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The Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is simply a better way a more effective and efficient model of health care delivery. This new model produces better care and lower costs.
Un vídeo de la American Academy of Family Physicians Americans In Motion iniciativa que ilustra los pequeños cambios que puede hacer para mejorar la salud de su familia.
A video from the American Academy of Family Physicians Americans In Motion initiative that illustrates small changes you can make to improve your familys fitness.
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...with community groups that provide social and public services to targeted minority populations; and a resolution that the AAFP support medical student and residency education regarding social determinants of health and recognize the role of such factors --...
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American Academy of Family Physicians
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http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/inside-aafp/20090506ncsc-public-hlth.html
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...register for the HCNN program via an AAFP Web link to a co-branded Web page and respond to an HCNN alert within 72 hours, the AAFP will receive a nominal fee from HCNN. According to DePhillips, the traditional paper-based alert process can take several days...
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American Academy of Family Physicians
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http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/inside-aafp/20090422hcnn-redux.html
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...much more likely," says the Legislative Alert. "The Senate version does not contain these same provisions." The alert urges AAFP members to call their members of Congress to tell them to support the House budget committee's provisions to improve physician...
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American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/government-medicine/20090408leg-alert-budget.html
The unsubstantiated benefits of EMRs by Brandi White Monday, March 16, 2009 Noteworthy Blog American Academy of Family Physicians blogs.aafp.org ... xtranormal
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...AAFP is co-sponsoring the National Medical Home Summit, along with TransforMED and 16 other organizations, and the AAFP has arranged for Academy members to receive a discount on registration to attend the meeting, which will be held March 2-3 in Philadelphia....
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American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/practice-management/20090202med-home-conf.html
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At the annual family practice conference, Dr. Daniel Honigman explains how medical technology helps him improve patient care. He checks patients' side effects and for potentially harmful drug interactions.
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...Now. After spirited testimony on this topic by family medicine residents, medical students and new physicians during the 2008 AAFP Congress of Delegates last month, the delegates adopted a resolution calling on the AAFP to advocate reinstatement of the pathway,...
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American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/resident-student-focus/20081001educ-letter.html
At the blue man group performance at the AAFP Scientific convention in san diego (9/19/08) Watch the drummer ... Blueman Group Drummer Funny Fall AAFP
2008 AAFP trade show. Couldn't find Athena. Stumbled on EMR section. Every booth was empty except eMDs. Very nice EMR. I can see why it was so crowded. ... e-MDs EMR EHR Athena AthenaHealth
Presence at CoD 2008
Presence at CoD 2008
Presence at CoD 2008
Presence at CoD 2008
2008 Consent Calendar of the Reference Committee on Organization and Finance
Dr. Ted Epperly, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), talks with the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie Judd about the Academy's efforts to create a health care system based on a "patient-centered medical home."
Dr. Ted Epperly, president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), talks with the Kaiser Family Foundation's Jackie Judd about the Academy's efforts to create a health care system based on a "patient-centered medical home."
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A demonstration of how to use the Speak Out function on the AAFP's website to contact your legislators about pending legislation.
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...in 2009. During a series of meetings on Capitol Hill on Feb. 12 and 13, AAFP President Jim King, M.D., of Selmer, Tenn.; AAFP Board Chair Rick Kellerman, M.D., of Wichita, Kan.; AAFP President-elect Ted Epperly, M.D., of Boise, Idaho; and AAFP EVP Douglas...
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American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/news/news-now/government-medicine/20080227sgrcongressvisit.html
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