A New Identity for Family Medicine: Physicians for the Underserved -- FPM
May 1, 2005 - By emphasizing the family physician's role as a caregiver for patients in underserved areas, we can strengthen our specialty.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0500/p14.html
A New Lexicon for Physicians: A Poem for Physicians Who Care -- FPM
Jun 1, 2019 - What if EHRs, MIPS, and MACRA all stood for something else--something truly meaningful?
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0500/p36.html
A New Model of Charitable Care: The Robin Hood Practice -- FPM
Feb 1, 2008 - This self-sustaining practice provides concierge care and indigent care in equal amounts. Here's how it works.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0200/p12.html
A New Shipment of Tools -- FPM
Feb 1, 2001 - Introduces the expanded online toolbox, the self-test and Christy
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0200/p8.html
A New Year's Present From Medicare -- and Three From FPM -- FPM
Jan 1, 1998 - Alludes to HCFA's delay in enforcing the new version of the documentation guidelines, introduces online version of FPM Quiz.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0100/p6.html
A Night at the Nursing Home -- FPM
May 1, 2008 - Sometimes, our patients give us gifts far greater than anything we've given them.
Family Practice Management : The Last Word
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0500/p46.html
A Nursing Home Documentation Tool for More Efficient Visits -- FPM
Apr 1, 2012 - This one-page form can help improve care, keep visits patient-centered, and even save you some time.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/0300/p19.html
A Palm-Top Computer in Every Practice? -- FPM
Sep 1, 2000 - This article will give an overview of hand-held computers and provide practical tips for using them in physician practices.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2000/0900/p59.html
A Part-Time Practice Success Story -- FPM
Jun 1, 1999 - By working together, these part-time physicians are meeting their patients' needs - and their own.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0600/p22.html
A Physician's Guide to Locum Tenens -- FPM
Feb 1, 1999 - If you've ever been curious about this unique practice option, here's how one family physician made it work.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0200/p41.html
A Physician's Guide to Navigating a Bureaucracy -- FPM
Jun 1, 2020 - To get what you need to create a more ideal practice, you must learn to navigate the bureaucracy of your organization. Here’s how.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0500/p26.html
A Physician's Guide to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs
...September/October 2010 | www.aafp.org/fpm | FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT | 17 WITh ThE ChANGEs MAdE IN ThE FINAL RuLE, EARNING ThE EhR INCENTIvE Is sTILL NoT EAsY, buT AT LEAsT IT’s EAsIER. A PhYsICIAN’s GuIdE to the Medicare and Medicaid EhR INCENTIvE PRoGRAMs: the Basics...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/fpm20100900p17.pdf
A Physician's Guide to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: The Basics -- FPM
Oct 1, 2010 - With the changes made in the final rule, earning the EHR incentives is still not easy, but at least it's easier.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/0900/p17.html
A Physician’s Guide to Navigating a Bureaucracy
...26 | FPM | May/June 2020 www.aafp.org/fpm CME DIKE DRUMMOND, MD A Physician’s Guide to Navigating a Bureaucracy To get what you need to create a more ideal practice, you must learn to navigate the bureaucracy of your organization. Here’s how. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr....
