FPs See How Much Continuity of Care Matters
A recent analysis in BMJ found that continuity of care decreases mortality. John Meigs, M.D., shares a recent example of why that's the case.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180709lv-continuity.html
Why Am I a Family Physician? Because FPs Are the 'Real Docs'
Why family medicine? In this Leader Voices Blog post, Leonard Reeves, M.D., makes the case for students to choose the specialty and for policymakers to invest more in it.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180803lv-fmchoice.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
Why Does Equal Pay for Equal Work Still Elude Us?
The compensation gap between male and female physicians is widening. AAFP President Michael Munger, M.D., writes that this inequity is inexcusable and must end.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180907lv-genderpaygap.html
Opportunities to Lead Are at Hand. Seize Them!
As his 10 years of service on the AAFP Board of Directors come to a close, John Meigs, M.D., reflects on his experience in this Leader Voices Blog post and calls for others to follow him.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181001lv-leadership.html
We Shouldn't Have to Struggle to Put Patients First
U.S. hospital care costs exceeded $1 trillion last year. In this Leader Voices Blog post, Leonard Reeves, M.D. -- a bargain newborn in 1954 at $43.45 -- says the industrial approach to medicine must change.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181019lv-patientsfirst.html
What Do Women Think? If You Only Knew …
Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., ponders how the workplace might improve if men better understood a woman's perspective.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181031lv-women.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
Minorities Are Underrepresented in Clinical Trials
Ada Stewart, M.D., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that an analysis of clinical drug trials found that certain minority groups are underrepresented, even when the medications being researched are intended to treat diseases that disproportionately affect them.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181204lv-clinicaltrials.html
All I Want for Christmas Is a Better Health Care System
Leonard Reeves, M.D., is on our nice list. In this Leader Voices Blog post, he shares what's on his Christmas wish list for family physicians and their patients.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181219lv-christmaslist.html
FPs and Vasectomies: Help Your Patients Make a 'Snip' Decision
Vasectomy is a quick, easy procedure that can be performed in the primary care setting. AAFP President John Cullen, M.D., questions why more men aren't willing to take that step.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181113lv-vasectomy.html
Physician Leaders Can't Wait for Squeaks to Turn Into Clunks
Gary LeRoy, M.D., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that the AAFP must listen to its members' urgent concerns while also pursuing the long-term needs of family medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190102lv-listening.html
Our Health Care System Is Sick
The U.S. health care system focuses more on care of the sick than prevention. Leonard Reeves, M.D., writes that even our sick care is less than ideal.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190128lv-sickcare.html
Shift Health System's Focus From Profit to Prevention
Leonard Reeves, M.D., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that a single-payer system reserved for primary care would put the focus on keeping people healthy rather than on treating illness.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190221lv-change.html
High-deductible Plans Give 'Prevention' a New Meaning
Robert Raspa, M.D., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that high-deductible plans are causing patients to delay needed care, which leads to more costly urgent care later.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190401lv-hdhp.html
Helping Others Just Might Help You, Too
Whether you call it physician burnout or moral injury, Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that volunteering is one of her strategies for preventing the condition.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190408lv-volunteer.html
Why Is Compassion So Important? Just Ask This Patient
Family physicians know all about giving their patients compassionate care. In this Leader Voices Blog post, Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., shares the story of what happened when an ER team missed the mark.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190507lv-ervisit.html
Weight of New 'M.D.' Carries Rewarding Responsibility
Newly graduated family physician Chandler Stisher, M.D., M.P.H., reflects on what the two new letters after his name mean for him, his patients and his community.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190529lv-graduation.html
FPs Should Lead: Thoughts on an Executive Career Path
James Ellzy, M.D., writes that health care could use more family physicians in executive roles. He offers tips for those interested in administration.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190611lv-physicianexecs.html
Global Health: FPs Care for Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere
Family physicians' broad training allows them to provide care for anyone, anytime, anywhere. That, writes Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., in this Leader Voices Blog post, is why family docs are ideally suited to offer global health care.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190627lv-globalhealth.html
We Can't Leave Health Care Policies to Chance
In this Leader Voices Blog post, AAFP President-elect Gary LeRoy, M.D., reflects on a recent visit to the New Jersey AFP's annual meeting and the need for quality measures that make sense.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190712lv-boardwalk.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
For New Intern, the Future Is Challenging -- and Bright
In this Leader Voices Blog post, recent medical school graduate Chandler Stisher, M.D., shares the challenges of transitioning from student to intern as well as his excitement for what lies ahead.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190904lv-newintern.html
Steering Family Medicine Through Storm Toward Sunlight
In this Leader Voices Blog post, AAFP President John Cullen, M.D., recaps his year as president and the work the Academy is doing on issues of importance to family physicians.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190924lv-cullenyear.html
Hitting the Road to Hear Your Stories, Find Solutions
New AAFP President Gary LeRoy, M.D., says in this Leader Voices Blog post that he is eager to meet fellow Academy members where they are, hear their stories and work together to find solutions to the problems they face.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190925lv-leroylistening.html