Reference Committee on Practice Enhancement Agenda and Resolutions
...14. Resolution No. 5014 Developing Point of Care Ultrasound Education and Resources for Practicing Family Physicians Resolution NO. 5001 1 2 Family Medicine Surgical and Non-surgical Obstetrical Privileges 3 4 Submitted by: Katherine Patterson, MD, FAAFP, LGBT 5 Shannon...
Events
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/alf_ncsc/business/19PracticeEnhancementReferenceCommitteeAgenda.pdf
duluth-2020-categorical-poe.pdf
...You are not required to fill out eight separate entries. Certain programs can be combined into one entry. For example, National Primary Care Week Celebration can be one programming entry, and you can describe the week’s activities and how they fit into that initiative. Questions...
Med School and Residency
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/medical_education_residency/fmig/poe_awards/2020/duluth-2020-categorical-poe.pdf
Reducing Risks for Patient Receiving Warfarin -- Family Practice Management
...Think small Samantha Pozner, MD, a family physician in Springfield, N.J., cares for only a handful of patients on warfarin at any one time in her two-physician practice, so expensive, high-tech solutions weren’t viable options. Instead, she created her own low-cost track- ing system...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0700/fpm20020700p35.pdf
afp20100701p43.pdf
...Care of the Returning Veteran JEFFREY D. QUINLAN, MD, Navy Medicine Support Command, Jacksonville, Florida MICHAEL R. GAURON, MD, Mike O’Callaghan Federal Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada BRUCE R. DESCHERE, MD, Naval Hospital Pensacola...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2010/0701/afp20100701p43.pdf
afp20191101p544.pdf
...to the U.S. Census Bureau.1 Most veterans receive care exclusively from family physicians or coopera- tively with the Veterans Health Administration or military treatment facility, although more than one-half receive care only from the civilian sector.2 Eligibility for benefits is...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/1101/afp20191101p544.pdf
How to Prepare for and Survive a Violent Patient Encounter
...U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 70 percent of all workplace assaults occur in the health care and social services industry.3 Reasons for this include feel- ings that health care services have become more impersonal, longer wait times, unmet patient expectations, increased...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/1100/fpm20181100p5.pdf
afp20210315p334.pdf
...Lown Right Care Reducing Overuse and Underuse Helping Ambivalent Patients Make Healthy Decisions About COVID-19 Alan Glaseroff, MD, Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford, California Ann Lindsay, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0315/afp20210315p334.pdf
Acute Kidney Injury: A Guide to Diagnosis and Management
...kidney injury is two to three cases per 1,000 persons.3 Seven percent of hospitalized patients and about two-thirds of patients in intensive care units develop acute kidney injury,2 often as part of the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.4 Acute kidney injury is associated with...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/1001/afp20121001p631.pdf
fpm20161100p14.pdf
...challenges in today’s health care environment, the importance of leadership from family physicians cannot be understated. Influencing policy, trail-blazing new practice models, helping to shift the focus from health care to health, leading effective care teams in clinics, or...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/1100/fpm20161100p14.pdf
Nonpharmacologic Management of Chronic Insomnia
December 15, 2016 Scientific
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/1215/afp20151215p1058.pdf
afp20190415p476.pdf
...beyond the clinical setting. A previous editorial in American Family Physician explained how community vital signs can be used in patient care to address social determinants of health (SDOH).1 SDOH are contextual environmental factors that can give rise to health inequity; they...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0415/afp20190415p476.pdf
Microsoft PowerPoint - Escobar - FM_Disasters.pptx
...The Role of the Family Medicine Physician in Disasters: Bridging the Gap with GloCal Care Shaunna L. Escobar, MD, MPH, CPH, MHL Disclosures I have nothing to disclose 2 Objectives 1. Discover the resources of the ICS (Incident Command System) 2. Recognize...
