

Congressional Recess Offers Opportunity to Advocate at Home

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/congressional_recess_offers_opportunity_to.html

Connecting Family Physicians to Communities in Need

Without Congressional action, funding for the National Health Service Corps is scheduled to end on Sept. 30. AAFP Vice President for Advocacy and Practice Advancement Shawn Martin outlines the benefits of the program, which currently has 9,000 physicians, dentists, and other primary ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/connecting_family_physicians_to_communities.html

Could Better Coping Skills Curb Rampant Drug Use?

A record number of Americans died of drug overdoses in 2015. Venis Wilder, M.D., ponders how family physicians can help.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20171030fp-coping.html

Could Self Care or Telehealth Curb Overuse of Health Care?

More Americans now have health insurance, but there is a still a physician shortage. Natasha Bhuyan, M.D., ponders solutions to overconsumption of health care.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/could_self_care_or_telehealth.html

Countdown to Zero

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/countdown_to_zero.html

Country in Crisis: Addressing our Addiction Epidemic

The AAFP is working with Congress and federal agencies to address the nation's growing drug addiction epidemic while ensuring that family physicians are able to care for patients in a manner that is free of unnecessary regulatory burdens. Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/country_in_crisis_addressing_our.html

COVID-19 Shows What Is Truly Valuable in Health Care

The financial burden that the COVID-19 pandemic has put on family physicians must be addressed as a threat to the very foundation of the U.S. health care system, Brent Sugimoto, M.D., M.P.H., A.A.H.I.V.S., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200423lv-familymedicinevalue.html

COVID-19: FP Searches for Supplies, Information and Lessons

As COVID-19 spreads across the country, Allison Edwards, M.D., describes the difficulty and frustration of preparing for the pandemic in this Fresh Perspectives blog post.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200320fp-ppesearch.html

COVID-19: Lessons Learned So Far

In his latest In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior VP for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers three key observations on family medicine and the pandemic.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200428itt-covidlessons.html

COVID-19: The AAFP Is Working to Keep You Informed, Prepared

As COVID-19 spreads, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin offers an update on the resources the Academy is making available and the steps it is taking to help family physicians prepare for the pandemic.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200317itt-covidefforts.html

COVID-19: Two Sides of the Looking Glass

In this Fresh Perspectives blog post, MaryAnn Dakkak, M.D., M.S.P.H., relates the complex experience of being both a physician treating patients who are COVID-19-positive and a relative of a patient with COVID-19.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200527fp-lookingglass.html

CPC+ Holds Plenty of Potential for FPs

The CMS Comprehensive Primary Care Plus program (CPC+) may bring great benefit to family physicians. AAFP Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin writes that realizing that potential requires a high number of family physicians apply to the program ...

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/cpc_holds_plenty_of_potential.html

CPC+ Laying Groundwork for Value-based Payment

Nearly 3,000 primary care practices and 50 payers in more than a dozen states and regions are participating in a pilot that aims to deliver better care for patients and better pay for practices.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/cpc_laying_groundwork_for_value.html

Crackdown on Undocumented Immigrants Poses Broad Health Risks

Increased enforcement of immigration laws is affecting the health of undocumented immigrants and may have unintended consequences for others, too.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/crackdown_on_undocumented_immigrants_poses.html