Week in D.C. Creates Opportunities to Advocate for Family Physicians
Week in D.C. Creates Opportunities to Advocate for Family Physicians
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/week_in_d_c_creates.html
Weight of New 'M.D.' Carries Rewarding Responsibility
Newly graduated family physician Chandler Stisher, M.D., M.P.H., reflects on what the two new letters after his name mean for him, his patients and his community.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190529lv-graduation.html
Welcome to Family Medicine; the AAFP Is Here to Help
Third-year residents are wrapping up their training. Brent Sugimoto, M.D., M.P.H., A.A.H.I.V.S., the new physician member of the AAFP Board of Directors, offers advice on how the Academy can be an invaluable resource at this critical career stage in the Leader Voices Blog.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200602lv-newphysicians.html
Whack the 'WAC'
The growing administrative burden on physicians is hampering patient care and fueling physician burnout. AAFP Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin highlights the Academy's efforts to address problems with the meaningful use program and to end ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/whack_the_wac.html
What a Barefoot Patient Taught Me About Health Equity
Resident Michelle Byrne, M.D., M.P.H., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that she was drawn to family medicine by a desire to be trained by physicians who are committed to addressing social justice and health equity.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181218lv-choosingfm.html
What a Load of Goop: Overcoming Misguided Health Advice
Gwyneth Paltrow and other celebrities are telling your patients to do weird things to their bodies. Here's how to ensure they hear you instead.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180130fp-badadvice.html
What a Patient Taught Me About Subtleties of Communication
Recent medical school graduate John Heafner, M.D., M.P.H., writes in the Leader Voices Blog that spending a day with one chronic pain patient taught him an important lesson about communication.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180529lv-communication.html
What Are the Actual Causes of Hospital Admissions?
Kyle Leggott, M.D., and Graham Custar, M.D., look at the social drivers that actually lead to many hospital admissions.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200602fp-admissions.html
What Do Women Think? If You Only Knew …
Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., ponders how the workplace might improve if men better understood a woman's perspective.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20181031lv-women.html
What Does the Government Shutdown Mean for Patients?
As the partial government shutdown stretched into its fourth week, our new physician bloggers examined how the impasse in Washington, D.C., is affecting their patients.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190117fp-shutdown.html
What Happens When a Doctor Becomes the Patient?
What Happens When a Doctor Becomes the Patient?
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/what_happens_when_a_doctor.html
What I Know Now, and What Lies Ahead
After six years of service on the AAFP Board of Directors, Robert Wergin, M.D., reflects on lessons learned and what the future might hold for family medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/what_i_know_now_and.html
What I Learned as a New Physician
In her final Fresh Perspectives blog post, Beth Oller, M.D., reflects on what she has learned in her first seven years as a small, rural practice owner.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180615fp-ollerfinale.html
What If Everyone Had a Family Physician?
Securing funding for vital primary care programs is a start, but Leonard Reeves, M.D., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that the fight continues for the kind of physician workforce our country needs.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180501lv-whatif.html
What Lies Ahead
Family physicians will never relinquish the future of their discipline to someone else's vision, Shawn Martin writes in his final In the Trenches blog post.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200526itt-whatliesahead.html
What Patients Don't Know Can Hurt Them
What Patients Don't Know Can Hurt Them
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/what_patients_don_t_know.html
What Should We Tell Parents About Concussions, Contact Sports?
Despite an abundance of research regarding head injuries, counseling parents and young athletes about the risks of contact sports is complicated.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20170913fp-concussions.html
What to Do When Experienced Colleague Is Wrong? Speak Up
Young physicians often defer to more experienced colleagues when there are differing opinions. The problem, Peter Rippey, M.D., writes is that sometimes the more experienced physician is wrong.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/what_happens_when_experienced_colleague.html
What You Didn't Learn in Medical School: Prescribing a Dose of Yourself
What You Didn't Learn in Medical School: Prescribing a Dose of Yourself
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/prescribing_a_dose_of_yourself.html
What You Need to Know About the 2018 QPP Proposed Rule
CMS has released the 2018 Medicare Quality Payment Program (QPP) Proposed Rule, which recommends several changes to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System and Advanced Alternative Payment Model. You could read that 1,058-page document, or you could check out 10 bullet points in this ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/what_you_need_to_know.html
What You Need to Know on Path Through Residency and Beyond
The transition from resident to new physician can be challenging. Our new-to-practice physician bloggers offer advice for those who will follow them.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/what_you_need_to_know.html
What's in a Name? Annual Exam Jargon Causes Confusion
The abundance of terminology related to annual exams can be confusing for patients and even physicians. Lynne Lillie, M.D., breaks down what should be included in various types of exams and how to get paid for each of them.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/what_s_in_a_name.html
When Congress Is Ready to Listen, We're Ready to Talk
When Congress Is Ready to Listen, We're Ready to Talk
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/when_congress_is_ready_to.html
When It Comes to Mentoring, Both Giving and Receiving Are Important
When It Comes to Mentoring, Both Giving and Receiving Are Important
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/when_it_comes_to_mentoring.html
When My City Cheers, It Lifts Up the Front Lines
It's a simple gesture, but Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., writes in this Fresh Perspectives blog post that hearing the people of New York City cheer the doctors and others on the front lines has helped her cope with the pandemic.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200513fp-clapping.html
When Opportunities Arise, You Have to Jump
When Opportunities Arise, You Have to Jump
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/when_opportunities_arise_you_have.html
When Quarantining at Home Puts Families at Risk
MaryAnn Dakkak, M.D., M.S.P.H., writes in this Fresh Perspectives post that quarantining at home is not a safe option for patients with COVID-19 who live in close quarters, and the approach is putting minority communities at risk.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200420fp-coviddisparities.html
Where Do You Draw the Line With Patients, Animals?
