Common Sense Family Doctor
Common sense thoughts on health and health care from a family doctor living in Washington, DC.
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May 16, 12 11:17AMYesterday, the family medicine residency program where I serve as a faculty preceptor "went live" with their new electronic health record. They posted a sign at the front desk that read in part: "Pard on...
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May 11, 12 06:11AMA recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), estimated at 1 in 110 children in a 2010 American Family Physician ar ticle...
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May 04, 12 05:12AMThe Department of Family Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine is currently seeking qualified applicants for its one-year fellowship in Primary Care Health Policy. This is a unique full...
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Apr 24, 12 06:08AMA few years ago, a good friend of mine who holds bachelor's and law degrees from Ivy League schools lost his job and became one of the estimated 50 million medically uninsured persons in the U.S. Over the...
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Apr 20, 12 07:28AMThey've been repeated so often that many health care quality gurus take them for granted: 1) paying physicians for performance will improve quality of care; 2) increasing patient satisfaction will red uce...
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Apr 16, 12 06:17AMRegardless of whether or not the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate or the entire 2010 health reform law in June, state-based health insurance exchanges are a good idea and, i f...
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Apr 14, 12 06:13AMRegardless of whether or not the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate or the entire 2010 health reform law in June, state-based health insurance exchanges are a good idea and, i f...
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Apr 12, 12 06:50AMRegardless of whether or not the Supreme Court strikes down the individual mandate or the entire 2010 health reform law in June, state-based health insurance exchanges are a good idea and, if est ablished...
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Apr 09, 12 12:13PMIn the March 15, 2011 issue of American Family Physician, Drs. Mark Graber, Robert Dachs, and Andrea Darby-Stewart analyzed an industry-funded trial that compared the effects of two dai ly...
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Mar 29, 12 10:38AMEvery other month or so, I post a list of my top 5 favorite posts since the preceding "best of" list on this blog, for those of you who have only recently started reading Common Sense Family Doctor or don...
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