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...Empowered CMAs and Nursing Staff to Improve Team-based Care [Feature] Highly trained workers can perform more visit-related tasks, boosting care quality and reducing physician burnout. March/April 2018 Issue A Team-Based Care Model That Improves Job Satisfaction [Feature]...

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Unlocking Clues to Current Health in Past History: Childhood Trauma and Healing -- FPM

Apr 1, 2019 - Adverse childhood events can have enduring effects on patients’ health, but these four steps can help promote healing.

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Planned Care: Some Assembly Required -- FPM

May 1, 2006 - (But each piece is useful in itself.)

Family Practice Management : From the Editor

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Shoulder Dystocia - American Family Physician

Apr 1, 2004 - Shoulder dystocia can be one of the most frightening emergencies in the delivery room. Although many factors have been associated with shoulder dystocia, most cases occur with no warning. Calm and effective management of this emergency is possible with recognition of the impaction and ...

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...Using Empowered CMAs and Nursing Staff to Improve Team-based Care [Feature] Highly trained workers can perform more visit-related tasks, boosting care quality and reducing physician burnout. September/October 2018 Issue 10 Ways to Keep Your Quality Improvement Team...

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...Using Empowered CMAs and Nursing Staff to Improve Team-based Care [Feature] Highly trained workers can perform more visit-related tasks, boosting care quality and reducing physician burnout. September/October 2018 Issue 10 Ways to Keep Your Quality Improvement Team...

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Teamwork: Is It Always More Efficient? -- FPM

Dec 1, 2014 - If it isn't thoughtfully applied, the team model may have unintended consequences.

Family Practice Management : From the Editor

https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/1100/p5.html

A Feedback Tool to Improve Physician-Medical Assistant Communication -- FPM

Jun 1, 2014 - Using an evaluation form and face-to-face meetings can help get both sides of the team talking and solving problems.

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Sponsor a BLSO Course

Bring the Basic Life Support in Obstetrics (BLSO) Course to your area to equip emergency personnel and first responders with life-saving maternity care knowledge and skills.

https://www.aafp.org/cme/programs/blso/sponsor.html

CDC Launches #HowIRecommend Vaccination Video Series

The CDC launched a new website for its #HowIRecommend videos series, featuring health care professionals talking about how they recommend vaccines to different types of patients.

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Why Am I a Family Physician? Because FPs Are the 'Real Docs'

Why family medicine? In this Leader Voices Blog post, Leonard Reeves, M.D., makes the case for students to choose the specialty and for policymakers to invest more in it.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180803lv-fmchoice.html

AAFP to CMS: Medicare Rules Must Cut Burden, Empower FPs

In response to a proposed rule for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans, the AAFP advised CMS to focus on changes that make it easier for their patients.

https://www.aafp.org/news/government-medicine/20200416partscdrule.html

A Practical Guide to Emergency Preparedness for Office-Based Family Physicians -- FPM

Apr 1, 2013 - Medical emergencies may not be common in the office setting, but that's precisely why you need to practice your response to them.

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Guidelines on the Supervision of Certified Nurse Midwives, Nurse Practitioners and ...

Explore the guidelines set for family physicians for the supervision of non-physician providers.

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AAFP Sustains Fight to Reduce Administrative Complexity for Family Medicine

AAFP Sustains Fight to Reduce Administrative Burden for Family Medicine

https://www.aafp.org/news/media-center/kits/aafp-sustains-fight-to-reduce-administrative-burden-for-family-medicine.html

Updated E/M Documentation Rules Good for Preceptors

CMS has changed evaluation and management documentation guidelines to expand medical students' ability to document -- with physician verification -- in the medical record.

https://www.aafp.org/news/education-professional-development/20180216studentdocumentation.html

My Year as President: The Honor Has Been Mine

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AAFP's Annual Meeting Offers Plenty to 'Experience' in Denver

Thousands of family physicians will gather two weeks from today in Denver for an opportunity to learn, network, and have fun at the AAFP's Family Medicine Experience (FMX). AAFP Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin highlights some of what is to come ...

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It’s the weekend: Are you spending it with your EHR? -- FPM

Physicians spend one to two hours each night on their electronic health record (EHR) or paperwork, including weekends.

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https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/ehr-after-hours.html

FPs Opine on Practice Transformation Network Experience

New research from the American Board of Family Medicine examines why physicians joined a practice transformation network, what they expected and what they got from the experience.

https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20190528ptnetworsks.html

FPM Supplement Series Offers Intro to Value-based Payment

A series of FPM journal supplements aims to spell out what the shift from volume- to value-based payment means for family physicians and how they can succeed in a burgeoning VBP environment.

https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20210318vbpsupplements.html

Medication Adherence: We Didn't Ask and They Didn't Tell -- FPM

Apr 1, 2013 - Sometimes the best way to solve our patients' medical problems is to make sure they're taking their medicine.

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How to Lead Up in Your Organization -- FPM

Dec 1, 2017 - Leading up is about setting an example and building influence so you can be more effective. It starts with these seven skills.