Amid calls for stricter standards for emotional support animals, we asked our new physician bloggers how they handle letter-writing requests from patients regarding their animals. This Fresh Perspectives blog post includes their answers.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190731fp-pets.html
White House Invitation Shows Importance, Recognition of Family Medicine
White House Invitation Shows Importance, Recognition of Family Medicine
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/white_house_invitation_shows_importance.html
Who Inspired You to Go to Med School?
Medical school applications are surging as young people draw inspiration from physicians during the pandemic. Accordingly, we asked our new physician bloggers who inspired them to become doctors.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20201223fp-inspiration.html
Who Will Mentor the Next Generation of Family Doctors?
Nearly half of allopathic family medicine clerkship directors report difficulty finding clinical preceptor sites. Leonard Reeves, M.D., makes the case for opening your practice to students.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/who_will_mentor_the_next.html
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
Why Are We Eager to Save One, Reluctant to Help Many?
In Alaska, there is an expectation that motorists will help others during extreme conditions. In this Leader Voices Blog post, John Cullen, M.D., questions why the same expectation to help doesn't always apply in health care.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180109lv-sharedsociety.html
Why Do I Provide Maternity Care? The Answer's Simple
There are many reasons some family physicians don't provide maternity care. But more than 30 years into practice, Robert Raspa, M.D., explains why it's still one of his favorite parts of the job.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190116lv-maternity.html
Why Do We Adopt Evidence-based Data at a Snail's Pace?
It takes nearly two decades for the U.S. health care system to adopt new evidence-based findings. Kyle Jones, M.D., ponders the problem.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/evidence_based_information_is_adopted.html
Why Do We Neglect Our Health System's Foundation?
In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin shares insights from The Hill's Future of Health Care Summit.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190709ittfuturesummit.html
Why Do Women Docs Get Better Results (and Lower Payment)?
A recent study found that female physicians achieved better outcomes than men. We asked married practice partners Beth Oller, M.D., and Mike Oller, M.D., for their thoughts on gender and medicine.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/why_do_women_docs_get.html
Why Does Equal Pay for Equal Work Still Elude Us?
The compensation gap between male and female physicians is widening. AAFP President Michael Munger, M.D., writes that this inequity is inexcusable and must end.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180907lv-genderpaygap.html
Why I Love Working in a Community Health Center
Luis Garcia, M.D., spoke with several colleagues who work in community health centers, as he does, about what makes these practices so rewarding for family physicians.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20181211fp-chc.html
Why I'm Building a Solo Practice -- Again
More than 30 years into practice, Erica Swegler, M.D., explains in this Leader Voices Blog post why she decided to buck current employment trends and go back to her roots as a solo family physician.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180925lv-solopractice.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.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180702fp-trainees.html
Why Is Compassion So Important? Just Ask This Patient
Family physicians know all about giving their patients compassionate care. In this Leader Voices Blog post, Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., shares the story of what happened when an ER team missed the mark.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20190507lv-ervisit.html
Why We Fight for Patients of Color
In this Fresh Perspectives blog post, MaryAnn Dakkak, M.D., M.S.P.H., ponders how physicians can help people of color, who bear a disproportionate share of the effects of racism, violence and COVID-19.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200903fp-breathe.html
Why We Need More Physician Entrepreneurs
In an era of increasing physician employment, Allison Edwards, M.D., explains why she chose to open her own practice and why she thinks others should, too.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20181030fp-entrepreneurs.html
Why You Should Apply for CPC+ Program
This summer, CMS will select 5,000 practices to participate in the new Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) program. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin outlines why the Academy is urging family physicians to apply for a program that ...
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/why_you_should_apply_for.html
WIC One Example of How Shutdown Could Hurt Our Patients
WIC One Example of How Shutdown Could Hurt Our Patients
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/wic_one_example_of_how.html
Will You Be Prepared When Disaster Strikes?
