• FEATURES

    The Inbox Clinician: An Agile Member of the Care Team

    EMILY LINES, RACHEL RODRIGUEZ, AIMEE ENGLISH, SEAN OSER

    Having a team member whose time is split 50-50 between inbox cross coverage and acute care can reduce physician burden while increasing patient access.

    Saving Lives Through QI: Improving Blood Pressure Control in Primary Care

    MARK SHAFFER, EMILY RIDLEY, STACEY HASTINGS, TISHA BOSTON, SIDNEY EARLEY

    An organized approach to quality improvement, with active physician engagement, led to an estimated 130 lives saved at 10 offices. Here's how they did it.

    Five Trauma-Informed Communication Strategies to Improve Patient Interactions

    RACHEL FIORE, PETER DEBLIEUX, SANDY HYATT

    These evidence-based strategies can help you understand your patients' context so you can better care for and empower them.

    Cybersecurity Preparedness and Resiliency in a Family Medicine Clinic

    MARSHALL FRIEDEN, ISABEL STRAW, NICOLAS KAHL, NATHAN YUNG, GRANT MADDEN, CHRISTIAN DAMEFF, JEFFREY TULLY

    With ransomware attacks increasingly targeting health care institutions, practices must protect themselves by developing a cybersecurity response plan.

    FROM THE EDITOR

    A Day in the Life of a Family Physician

    JAMES DOMDERA

    If you've seen one family physician's schedule, you've seen … one.

    OPINION

    The Gender Pay Gap in Medicine: Current Efforts to Address an Age-Old Problem

    YALDA JABBARPOUR

    Why do women in family medicine earn approximately 16% less than men, and what can be done to narrow the gap?

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    Special Edition: Counting E/M Data

    CINDY HUGHES

    Review of multiple records from one source | Review of external notes and included test results | Review of data for tests ordered outside a visit

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    Practice Pearls

    Leverage summaries for Medicare wellness visits | Make conflict productive | Ask FPM: Negotiating payment with a new employer

    THE LAST WORD

    Harm-Reduction Methods to Prevent Tragedies Related to Substance Use Disorder

    SAIGE BREE GREENWELL, JOEL PANTHAPPATTU

    Each life saved gives our patients another chance to overcome addiction.

    SPONSORED CONTENT

    Family Physicians: Leaders in Whole Health

    HANNAH LUETKE-STAHLMAN, JORDAN MALONE, RYAN LESTER, KAREN JOHNSON

    Family physicians have cared for their patients’ whole health for as long as the specialty has existed, and research now recognizes the importance of this approach. Can it be leveraged into payment and training changes?

    Blood Biomarkers and Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

    DEANNA R. WILLIS, DIANA SUMMANWAR , JARED R. BROSCH

    Early detection of cognitive impairment through key blood biomarkers can improve patient care by enabling timely interventions, treatment, and support.

    A Practical Approach to Evaluating Cognition in Primary Care

    JAQUELINE RAETZ , BARAK GASTER

    Amid the growing number of patients with cognitive concerns, primary care needs a structured approach for evaluation. This validated, six-step process is backed by evidence.



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