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    Patient Electronic Messaging: 12 Tips to Save Time

    ELIZABETH BALTARO, WENDY HENDERSON, KAREN M. GOLDSTEIN

    Electronic messaging has the potential to improve care and strengthen patient relationships, but without clear expectations and boundaries, it also has the potential to erode worklife balance for clinicians.

    A Team-Based Approach to Electronic In-Basket Optimization

    ANGELA GALLEGOS-MACIAS, MANUEL D. PINO

    Shifting from an individual physician in-basket to a team-based in-basket pool can reduce physician clerical work and restore joy in practice.

    Managing Long-Term Opioid Therapy With Less Stress

    LEE RADOSH

    Relationships with patients on long-term opioids for chronic pain can be fulfilling rather than frustrating if physicians employ these strategies.

    Riding the Wave: Seven Steps to Scheduling Success

    CHRISTINE A. SINSKY

    Traditional scheduling can set physicians up for failure and frustration. Here’s a better way.

    FROM THE EDITOR

    On Grief, Family, and Family Medicine

    JAMES DOMDERA

    Some of our professional skills don’t work well when it’s family.

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    Coding & Documentation

    CINDY HUGHES

    AGE-APPROPRIATE FORGETFULNESS | REPORTING NORMAL TEST RESULTS | VISION SCREENING DURING CHILD’S ROUTINE EXAM

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    Practice Pearls

    HELP PATIENTS GET A LONGER SUPPLY OF MEDS PRE-TRAVEL | DE-ADOPT THE REVIEW OF SYSTEMS | HAVE PATIENTS COMPLETE SCREENINGS BEFORE VISITS

    THE LAST WORD

    A Codependency Mindset in Medicine: Etiology, Manifestations, and Ways Ahead

    DANIEL J. FRASCA

    Those affected by codependency are often described as hard-working, determined, and selfless, which could describe most physicians.

    SUPPLEMENT

    Improving Adult Immunization Rates Within Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities

    AMRISH PATEL, AMRA RESIC, DENÉE MOORE

    Part 2: Communication Strategies and Overcoming Vaccine Myths, Misinformation, and Barriers



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