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2020/0500/fpm20200500p26.pdf
A Piece of Your Mind -- FPM
Dec 1, 2002 - Invites readers to describe the biggest problems they're facing and solutions they've discovered.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/1100/p8.html
A Potpourri of Practice Improvement -- FPM
Aug 1, 2015 - Whether you're looking to upgrade quality, efficiency, service, or job satisfaction, we've got something for you.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0700/p8.html
A Practical Approach to Reducing Patients' Prescription Costs -- FPM
Jun 1, 2019 - A single screening question and an arsenal of cost-reducing strategies can help you help your patients afford their medications.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0500/p5.html
A Practical Approach to Reducing Patients’ Prescription Costs
...www.aafp.org/fpm May/June 2019 | FPM | 5 CME KEVIN FISCELLA, MD, MPH, JINEANE VENCI, PHARMD, MS-CI, BCACP, MECHELLE SANDERS, BA, ANGELA M. LANIGAN, MPA, RD, AND ROBERT J. FORTUNA, MD, MPH A Practical Approach to Reducing Patients’ Prescription Costs A single screening...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0500/fpm20190500p5.pdf
A Practical Approach to Screening for Social Determinants of Health
...www.aafp.org/fpm May/June 2018 | FPM | 7 CME Decades ago, the historic Whitehall studies demonstrated the impact that social context can have on individuals’ health and wellbeing.1,2 Family physicians understand this well because they see firsthand how social needs (or social...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0500/fpm20180500p7.pdf
A Practical Approach to Screening for Social Determinants of Health -- FPM
Jun 1, 2018 - Screening patients to understand their social context is the gateway to addressing barriers and improving health.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0500/p7.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.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2013/0300/p13.html
A Practical Guide to Physician Disability Insurance
...10 | FPM | September/October 2021 www.aafp.org/fpm CMECME CATHY A. CHURGAY, MD, FAAFP, MINDY SMITH, MD, AND JEFFREY CAIN, MD A Practical Guide to Physician Disability Insurance Insurance policies can keep you financially whole if a disability reduces your earning potential,...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0900/fpm20210900p10.pdf
A Practical Guide to Physician Disability Insurance -- FPM
Oct 1, 2021 - Insurance policies can keep you financially whole if a disability reduces your earning potential, but it’s important to choose the right combination of coverage
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0900/p10.html
A Primer on E-mail Discussion Lists -- FPM
Sep 1, 2001 - The author provides a comprehensive list and a summary of listservs available to family physicians as well as tips on listserv etiquette.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0900/p54.html
A Primer on Employment Contracts -- FPM
Dec 1, 2002 - This article identifies and defines the key terms contained in most physicians' employment contracts.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/1100/p73.html
A Primer on Wireless Networks -- FPM
Feb 1, 2004 - The author, a family physician, explains the benefits and pitfalls of using local wireless networks in a busy clinical practice (for example, to access electronic medical records wirelessly).
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0200/p69.html
A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE REFILLS
...22 | FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT | www.aafp.org/fpm | November/December 2010 Using the recurring-calendar-event function in Microsoft Outlook, this practice created a systematic approach that ensures patient refills on the day they’re due. A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO CONTROLLED...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/fpm20101100p22.pdf
A Proactive Approach to Controlled Substance Refills -- FPM
Dec 1, 2010 - Using the recurring-calendar-event function in Microsoft Outlook, this practice created a systematic approach that ensures patient refills on the day they're due.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p22.html
A Problem Oriented Approach to the HIPAA Security Standards -- FPM
Aug 1, 2001 - Every practice will have to comply with HIPAA. You can take the first step by performing a self-audit of your practice’s current security measures.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0700/p37.html
A Problem-Oriented Approach to HIPAA Security Standards -- Family Practice Management
...July/August 2001 ■ www.aafp.org / fpm ■ F A M I L Y P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T ■ 37 IL LU ST R A TI O N B Y G R EG T U C K ER S:Physicians and others in healthcare complain of being anxiousand confused about the costs and hassle of complying with...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0700/fpm20010700p37.pdf
A Productivity Primer -- FPM
May 1, 2002 - The author describes the different ways physician productivity is currently being measured and how those measurements are being used.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0500/p72.html
A Quick Review of Reassignment Can Help Avert Fraud Accusations -- FPM
Sep 1, 1998 - The author explains the Medicare policy on reassignment, the exceptions and why it's important in the current climate of increased fraud and abuse enforcement.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0900/p21.html