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We’re Doing Our Part to Keep SGR Issue on Congress' Radar

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...The Shifting Role of the Primary Care Physician [The Last Word] "A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man - he must view the man in his world." -- Dr. Harvey Cushing May/June 2014 Issue Seven Sins in Modern Medicine...

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New Transformation in Practice Series Simplifies Change

A new product created for family physicians is now available to be used as a team-based tool that makes practice improvement smoother and easier.

https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20180525tips.html

Four things your team can do to help you save time and avoid burnout -- FPM

While there are many problems in the health care system causing physicians to burn out, one possible solution is to lean on your care team as much as possible.

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Six documentation tasks your team could be doing -- FPM

Team documentation has been shown to improve patient outcomes and physician satisfaction. Here are six documentation tasks you can delegate.

Family Practice Management : Quick Tips : FPM Home

https://www.aafp.org/journals/fpm/blogs/inpractice/entry/team_documentation.html

Generation Gap: Effectively Leading Physicians of All Ages -- FPM

Jun 1, 2013 - Learning what makes physicians of different eras tick can go a long way toward making them happy and productive.

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Practice Pearls - Nov-Dec 2017 -- FPM

Dec 1, 2017 - ...Break the rules for better patient care Avoid portal overload Don't fear conflict within your team Break the rules for better patient care Medical practices have many rules governing patient care, ranging from treatment protocols and HIPAA requirements to rooming procedures. These...

Family Practice Management : Practice Pearls

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Keys to High-Quality, Low-Cost Care: Empanelment, Attribution, and Risk Stratification

...physicians and care teams to group patients into levels (i.e., strata) of risk that are based on factors such as diagnosis, health severity, social determinants of health, and care utilization. It is implemented at the practice level to support longitudinal care management and...

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Old Issues, New Year: A Look Back (and Ahead)

AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin reflects on some key health care issues from 2016 and looks ahead to the new year.

AAFP News : In the Trenches : Blogs

https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/old_issues_new_year_a.html

Sense of Community: CHCs Offer Way to Battle Health Disparities, Social Injustice

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/sense_of_community_chcs_offer.html

AAFP Letter to CMS Requesting Codes to be Added to the "Primary Care Exemption" List - ...

...and Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Re: Expanding the primary care exception code list Dear Administrator Verma: On behalf of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), which represents 134,600 family...

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ACOs Are Coming: Should You Sell Your Practice? -- FPM

Apr 1, 2012 - If a hospital or health system comes knocking, make sure you’ve considered these key issues.

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Nurse Practitioners No Substitute for Physician-led Team

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/nps_no_substitute_for_physician.html

Telemedicine Advances Outpace Common Sense Regulations

Natasha Bhuyan, M.D., writes that her clinic has implemented a novel way to use telemedicine. But for many physicians, barriers remain.

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20170919fp-telemedicine.html

Lessons Learned From a Legislative Victory

Tennessee AFP President Sherry L. Robbins, M.D., writes that courage and collaboration were critical in shutting down a potentially harmful scope-of-practice bill in her state legislature.

https://www.aafp.org/news/opinion/20180622gsted-tennafp.html

Workforce Reform

Read AAFP's recommendations of the reforms needed to address the family physician workforce.

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Letters - Mar-Apr 2013 -- FPM

Apr 1, 2013 - ...addition, a physician characteristic that was not mentioned in the article but that leads to burnout is the need to feel indispensable. Team-based care can elevate the importance of others and may as a result reduce our own sense of importance. On the other hand, working in a team...

Family Practice Management : Letters

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Addressing Cost of Medications

Learn team-based strategies for addressing medication costs with patients in this AAFP interactive PICME online activity.

https://www.aafp.org/cme/all/online/addressing-cost-of-medications.html

The 2012 EHR User Satisfaction Survey: Responses From 3,088 Family Physicians -- FPM

Dec 1, 2012 - Where else can you get EHR advice from a few thousand colleagues?

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AAFP Working to Improve Community Health Outcomes

The AAFP played a key role in the recent release of a new framework to spark collaboration between the public health and health care sectors to improve community health outcomes.

https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/20180703hlthframewrk.html

The Doctor-Centered Medical Home -- FPM

Feb 1, 2013 - Yes, it worked in the past. No, it won't work in the future.

Family Practice Management : The Last Word

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Advocacy and Government

AAFP News' Advocacy and Government stories focus on the Academy's advocacy in Washington, D.C., and at the state level, health policy and legislation, funding for health programs and related issues.

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America's Most Wanted: Family Physicians Again Top Search Firm's Wish List

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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/america_s_most_wanted_family.html

Rural Practice: Graduate Medical Education for (Position Paper)

Read AAFP's position paper on the inclusion of rural health skills and necessary training standards in medical education.

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https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/rural-practice-gme.html

COGME Report Puts Family Medicine on Priority List

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Physician, NP Roles Still Not Interchangeable

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...New codes for cognitive assessment and care planning, team-based care management, prolonged preventive services, and anticoagulation management are among this year’s changes. January/February 2017 Issue New Codes, New Payment Opportunities for 2017 [Feature] This year's...

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