Whether you live in an area that is vulnerable to hurricanes or other natural disasters, there are steps family physicians can take to help patients and families, as well as their own practices and communities, prepare for the worst.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/will_you_be_prepared_when.html
Win-Win? Cardiology Project Could Benefit Patients, FPs
Win-Win? Cardiology Project Could Benefit Patients, FPs
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/win_win_cardiology_project_could.html
Window of Opportunity Opening to Revalue E/M Codes
Codes for evaluation and management services have not had a comprehensive review by CMS in more than a decade. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin writes that it's time to correct that oversight.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20190205itt-emcodes.html
With Facts Ahead of Politics, Family Medicine Wins
In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Stephanie Quinn checks in with the Oklahoma AFP about how it helped pass Medicaid expansion there this summer.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20200819itt-expansionokla.html
With Most New Med Students Women Now, Let's Boost Our Support
For the first time, the new class of U.S. medical students has more women than men. Erica Swegler, M.D., writes that it's been a tough path for women, and obstacles remain.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180202lv-women.html
Women Have Closed Med School Enrollment Gap; Others Remain
For the first time, women make up the majority of students in U.S. medical schools. Ada Stewart, M.D., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that although women physicians are making gains in leadership and other roles, they still have work to do to achieve equity in their field.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200228lv-diversity.html
Women in Leadership Build Support for Other Female Physicians
Women in Leadership Build Support for Other Female Physicians
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/women_in_leadership_build_support.html
Women's Health: Do You See the Big Picture?
Women's Health: Do You See the Big Picture?
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/women_s_health_do_you.html
Wording of CMS Proposed Rule Causing Undue Angst About Medicare
Wording of CMS Proposed Rule Causing Undue Angst About Medicare
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/wording_of_cms_proposed_rule.html
Words Matter: Support Science, Evidence
Debate continues about seven words CDC officials have reportedly been told to avoid. Regardless of the list's origin, the controversy points to a need to defend science.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20171219lv-cdcwords.html
Working for You: An Update From the AAFP Board Meeting
Working for You: An Update From the AAFP Board Meeting
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/board_of_directors_meeting.html
Working With Others Key to Successfully Transforming Our Practices
Working With Others Key to Successfully Transforming Our Practices
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/working_with_others_key_to.html
Working With the Family of Family Medicine
Working With the Family of Family Medicine
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/working_with_the_family_of.html
Worth a Shot: Home Visits Keep Kids Up to Date in Pandemic
Beth Oller, M.D., writes in the FPs on the Front Lines blog that she's making home visits to pediatric patients to ensure that kids stay up to date on immunizations during the pandemic.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/fpsonfrontlines/entry/20200630fpimmunization.html
Xanax Is Not the Answer to Xenophobia
Fear and anxiety are rampant in our society lately. Leonard Reeves, M.D., writes in this Leader Voices Blog post that people need to recognize the true motivation behind their fears and think rationally.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20180716lv-fear.html
Yes, You Can Practice Full-scope Family Medicine
MaryAnn Dakkak, M.D., M.S.P.H.; writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that finding a job that allows her to use the full scope of her family medicine training was worth the second effort.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20200729fp-scope.html
You Can Drive Change in Washington; Here's How
The AAFP has launched a new grassroots network designed to be a forum to educate, coordinate, and engage family physicians around family medicine's priority issues. AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin shares the details.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/you_can_drive_change_in.html
You Don't Need a Title to Lead
As the AAFP's signature leadership development events approach, Alex Mroszczyk-McDonald, M.D., reflects on his own leadership path in this Fresh Perspectives blog post.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190415fp-leadership.html
You Earned That Raise; Here's How to Keep It
Subspecialists are fighting a CMS final rule that would boost Medicare primary care payment by 12%. In this In the Trenches blog post, AAFP Senior Vice President for Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy Shawn Martin asks family physicians to join the Academy in protecting the win.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/inthetrenches/entry/20191126itt-payincrease.html
You Hate Your EHR? Help Develop Something Better
Instead of hoping someone will ask physicians about their technology needs, Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., writes in the Fresh Perspectives blog that doctors should seek out developers looking for new ideas.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20181218fp-ehrs.html
Your Family Medicine Practice Is Whatever You Make It
A new physician survey prompted our bloggers to reflect on their scope of practice and how they've tailored their work to fit the needs of their patients and their own interests.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20180116fp-scope.html
Your Opinion Matters; Here's How to Share It
Your Opinion Matters; Here's How to Share It
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/your_opinion_matters_here_s.html
Your Patient Is Crying. What Do You Do?
What can you offer a crying patient besides a tissue? In this Fresh Perspectives blog post, Lalita Abhyankar, M.D., M.H.S., discusses why patients cry, why it sometimes helps and how to react.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190506fp-crying.html
Your Patient Wants a Second Opinion? It's Not Personal
Tochi Iroku-Malize, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., writes that her own experience as a patient offered a humbling reminder not take it personally when a patient asks for a second opinion.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/20200728lv-secondopinion.html
Your State Legislature Is a Train Wreck? Don't Look Away
Kimberly Becher, M.D., writes in this Fresh Perspectives blog post that a day in her state capitol during a contentious legislative session rekindled her interest in health policy.
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/freshperspectives/entry/20190314fp-stateadvocacy.html
Your Support Helps AAFP Foundation Make a Difference
Your Support Helps AAFP Foundation Make a Difference
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/your_support_helps_aafp_foundation.html
Youth Need Minority Physicians to be Role Models, Mentors
Youth Need Minority Physicians to be Role Models, Mentors
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https://www.aafp.org/news/blogs/leadervoices/entry/youth_need_minority_physicians_to.html