A Quick Tour of the Changes in FPM -- FPM
Apr 1, 2008 - Board here. The tour bus is about to depart.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0400/p7.html
A Quick-Reference Card for Identifying Level-4 Visits -- FPM
Aug 1, 1999 - The author's tool will help you keep in mind what qualifies a visit for a 99214 or a 99204.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0700/p32.html
A Refresher on Coding Consultations -- FPM
Mar 1, 2007 - Here's a guide to the sometimes confusing documentation requirements for consultations.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0300/p45.html
A Refresher on medical Necessity -- Family Practice Management
...Reviewing the rules and examining your coding practices can decrease denials and help you get paid.A Refresher on MEDICAL NECESSITY Peter R. Jensen, MD, CPC At some point in our careers, most of us have received a denial from a health plan claiming that we performed a service...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0700/fpm20060700p28.pdf
A Refresher on Medical Necessity -- FPM
Aug 1, 2006 - Reviewing the rules and examining your coding practices can decrease denials and help you get paid.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0700/p28.html
A Refresher on Medicare and Concurrent Care -- Family Practice Management
...Refresher C Kent J. Moore F amily physicians often treat hospitalized patients with complicated conditions that require other specialists’ involvement. For example, a patient hospitalized with diabetes mellitus and a serious heart condition might need your care as well as that of...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/1100/fpm20051100p29.pdf
A Refresher on Medicare and Concurrent Care -- FPM
Dec 1, 2005 - Here’s how to get paid when you’re not the only doctor in the hospital room.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/1100/p29.html
A Report Card for 32 Payers: Not Making the Grade -- FPM
Jun 1, 2007 - In this survey of physicians' experiences, payers fall short.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0600/p43.html
A Request for Further Guidance -- FPM
Apr 1, 2003 - Follows up on A Piece of Your Mind (Nov/Dec 2002) by asking for more specific guidance on two topics FPM might cover.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2003/0400/p8.html
A Sample Diabetes Prep Sheet
...1 of 1 FPM Toolbox To find more practice resources, visit https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolbox. Developed by Sumana Reddy, MD, FAAFP. Copyright © 2019 American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians may duplicate or adapt for use in their own practices; all other rights reserved....
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0500/fpm20190500p10-rt1.pdf
A sample handout
...A SAMPLE HANDOUT ON SPECIALTY REFERRALS Specialty Referrals and Managed Care If you belong to an HMO, your insurance company may have asked you to choose a primary care provider to manage all your health care needs. Family physicians are well-qualified to fulfill this role. We...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0200/fpm19990200p54-rt1.docx
A Sample Welcome Letter
...1 of 1 FPM Toolbox To find more practice resources, visit https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolbox. Developed by Carolyn Thiedke, MD. Copyright © 1999 American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians may duplicate or adapt for use in their own practices; all other rights reserved....
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0500/fpm19990500p23-rt1.pdf
A sample welcome letter
...A SAMPLE WELCOME LETTER Dear Mrs. Smith: Welcome to my practice. I’m honored to be your physician, and I’m committed to providing you with the best care I can. My hope is that we form a partnership to keep you as healthy as possible, no matter what your current state of health. I...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0500/fpm19990500p23-rt1.docx
A Simple Approach to Shared Decision Making in Cancer Screening -- FPM
Jun 1, 2017 - When screening decisions aren't clear, this process can help you help your patients.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2017/0500/p5.html
A Simple Method for Evaluating the Clinical Literature -- Family Practice Management
...May 2004 ■ www.aafp.org / fpm ■ F A M I L Y P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T ■ 47 Keeping up with the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment is a challenge we all face as phy- cians. We need information that is both valid (that is, accurate and correct) and relevant to our...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0500/fpm20040500p47.pdf
A Simple Method for Evaluating the Clinical Literature -- FPM
May 1, 2004 - The PP-ICONS approach will help you separate the clinical wheat from the chaff in mere minutes.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0500/p47.html
A Simple Technology to Improve Office Efficiency -- FPM
Jun 1, 2002 - The author explains how simple technologies, such as a handheld pager system, can improve communication among physicians and staff members within the office.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0600/p55.html
A Step-by-Step Time-Saving Approach to Coding Office Visits
