What can a care team coordinator do for you?
In some practices coordinators lighten the load by taking on administrative and clinical duties so physicians can focus on patients.
Family Practice Management : FPM
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/care_team_coordinators.html
99213 or 99214? Three Tips for Navigating the Coding Conundrum -- FPM
Aug 1, 2018 - Here’s how to quickly identify whether you’re on the path to a 99214 versus a 99213.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0700/p5.html
APC-APM for Delivering Patient-Centered, Longitudinal, and Coordinated Care
Proposal to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee regarding the Advanced Primary Care: A Foundational Alternative Payment Model (APC-APM) for Delivering Patient-Centered, Longitudinal, and Coordinated Care
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/payment/apms/PR-PTAC-APC-APM-41417.pdf
Improving Blood Pressure Control With Strategic Workflows -- FPM
Jun 1, 2016 - Setting a goal, identifying the right patients, and implementing team care can help bring hypertension under control.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0500/p23.html
Family Medicine Cares USA Supports Free Medical Clinics
The AAFP Foundation's Family Medicine Cares USA program awards grants to free health clinics in the United States to help purchase needed medical equipment.
AAFP News : Practice and Career
https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20180419fmcusa.html
Patient Care
AAFP News' Patient Care section features stories on preventive care services, community and public health, patient care protocols and more.
AAFP News : Patient Care
https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public.html
Don’t Return to Your Silo
MaryAnn Dakkak, M.D., M.S.P.H., writes that COVID-19 has broken down silos in health care, and the collaborative approach should continue after the pandemic ends.
AAFP News : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20210107fp-silos.html
SHOTS 2014 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2014 - SHOTS 2014 enables health care professionals to review immunization schedules and readily answer vaccine questions at the point of care.
Family Practice Management : SPPACES: App Reviews
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/1100/p31.html
Engaging Patients in Collaborative Care Plans -- FPM
Jun 1, 2013 - This important self-management support strategy can produce quality outcomes for your patients and your practice.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2013/0500/p35.html
Anorexia In the Time of COVID
Disordered eating has increased dramatically during the pandemic. Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., offers an example of virtual visits and team-based care that’s making a difference.
AAFP News : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20201217fp-anorexia.html
The Nurse Closer: Using Nonclinician Staff to Make Patient Visits More Efficient -- FPM
Aug 1, 2019 - With a little training, nurses can wrap up the patient visit, reducing errors, improving patient satisfaction, and freeing up time for providers.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0700/p13.html
Health Care Professionals, Family Physician Training With
Learn AAFP's support of the training of family medicine residents in collaborative teams with non-physicians.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations : Policies
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/health-care-professionals.html
The Need for Systems of Care and a Trauma-Informed Approach to Intimate Partner ...
Jun 1, 2018 - ...The Need for Systems of Care and a Trauma-Informed Approach to Intimate Partner Violence Am Fam Physician. 2018 Jun 1;97(11):online. Original Article: Intimate Partner Violence Issue Date: October 15, 2016 Available online at: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/1015/p646.html To the...
American Family Physician : Letter
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2018/0601/ol1.html
Seven Habits for Reducing Work After Clinic -- FPM
Jun 1, 2019 - Imagine shutting your office door at the end of the day and not having any work that you need to take home. These shifts in practice can help you reclaim your time.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0500/p10.html
Pharmacists (Position Paper)
Read the AAFP's position paper on the role of pharmacists in high-quality health care.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations : Policies
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/pharmacists.html
Three Building Blocks for Improving Access to Care -- FPM
Oct 1, 2013 - Your efforts to give patients same-day appointments won't succeed until you address three critical issues.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2013/0900/p12.html
The EveryONE Project Unveils Team-based Resources
To help family physicians modify their practices to better address their patients' social determinants of health, The AAFP's The EveryONE Project has released its latest toolkit and implementation guide.
AAFP News : Patient Care
https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20180406everyoneteam-based.html
Chronic Kidney Disease in Diabetes: Guidelines from KDIGO - Practice Guidelines - ...
