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Moving patients beyond injury and back to work
I suspect that we tend to be pessimistic about our ability to influence patient outcomes because we are uncertain about the best course of action...
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To screen or not to screen children for hypertension?
In this issue of JFP, Smith et al recommend following guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics to...
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A thoughtful approach to drug screening and addiction
Use of cheap street fentanyl, rather than prescription drugs, accounts for nearly all of the increase in opioid overdose deaths.
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Systemic racism: An editor’s note
This month’s editorial was jointly written by the editors of 10 prominent family medicine publications, including JFP, and is being published...
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Whole-person care: Our foundation, our future
We can no longer go “halfway” into whole-person care.
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When patients don’t get the care they should
The outcome might have been much different if there had been further delay.
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Systemic Racism and Health Disparities: A Statement from Editors of Family Medicine Journals
The year 2020 has been marked by historic protests across the United States and the globe sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery,...
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Choose wisely
Here are 5 more recommendations from the Choosing Wisely list of tests and treatments to avoid ordering for your patients.
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It's time to change when BP meds are taken
We should all tell our patients to take their BP medication in the evening from now on. What could be an easier way to reduce CV morbidity and...
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Managing amidst COVID-19 (and everything else that ails us)
We must continue to tend to the other health care needs of our patients even as we deal with COVID-19.
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How effective is that face mask?
The best homemade masks are those with 2 layers of high-quality, heavyweight “quilter’s cotton” with a thread count of 180 or more.
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Surgery for shoulder pain? Think twice
Certain conditions involving shoulder, knee, and back pain should prompt us to advise against surgery.
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What to do when the evidence is not conclusive
Why don't we have conclusive evidence? Because the right studies have not been done.
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It’s time to get to know AI
Artificial intelligence will be widely deployed in clinical tools that improve our diagnostic accuracy and provide better personalized data to...
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Burned out? Change your practice
No amount of yoga, mindfulness, meditation, or exercise will be sufficient to combat physician burnout.