...www.aafp.org/fpm July/August 2021 | FPM | 21 CME The new rules for coding evaluation and management (E/M) office visits are a big improvement but still a lot to digest.1,2 To ease the transition, previous FPM articles have laid out the new American Medical Association/CPT medical...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/fpm20210700p21.pdf
A Step-by-Step Time-Saving Approach to Coding Office Visits -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - Follow these four steps to code quickly and accurately, while reducing the need to count up data points.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p21.html
A Streamlined Approach to Prescription Management -- FPM
Dec 1, 2012 - Synchronizing each patient's prescriptions so they're handled all at once could save your practice at least an hour a day.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/1100/p11.html
A Sure Way to Improve Your Dictation -- FPM
Jan 1, 2005 - The article explains the merits of dictating notes in the exam room with the patient present, as a way to increase efficiency and improve patient care.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0100/p55.html
A Systematic Approach to Identifying Drug-Seeking Patients -- FPM
Apr 1, 2008 - When patients present with suspicious complaints of pain, these seven steps can help you prevent the misuse of prescription drugs.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0400/pa3.html
A Systematic Approach to Managing Warfarin Doses -- FPM
May 1, 2005 - The article offers a systematic approach for the management of anticoagulation and adjustment of warfarin doses.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0500/p77.html
A Team Approach to Quality Improvement -- FPM
Apr 1, 1999 - To realize change, rely on the knowledge and experience of a team such as the authors', which improved the care of patients with diabetes.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/0400/p25.html
A Team Approach to Reducing a Financial Deficit -- FPM
Dec 1, 1999 - This article describes how a multi-specialty group successfully handled a financial crisis at their institution using a bottom-up decision making process.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1999/1100/p51.html
A Team-Based Care Model that Improves Job Satisfaction
...6 | FPM | March/April 2018 www.aafp.org/fpm CME COREY LYON, DO, AIMEE F. ENGLISH, MD, AND PETER CHABOT SMITH, MD A Team-Based Care Model That Improves Job Satisfaction Expanding the role of medical assistants to better support providers can improve not only traditional...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0300/fpm20180300p6.pdf
A Team-Based Care Model That Improves Job Satisfaction -- FPM
Apr 1, 2018 - Expanding the role of medical assistants to better support providers can improve not only traditional outcomes but also job satisfaction.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2018/0300/p6.html
A Team-Building Model for Team-Based Care -- FPM
Dec 1, 2012 - Focusing on their strengths and borrowing concepts from family therapy helped bring this family medicine group together in pursuit of a common goal.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/1100/p19.html
A Tool for Better Well-Woman Exams -- FPM
Apr 1, 2002 - This article explains how visit-specific encounter forms can help physicians improve their documentation and their care. The author shares the routine gynecological encounter form used in his practice.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0400/p51.html
A Tool for Evaluating Hypertension -- FPM
Mar 1, 2004 - The article offers an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, based on the seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7), and includes an encounter form to aid physicians ...
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0300/p79.html
A Tool for Evaluating Patients with a Knee Injury -- FPM
Mar 1, 2005 - The article is part of the Point-of-Care Guides series and provides an evidence-based encounter form for use with patients who present with knee injury.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0300/p67.html
A Tool For Evaluating Patients With Cold Symptoms -- FPM
Oct 1, 2004 - The article describes an encounter form that can improve documentation of visits for patients with cold symptoms and reduce the amount of time spent documenting, which sometimes can take longer than the visit itself.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/1000/p53.html
A Tool for Safely Treating Chronic Pain -- FPM
Dec 1, 2001 - The article explains how one family practice uses a medication use agreement to prevent medication misuse while helping patients who suffer from chronic pain.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/1100/p47.html
A Toolbox of Resources to Simplify Your Practice -- FPM
Sep 1, 2006 - FPM’s online toolbox equips you with more than 150 practice management tools.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0900/p56.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
A Toolkit to Improve the Treatment of CA-MRSA -- FPM
Oct 1, 2012 - This simple strategy may save time and increase awareness of care guidelines.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/0900/p21.html
A Whole Issue of Doctor Tools -- FPM
Sep 1, 2006 - Your practice toolkit isn’t complete without these.
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0900/p14.html
A Whole New Format for FPM -- FPM
Aug 1, 2008 - Starting in November, you'll be able to thumb through the newest issue of FPM -- on the computer.