Events
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/events/global_health/2020-ghs-breakouts/Escobar%20-%20FM_Disasters.pdf
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
October 15, 2017:Date xx, xxxx
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/1015/afp20171015p515.pdf
Practice Pearls
...Break the rules for better patient care Medical practices have many rules governing patient care, ranging from treatment protocols and HIPAA requirements to room- ing procedures. These rules are typically designed to make your practice operate smoothly and protect patients,...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/fpm20171100p35.pdf
Winnable Battles: Family Physicians Play an Essential
...in the United States, and family physicians are uniquely positioned to address these issues. This highlights a need for transforming primary care practices and teams to systematize the recognition and management of unhealthy behaviors, and for alter- native payment models that...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0601/afp20140601p872.pdf
afp20180215p232.pdf
...Voluntary Value Program (VVP). Commissioners said MIPS is too flawed to achieve CMS’ goals of reducing overall costs and improving patient care. They were concerned that because MIPS allows physicians to select the quality measures they want to be graded on, there is little basis...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0215/afp20180215p232.pdf
fpm20070900p32.pdf
...one. Instead, they’re stuck trying to adapt to a generic office footprint, and the space is rarely optimized for the delivery of primary care. However, there are things medical practices can do to make the best out of a tough situation. As a practice enhancement facilitator at...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0900/fpm20070900p32.pdf
Family Practice Management
...progressive Family care was inundated for years with patient complaints about excessive wait times. A reflective adaptive process (RAp) team discussion revealed that blood draws were overloading the clinical support staff and causing seri- ous backups in the schedule, frustrating...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0300/fpm20100300p31.pdf
Implementing Advanced Access in a Group Practice Network -- Family Practice Management
...Primary care practices face numerous challenges on their way to improving patient access. Patients compare the service they receive in health care to the service they receive in other industries and expect equivalent convenience. Since patients are increas- ingly likely to choose or...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0500/fpm20040500p35.pdf
fpm20071100p29.pdf
...T he number of patients a physician can effectively care for is not unlimited. Having a panel of manageable size promotes higher quality care by enabling physicians to see their patients in a timely manner without inevitably off-loading them to other providers, which can reduce...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/1100/fpm20071100p29.pdf
afp20180601p700.pdf
...Original Article: Preventive Health Care for Women Who Have Sex with Women Issue Date: March 1, 2017 Available online at: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0301/p314. html To the Editor: I appreciated this timely article, but the authors neglect to mention a crucial element of...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0601/afp20180601p700.pdf
afp20180601p702a.pdf
...Original Article: Preventive Health Care for Women Who Have Sex with Women Issue Date: March 1, 2017 Available online at: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0301/p314. html To the Editor: I appreciated this timely article, but the authors neglect to mention a crucial element of...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0601/afp20180601p702a.pdf
afp20180601p703.pdf
...Original Article: Preventive Health Care for Women Who Have Sex with Women Issue Date: March 1, 2017 Available online at: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0301/p314. html To the Editor: I appreciated this timely article, but the authors neglect to mention a crucial element of...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0601/afp20180601p703.pdf
Primary Brain Tumors in Adults: Diagnosis and Treatment
Date xx, xxxx Scientific
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0201/afp20160201p211.pdf
fpm20151100p13.pdf
...the work life of physicians to help them avoid burnout is such an important goal that researchers are now calling it the fourth aim of health care, next to improving population health, enhancing the patient experience, and reducing costs.1 Clearly, it’s a big deal. ➤ © R O B...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/1100/fpm20151100p13.pdf
Complications of Adjustable Gastric Banding Surgery for Obesity
...Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding has several typical complications, and family physicians should recognize these as part of a team-based approach to the management of obesity. Gastric band slippage, port or tubing malfunction, stomal obstruction, band erosion, pouch dilation,...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0515/afp20140515p813.pdf
Initial Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulim<FEFF>ia ...
Date xx, xxxx Scientific
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0101/afp20150101p46.pdf
How to Lead Up in Your Organization
...About the Author Dr. Franko is the senior academic chair of primary care and chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte, N.C. Author disclosure: no relevant financial affiliations disclosed. Downloaded from the Family Practice...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/1100/fpm20171100p6.pdf
afp20180501p558.pdf
...EveryONE Project Unveils Team-Based Tools To help family physicians modify their practices to better address patients’ social determinants of health, the Every- ONE Project from the AAFP has released a toolkit and implementation guide that focus on a team-based approach. Social...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0501/afp20180501p558.pdf
afp20200915p332.pdf
...pain and multisystem illness should have symptoms eval- uated based on clinical judgment and be treated with a collaborative, team-based approach, including a behavioral health specialist. Vet- erans with suspected posttraumatic stress dis- order should undergo diagnostic evaluation...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0915/afp20200915p332.pdf
fpm20170900p6.pdf
...no (those who have declined for reasons we have yet to explore). After eight years of working together, we have developed a team-based routine that has improved our efficiency and effectiveness in getting our patients vaccinated. The nurse’s role: Setting the stage I (Crues)...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0900/fpm20170900p6.pdf
afp20180315p372.pdf
...Academy of Family Physicians. Clinical practice guidelines: hypertension in adults over 60. January 2017. https://www.aafp.org/ patient-care/clinical-recommendations/all/hypertension-over-60. html. Accessed January 18, 2018. 11. Qaseem A, Wilt TJ, Rich R, et al. Pharmacologic...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0315/afp20180315p372.pdf
Epilepsy: Treatment Options
July 15, 2017
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0715/afp20170715p87.pdf
Refractive Eye Surgery: Helping Patients Make Informed Decisions About LASIK
May 15, 2017:Date xx, xxxx
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0515/afp20170515p637.pdf
Shoulder Dystocia - American Family Physician
...S houlder dystocia is one of the most anxiety-provoking emergen- cies encountered by physicians practicing maternity care. Typi- cally defined as a delivery in which additional maneuvers are required to deliver the fetus after normal gentle downward trac- tion has failed,...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2004/0401/afp20040401p1707.pdf