July/August 2019

Features

The Nurse Closer: Using Nonclinician Staff to Make Patient Visits More Efficient

Christine M. Fisher; Bryan R. Brady; Rhiannon Maier; Jordan Gabel; Danielle Windholz

Communication Tips for Caring for Survivors of Sexual Assault

Michelle D. Sherman; Stephanie Hooker; Anne Doering; Linda Walther

A New Approach to New Physician Orientation: Six Key Components

Wendy Henderson; Mary Parker; Anna Rutherford; Brian P. Hayes

How to Identify, Understand, and Unlearn Implicit Bias in Patient Care

Jennifer Y. C. Edgoose; Michelle Quiogue; Kartik Sidhar

Departments

From the Editor

Introducing FPM’s New Medical Editor - Free Full Text
Leigh Ann Backer

Focusing on the Patient and Physician Experience - Free Full Text
Sarina B. Schrager

Opinion

In Support of Buprenorphine Deregulation - Free Full Text
Richard C. Waters

Supplement

Adolescent Vaccination: Protect Their Future - Free Full Text

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

Coding & Documentation

• Using the new chronic care management code • Pessary care • Documenting an interval history

The Last Word

Why I Don’t Share Patients
Sanford J. Brown

About the CME Quiz

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