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  • FEATURES

    Incivility in Health Care: Strategies for De-escalating Troubling Encounters

    AMARYLLIS SÁNCHEZ WOHLEVER

    With rudeness, discrimination, and violence on the rise, how do we take care of our patients while protecting ourselves?

    The Feasibility of Screening for Social Determinants of Health: Seven Lessons Learned

    HEATHER BLEACHER, COREY LYON, LOGAN MIMS, KATHY CEBUHAR, ANOWARA BEGUM

    If addressing patients' social needs sounds overwhelming, the results of this pilot project might surprise you.

    How to Use Group Visits to Manage Obesity

    MAGNOLIA LARSON

    Clinic and community resources combine to support patients in this unique group-visit model.

    Scope of Practice: Reclaiming Young Patient Care

    SUMANA REDDY, JAYDEEP MAHASAMUDRAM

    Caring for the whole family is a defining aspect of family medicine, yet many physicians have stopped seeing young patients. Here's why and how to welcome them back.

    FROM THE EDITOR

    Keeping It Fresh

    Sarina Schrager

    Variety in our daily work may be a way to improve care and satisfaction with practicing medicine.

    OPINION

    Beyond Burnout: Addressing System-Induced Distress

    JAY WINNER, CLIF KNIGHT

    To describe the current phenomenon, we need a better term that puts the blame where it belongs and reminds us that the problem is responsive to multiple treatment strategies.

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    CINDY HUGHES

    “ESTABLISHED” VS. “NEW” PATIENT CODES | OFFICE VISITS FOR IMMUNIZATION | ADVANCE CARE PLANNING AND TIME

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    Yu-Chien Kuo, Kurtis Elward, Lauren Murphy Ott

    CHECK FOR FRACTURES WITH YOUR PHONE | TWO WAYS TO BETTER HANDLE TRANSITIONAL CARE MANAGEMENT | ENSURE PATIENTS' PROPER USE OF NASAL SPRAYS | SCHEDULE A ‘HAPPY HOUR’ TO SHARE EHR TIPS

    THE LAST WORD

    Three Essential Skills for a Doctor That I Learned From an After-School Job as a Youth

    SAMANTHA PLASNER

    The most unlikely of past experiences can shape who we are as physicians.



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