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AFP Resource Helps FPs Implement Choosing Wisely Recommendations

New Search Tool Can Help FPs Quickly Locate Specific Recommendations

January 28, 2014 11:32 am — In April 2012, the AAFP joined eight other medical specialty organizations in signing on to the Choosing Wisely campaign, a national initiative spearheaded by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation and designed to improve patient care while reducing possible harms from unnecessary tests and procedures.

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Upcoming Virtual Town Hall

Make Your Voice Heard During FFM 2.0 Virtual Town Hall

01/22/2014 — As family medicine continues the process of examining the challenges and opportunities that face the specialty today and defining a path forward in the context of a rapidly changing health care landscape, your voice is keenly important. An upcoming series of virtual town hall meetings being convened as part of the Family Medicine for America's Health: Future of Family Medicine 2.0 project will give you a chance to add your voice to this crucial discussion.

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New Year, New Health Benefits

Ensure Patients Take Advantage of New ACA Benefits

01/07/2014 — If you haven't made a new year's resolution yet, here's one you might want to think about: Make sure your patients get all the new preventive services they're entitled to under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As of Jan. 1, the ACA requires insurance plans to cover a wide range of clinical preventive services without any cost-sharing measures, such as copays or coinsurance.

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AAFP National Research Network

Study Will Look at Shared Decision-making in Managing Menopausal Symptoms

12/11/2013 — The AAFP National Research Network is recruiting practices to participate in a research project designed to evaluate a patient-centered, shared decision-making intervention that involves managing menopausal symptoms in women ages 45-65. The project is slated to include 12 primary care practices that use an electronic health record system and have a wireless Internet connection patients can readily access.

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