By Bob Chestnut, MD Improved patient outcomes should be the bottom-line. Unfortunately, it is not. Instead, the true current bottom-line is billable patient services. This is in part due to the fee-for-service payment model, pervasive in healthcare, which causes a well-documented misalignment of economic and social interest. It causes economic force to primarily promote billable … More Moving Toward Fee-for-Outcomes Medicine
By Patricia Avelar I was shadowing Dr. Kirby as he conducted a refugee screening with a woman from Somali and two of her small children. As he asked the woman general questions about her and her children’s health, she explained through an interpreter that she had three other children in addition to the two present … More Refugee Experience
Why (not) Family Medicine? is a series of posts from health care thought leaders, both inside and outside of Family Medicine. These will be posted every Friday. The participants were asked to focus on whatever they wanted in response to this question. We are glad that so many of these impressive leaders were willing to … More Why (not) Family Medicine? – Michael Magill, MD
By Jordan Knox, MD https://www.instagram.com/p/BIydUm2Au3G (Erik Shoji, Michael Phelps, and Kawika Shoji, USA … More New Olympic Event? Avoiding Zika
By Kyle Jones, MD This was originally published on the American Academy of Family Physician’s Fresh Perspectives Blog As both a physician and someone who suffers from depression and anxiety, I have been alarmed by what appears to be a dramatic rise in mental illness in our country. With this in mind, I was extremely saddened … More How Can Family Physicians Turn Back the Rising Suicide Rate?
By Sean McNamara, MD This article contains broad and over simplified medical recommendations and should not be interpreted as definitive medical management. The right thing to do in ALL scenarios is seek professional emergency assistance. Many Utah transplants live here for one reason: beer. Not. It’s the mountains. Skiing, hiking, biking, fishing, off-roading, camping, … More Wilderness Medicine 101
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