Family Practice Management : Opinion
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2008/0700/p11.html
Access to Care -- FPM Topic Collection
Nov 9, 2021 - Providing good care doesn't count for much if patients can't access your care easily. This article collection features popular FPM content on issues in improving access to care, from advanced-access scheduling to after-hours call. Providing good care doesn't count for much if patients ...
- Advanced Access (e.g., Open Access or Same-Day Scheduling)
- After-Hours Care
- Other Access Improvement Strategies
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=48
Accessibility Is the Key -- FPM
May 1, 1998 - The author offers basic tips about scheduling office hours to better meet patients' needs.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/1998/0500/p78.html
Achieving a More Minority-Friendly Practice -- Family Practice Management
...June 2002 ■ www.aafp.org / fpm ■ F A M I L Y P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T ■ 39 Nineteen-year-old Esperanza Martinez Alfonso takes a seat inthe lobby of the Family Medi-cine Clinic. She’s pretty sure she’s pregnant, and since moving to the United States from Mexico just six...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0600/fpm20020600p39.pdf
Achieving a More Minority-Friendly Practice -- FPM
Jun 1, 2002 - How successful is your practice at meeting the needs of diverse patients? These 10 tips can help you improve.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0600/p39.html
Achieving Sustainable Increases in Childhood Immunization Rates -- FPM
Aug 1, 2014 - Analyzing and eliminating physical and procedural barriers to immunization allowed this practice to improve its performance.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0700/p13.html
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.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2012/0300/p15.html
ACP Immunization Advisor -- FPM
Dec 1, 2013 - The ACP Immunization Advisor app provides mobile access to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) current adult immunization schedule and adult vaccine indications and information.
Family Practice Management : SPPACES: App Reviews
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2013/1100/p30.html
Acute Knee Injury Encounter Form
...1 of 2 ACUTE KNEE INJURY ENCOUNTER FORM Patient’s name: ___________________________________________________ Age: Medical record #: History of present illness __________________________________________________________ ___________________________...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0300/fpm20050300p67-rt1.pdf
Acute Otitis Media Encounter Form
...1 of 2 ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA ENCOUNTER FORM Patient’s name: _____________________________ Age/Date of birth: / Medical record #: ____________________________________________ History of Present Illness _________________________________________________________________________...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0600/fpm20040600p52-rt1.pdf
Acute Otitis Media in Children -- FPM
Jun 1, 2004 - The article presents an evidence-based approach to diagnosing and treating otitis media and provides an encounter form.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2004/0600/p52.html
acutekneeinjury.pdf
...Acute Knee Injury encounter Form Patient’s name: Age: Medical record #: History of present illness Physical Examination General examination: Left knee: Right knee: Comments: Effusion l Yes l No l NE l Yes l No l NE Erythema l Yes l No l NE l Yes l No l NE Warmth...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0900/acutekneeinjury.pdf
acuteotitismedia.pdf
...Acute Otitis MediA (AOM) encOunter FOrM Patient’s name: Age/Date of birth: / Medical record #: History of present illness Physical examination Blood pressure: Heart rate: Temperature: General: Alert, appropriate Other: Eyes: Conjunctiva not injected Other: Nose: ...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0900/acuteotitismedia.pdf
Adding a Dose of Levity to Practice -- FPM
Jun 1, 2002 - A little levity and a sense of humor may help prevent burnout and give physicians the perspective they need to deal with the difficulties of practicing medicine today.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0600/p70.html
Adding Health Education Specialists to Your Practice -- FPM
Apr 1, 2014 - These multifaceted employees can improve patient care, generate additional net revenue, and prepare your practice for the future.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0300/p10.html
Addressing Administrative Simplification -- FPM
Aug 1, 2021 - Physicians are spending too much time on paperwork and EHR-related tasks, but what can be done?
