Articles
The Nurse Closer: Using Nonclinician Staff to Make Patient Visits More Efficient
With a little training, nurses can wrap up the patient visit, reducing errors, improving patient satisfaction, and freeing up time for providers.
Communication Tips for Caring for Survivors of Sexual Assault
You can support your patients' recovery from sexual assault by interacting with them in an empowering, compassionate manner.
A New Approach to New Physician Orientation: Six Key Components
In an era of patient-centered medical homes and value-based care, the old approach to physician orientation just doesn't cut it.
How to Identify, Understand, and Unlearn Implicit Bias in Patient Care
Taking steps to recognize and correct unconscious assumptions toward groups can promote health equity.
From the Editor
Introducing FPM's New Medical Editor
We welcome Sarina Schrager, MD, MS, to the FPM editorial team.
Focusing on the Patient and Physician Experience
Let FPM help you take care of your patients and find the joy in practice.
Opinion
In Support of Buprenorphine Deregulation
Family physicians should join the fight to remove limits on prescribing buprenorphine for opioid use disorder.
Coding & Documentation
CODING & DOCUMENTATION
USING THE NEW CHRONIC CARE MANAGEMENT CODE | PESSARY CARE | DOCUMENTING AN INTERVAL HISTORY
Practice Pearls
PRACTICE PEARLS
REDUCE TIME SPENT DOING OTHER PHYSICIANS' PAPERWORK | SEND PREVENTIVE SERVICE REMINDERS ACCORDING TO BIRTH MONTHS | HELP PUT PATIENTS AT EASE DURING VISITS | IDENTIFY PATIENTS' UNMET SOCIAL NEEDS TO FACILITATE REFERRALS
The Last Word
Why I Don't Share Patients
Health care is fragmented enough, so why would we want to fragment it even more?
Funded Educational Content
Adolescent Vaccination: Protect Their Future
Strategies to improve your adolescent patients’ immunizations.