Jun 1, 2021 - The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) group, an international organization dedicated to nephrology clinical practice guidelines, has developed a new guideline for management of diabetes with chronic kidney disease.
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2021/0601/p698.html
Advancing Multidisciplinary Team Care -- FPM
Aug 1, 2013 - A novel approach to treating patients with eating disorders may be a model for those with other complex conditions.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2013/0700/p8.html
Caring for Olympic Team a Golden Opportunity
Allyson Howe, M.D., wanted a career that included caring for athletes. She achieved that goal as the head physician for the Olympic champion U.S. women's hockey team.
AAFP News : Family Doc Focus
https://www.aafp.org/news/family-doc-focus/20180521fdf-howe.html
Nonpharmacologic Management of Chronic Insomnia - American Family Physician
Dec 15, 2015 - Insomnia affects 10% to 30% of the population with a total cost of $92.5 to $107.5 billion annually. Short-term, chronic, and other types of insomnia are the three major categories according to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, 3rd ed. The criteria for diagnosis are ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/1215/p1058.html
FMLA Does Not Need to Be a Four-Letter Word -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - These tips can help you complete FMLA paperwork quickly and accurately.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p12.html
Practical Ways to Manage Your EHR Inbox -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - These 10 tips can help reduce your workload during and after clinic, so you can focus on what matters most.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p27.html
Tasks your nurse could be doing to boost practice productivity
How to expand the roles of your care team registered nurses to help the practice serve more patients and increase revenue.
Family Practice Management : FPM
https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/team_care_RNs.html
Swing and a Miss: Do Quality Measures Have Dubious Value?
With trends pointing to an emphasis on team-based care, Kyle Jones, M.D., questions the rationale for quality measures that focus on individual physicians.
AAFP News : Fresh Perspectives: New Docs in Practice | AAFP News Blog : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/swing_and_a_miss_do.html
Poverty and Health - The Family Medicine Perspective (Position Paper)
Find out the ways in which the American Academy of Family Physicians transforms health care to achieve optimal health for everyone.
About AAFP |AAFP Policies and Recommendations : Policies
https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/poverty-health.html
A Toolkit for Clinicians Rounding in Long-Term Care Facilities -- FPM
Dec 1, 2012 - A lack of appropriate bedside equipment can impede thorough clinical evaluations, but this can be easily remedied.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/1100/p14.html
AAFP Recommendations to President Biden on Building A Robust Primary Care Workforce - ...
The AAFP sent a letter to the Biden administration detailing recommendations to strengthen the primary care workforce by recruiting and retaining new family medicine physicians.
Advocacy
https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/workforce/gme/LT-WhiteHouse-AAFPRecommendationsPrimaryCareWorkforce-012921.pdf
Practice and Career
This AAFP News section features stories on professional issues that affect how family physicians run their practices and design their work teams to offer high-quality health care.
AAFP News : Practice and Career
https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues.html
Two Habits of a Healthy Team: Managing Conflict and Practicing Gratitude -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - Most teams try to avoid conflict, yet can’t stop focusing on the negative. Healthy teams do the opposite.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p11.html
Physician Burnout and Stress While Interacting with Patients - Curbside Consultation - ...
Nov 1, 2019 - Physicians, especially family physicians, face multiple stressors in modern medicine that can lead to disillusionment and burnout, which occur when the reality of practicing medicine does not match physicians' previous naive expectations.
American Family Physician : Curbside Consultation
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/1101/p537.html
ALSO Armed Forces
AAFP's Advanced Learning Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) is an approved option for the Department of Defense-mandated training for staff involved in the provision of military maternity care and meets all requirements of the program.
CME : Programs
https://www.aafp.org/cme/programs/also/armed-forces.html
Hold an ALSO Course | AAFP
Bring the very best training opportunity to maternity care providers in your area when you hold an Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Course. Begin the process here.
CME : Programs
https://www.aafp.org/cme/programs/also/hold.html
Social Determinants of Health: Family Physicians’ Leadership Role - Editorials - ...