Family Practice Management : From the Editor
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2021/0700/p5.html
Addressing Ambulatory Patient Safety in Your Practice -- FPM
Oct 1, 2015 - Reducing errors in care requires establishing a culture of safety, systematic reporting, consistent follow-up, and sustained commitment.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2015/0900/p23.html
Addressing Common Ineffeciencies in Office Practice
...28 | FAMILY PRACTICE MANAGEMENT | www.aafp.org/fpm | November/December 2010 C H R IS T IN E S C H N E ID E R ADDRESSING COMMON INEFFICIENCIES IN OFFICE PRACTICE A well-organized workflow will save you time, money and aggravation. JILL YOUNG, CPC, CEDC,...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/fpm20101100p28.pdf
Addressing Common Inefficiencies in Office Practice -- FPM
Dec 1, 2010 - A well-organized workflow will save you time, money and aggravation.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2010/1100/p28.html
AdlerSurveyAlone.indd
...FPM Electronic Health Record (EHR) User-Satisfaction Survey - 2007 Your name: Your 7-digit AAFP membership number: ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ Your e-mail address (optional): Your age: ________ years EHR product name: EHR version number: Did you help select this...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2007/0400/fpm20070400p27-rt1.pdf
Administrative Simplification -- FPM Topic Collection
Jul 13, 2021 - The documentation, paperwork, and quality reporting burden on physicians is immense. What can physicians do to reduce their administrative hassles, and what are organizations doing on their behalf? This FPM topic collection explores these issues. The documentation, paperwork, and ...
Family Practice Management : Topic Collections
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/topicModules/viewTopicModule.htm?topicModuleId=112
Adolescent Vaccination: Protect Their Future
...AAFP Organizational Supplement PROTECT THEIR FUTURE Strategies to improve your adolescent patients’ immunizations. One of the most effective ways to control and prevent disease is through vaccinations. Over the past century, morbidity and mortality rates for most diseases that...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0700/fpm20190700p9.pdf
Adolescent Vaccination: Protect Their Future -- FPM
Aug 1, 2019 - Strategies to improve your adolescent patients’ immunizations.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/0700/p9.html
Adult Hypertension Treatment Algorithm
...1 of 1 FPM Toolbox To find more practice resources, visit https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolbox. Developed by Scripps Health through its participation in the Measure Up/Pressure Down initiative. Copyright © 2016 American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians may duplicate or adapt...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2016/0500/fpm20160500p23-rt1.pdf
Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage
Original Medicare Beneficiary Liability Notice
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2002/0900/fpm20020900p19-rt1.pdf
Advance Care Planning: How to Have the Conversation You Want With Your Patients
...18 | FPM | November/December 2019 www.aafp.org/fpm CME JEN BRULL, MD, FAAFP Advance Care Planning: How to Have the Conversation You Want With Your Patients ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Brull is a family physician and owner of Prairie Star Family Practice in Plainville, Kan....
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/1100/fpm20191100p18.pdf
Advance Care Planning: How to Have the Conversation You Want With Your Patients -- FPM
Dec 1, 2019 - More patients are receiving intensive care in their last days of life, even though studies show that most don’t want it. Family physicians are uniquely positioned to make sure patients’ wishes are recorded and respected.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2019/1100/p18.html
Advance Care Planning: Using the Health Care Team to Make Hard Conversations Easier
...10 | FPM | May/June 2022 www.aafp.org/fpm CME TERESA QUINN, MD, ANDREA LIMA MORGAN, DNP, APRN, CNP, DEBORAH M. MULLEN, PhD, AND DON PINE, MD Advance Care Planning: Using the Health Care Team to Make Hard Conversations Easier Your office staff can help normalize conversations...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2022/0500/fpm20220500p10.pdf
Advance Care Planning: Using the Health Care Team to Make Hard Conversations Easier -- FPM
Jun 1, 2022 - Your office staff can help normalize conversations with patients about critical care options.
Family Practice Management : Articles
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2022/0500/p10.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
Agenda-Setting Algorithm
...1 of 1 AGENDA-SETTING ALGORITHM FPM Toolbox To find more practice resources, visit https://www.aafp.org/fpm/toolbox. Developed by Thomas R. Egnew, EdD, LICSW. Copyright © 2014 American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians may duplicate or adapt for use in their own...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2014/0700/fpm20140700p25-rt1.pdf