41outp.pdf
...PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX FOR COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA Risk factor Points Demographics Men Age (years): ___ Women Age (years) - 10: ___ Nursing home resident +10 Comorbidities Neoplasm +30 Liver disease +20 Heart failure +10 Stroke +10 Renal failure...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0400/fpm20060400p41-rt1.pdf
41simp.pdf
...Safe medication use is achievable and affordable if you follow these recommendations. Simple Strategies to Avoid Medication Errors In any given week, four out of five U.S. adults will use prescription medicines, over-the-counter drugs, or dietary and herbal supplements. Nearly...
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47 roberts.qxd
...October 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 ■ 47 IL LU ST R A TI O N B Y C .M . SC H N EI D ER In certain areas of the country, sky-rocketing medical liability insurancepremiums are pushing physicians out of...
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47ehrsurvey.pdf
...Electronic Health Record Systems User Rating Survey EHR product name and version number: Your name: Date of evaluation: Your title or role: Years in practice: Your AAFP membership number (only member responses can be accepted): Your e-mail address (optional): Date the EHR...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0200/fpm20050200p47-rt1.pdf
5. Spread the Change to Others
Spread the change to others
Family Physician : Patient Care
https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/prevention-wellness/immunizations-vaccines/office-champions/spread-change.html
5% Fluorouracil Is the Preferred Treatment for Actinic Keratoses - POEMs - American ...
Aug 15, 2019 - The use of topical 5% fluorouracil is most likely to result in successful elimination of actinic keratoses in a field on the head or face.
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2019/0815/p249a.html
50 Years of American Family Physician - Editorials - American Family Physician
Apr 1, 2000 - Advertisement << Previous article Next article >> Apr 1, 2000 Issue Editorials 50 Years of American Family Physician JAY SIWEK, M.D., Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. STANLEY J. SIWEK, M.D., Harrison, New Jersey Am Fam Physician. 2000 Apr 1;61(7):1974-1984....
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/0401/p1974.html
501.pdf
...Common Oral Lesions: Part I. Superficial Mucosal Lesions WANDA C. GONSALVES, M.D., ANGELA C. CHI, D.M.D., and BRAD W. NEVILLE, D.D.S. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina T he Surgeon General’s report on oral health highlights the rela- tionship between...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0215/afp20070215p501.pdf
5010 and 2012: Time for a backup plan?
5010 and 2012: Time for a backup plan?
Publications : FPM
https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/blogs/gettingpaid/entry/5010_the_sky_is_not.html
509.pdf
...Common Oral Lesions: Part II. Masses and Neoplasia WANDA C. GONSALVES, M.D., ANGELA C. CHI, D.M.D., and BRAD W. NEVILLE, D.D.S. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina P hysicians regularly encounter oral health issues in practice. Part I of this two-part...
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0215/afp20070215p509.pdf
515.pdf
...Treatment of the Common Cold MADELINE SIMASEK, M.D., and DAVID A. BLANDINO, M.D. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A cute upper respiratory infection is the second most common diag- nosis in physician offices1 and the most common discharge diagno-...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2007/0215/afp20070215p515.pdf
56.pdf
...Childhood Obesity: Highlights of AMA Expert Committee Recommendations GOUTHAM RAO, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania N ew reports about the obesity epidemic appear in the media almost daily; 13.9 percent of children two to five years of age, 18.8...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0701/afp20080701p56.pdf
5Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Recommendation Statement
March 15, 2017: USPSTF
American Family Physician
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0315/afp20170315od4.pdf
6 Easy Steps to Low-Cost Electronic Medical Record -- Family Practice Management
...May 2001 � F A M I L Y P R A C T I C E M A N A G E M E N T � 33 Although electronic medicalrecords (EMRs) have been avail-able for over 20 years,1 primarycare physicians have been notori- ously slow to embrace them. Currently, only about 5 percent of physicians use some form of EMR,2...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/0500/fpm20010500p33.pdf
6. Sustain the Improvement Over Time
Step 6: Sustain the improvement over time
Family Physician : Patient Care
https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/prevention-wellness/immunizations-vaccines/office-champions/sustain-improvement.html
60-Second Survey Gives Insight Into Unmet Social Needs
Researchers found that a brief survey administered to patients helped identify obstacles to maintaining good health.
AAFP News : Practice and Career
https://www.aafp.org/news/practice-professional-issues/20190612minutesurvey.html
636.pdf
...Chronic Plaque Psoriasis KELLY M. LUBA, D.O., Phoenix, Arizona DANIEL L. STULBERG, M.D., Rose Family Medical Center, Denver, Colorado T he prevalence of psoriasis in the United States is estimated to be 0.6 to 4.8 percent.1 Psoriasis is slightly more common in men.1 No reliable...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/afp20060215p636.pdf
647.pdf
...Behavior Disorders of Dementia: Recognition and Treatment ABI V. RAYNER, M.D., M.P.H., JAMES G. O’BRIEN, M.D., and BEN SCHOENBACHLER, M.D. University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky V irtually all patients with dementia will develop changes in behav- ior and...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/afp20060215p647.pdf
659.pdf
...Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes: Diagnosis and Management TANYA M. MEDINA, M.D., and D. ASHLEY HILL, M.D. Florida Hospital Family Practice Residency Program, Orlando, Florida P remature rupture of membranes (PROM) is the rupture of the fetal membranes before the onset of...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/afp20060215p659.pdf
669.pdf
...Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Diagnostic Considerations MARVIN DEWAR, M.D., J.D., and R. WHIT CURRY, JR., M.D. University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida T he global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is increasing; the disease is...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/afp20060215p669.pdf
70 Years of American Family Physician - Editorials - American Family Physician
Apr 1, 2020 - The mission of providing practical and clinically relevant information to busy physicians has been the force behind AFP's impressive improvements during the past 70 years.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2020/0401/p389.html
71h.pdf
...Diabetic Foot Infection MAZEN S. BADER, MD, MPH, Memorial University of Newfoundland School of Medicine, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada I n patients with diabetes, any foot infec- tion is potentially serious. Diabetic foot infections range in severity from superficial paronychia to...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0701/afp20080701p71.pdf
87h.pdf
...Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease MARK B. STEPHENS, CDR, MC, USN, and KENNETH S. YEW, CAPT, MC, USN Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland C hronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of chronic disease-...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0701/afp20080701p87.pdf
9 Steps to a Strategic Marketing Plan -- Family Practice Management
...IL LU ST R A TI O N B Y E LI ZA B ET H L A D A November/December 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 ■ 39 Rebecca Anwar, PhD, and Judy Capko For many physicians, marketing is simply a matter of putting an...
Family Practice Management
https://www.aafp.org/fpm/2001/1100/fpm20011100p39.pdf
9-Valent HPV Vaccine Offers Only Small Advantage Over Quadrivalent Vaccine - POEMs - ...
Jul 1, 2015 - A new 9-valent HPV vaccine is generally similar in effectiveness to the older quadrivalent vaccine. There is a small benefit of the new vaccine compared with the older vaccine for women who are initially uninfected (2.4 vs. 4.2 cases per 1,000 person-years), but you would have to ...
American Family Physician : POEMs
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0701/p54.html