Apr 15, 2019 - Family physicians can be early adopters of SDOH tools and models for practice, and they can advocate for use of these tools across systems of care.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0415/p476.html
Can Design Thinking Improve Health Care for Patients, Physicians?
Design thinking requires decision-makers to empathize with, and test potential solutions with, users and stakeholders. Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., shares insights from a crash course on the process.
AAFP News : Fresh Perspectives: New Docs in Practice | AAFP News Blog : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190205fp-designthinking.html
Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) | AAFP
AAFP's Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) is an evidence-based multidisciplinary training program that prepares maternity health care providers to better manage obstetric emergencies.
CME : Programs
https://www.aafp.org/cme/programs/also.html
Ten EHR Strategies for Efficient Documentation -- FPM
Aug 1, 2020 - Applying even one of these 10 strategies can help you reduce frustration, improve productivity, and get home earlier.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0700/p5.html
Coding Common Respiratory Problems in ICD-10 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2014 - Once you understand a few peculiarities, you'll be ready to code common diseases of the respiratory system.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/1100/p17.html
It's Time to Go RAFing -- FPM
Apr 1, 2018 - What you don’t know about risk-adjustment factor scores could cost you.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0300/p5.html
HIPAA: Answers to Your Frequently Asked Questions -- FPM
Apr 1, 2018 - Does your organization interpret HIPAA too strictly, too loosely, or just right? Find out with these FAQs.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0300/p12.html
Collaboration Improves Patient Outcomes, Lowers Cost
Researchers found that an interprofessional collaborative practice model used in an ambulatory care center led to better care, lower costs and greater clinician satisfaction.
AAFP News : Practice and Career
https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20190904annalscollaboration.html
The Right-Sized Patient Panel: A Practical Way to Make Adjustments for Acuity and ...
Dec 1, 2019 - Do you have the right number of patients on your panel? Here’s a process and a spreadsheet for calculating and adjusting your panel based on actual patient behavior.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/1100/p23.html
How to Help Your Patients Choose Wisely -- FPM
Aug 1, 2015 - Steer patients away from inappropriate and overused procedures that can diminish health care.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0700/p28.html
Practice Pearls - Nov-Dec 2019 -- FPM
Dec 1, 2019 - Liven up your exam rooms | Be prepared for last-minute gynecologic exams | Use nudges to encourage behavior change
Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/1100/p31.html
Millennials Don't Have PCPs; Here's Why They Should
Nearly half of 18- to 29-year-olds say they don't have a primary care physician. Natasha Bhuyan, M.D., makes the case for why they should.
AAFP News : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20181022fp-millennials.html
Physician Culture: Surviving vs. Thriving -- Physician Health First
By improving clinical practice culture, family physicians can improve their own well-being, patient care, and establish a more sustainable business model.
Membership : Member Benefits
https://www.aafp.org/membership/benefits/physician-health-first/phf/surviving-to-thriving.html
Physician Culture: Surviving vs. Thriving -- Physician Health First
By improving clinical practice culture, family physicians can improve their own well-being, patient care, and establish a more sustainable business model.
Membership : Member Benefits
https://www.aafp.org/membership/benefits/physician-health-first/phf/surviving-to-thriving.acc.html
Update Supervision Rule to Advance Rural Care, AAFP Advises
In a recent letter, the Academy urged CMS to update its cardiac rehabilitation policy to eliminate barriers for rural communities.
AAFP News : Advocacy and Government
https://www.aafp.org/news/government-medicine/20200818cardiacrehab.html
Why I'm Optimistic About the Future of Primary Care
In this Fresh Perspectives blog post, Natasha Bhuyan, M.D., shares lessons she has learned from the students and residents she trains, saying they give her hope for our future.
AAFP News : Fresh Perspectives: New Docs in Practice | AAFP News Blog : Blogs
https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180702fp-trainees.html
Developing Standing Orders to Help Your Team Work to the Highest Level -- FPM
Jun 1, 2018 - Use this seven-step plan to create protocols that improve efficiency and reduce physician workloads.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0500/p13.html