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Perspectives

Building the Patient-Centered Medical Home

Fred Pelzman, MD, on improving patient care

Building the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Getting Everything in One Place

Electronic health records aren't delivering on their promise of fewer paper forms

April 29, 2024
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Getting in Touch, Figuring It All Out

It's great to have more than one way to ask for help on a difficult case

April 22, 2024
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Taking Care of Patients Beyond the Confines of the Traditional Office Visit

Home monitoring can offer a great way to extend our services

April 15, 2024
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Paging Dr. Sinclair

When it comes to artificial intelligence in healthcare, there are still a few bugs in the system

April 8, 2024
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Using an Interpreter Is Great, but It Also Needs to Be Documented

Here's yet another example of how automation can help us

March 25, 2024
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Having a Retreat Helped Us Move Forward

A day away from it all gave our staff a chance to generate ideas big and small

March 18, 2024
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Knowing When to Start, Knowing When to Stop

Discussions about screening recommendations can be difficult, but they're worth having

March 11, 2024
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Small Wins

Artificial intelligence has the potential to assist with our day-to-day tasks

March 4, 2024
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Take Your Supplements With a Big Grain of Salt

We must guide patients who get lost managing their own care

February 26, 2024
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Artificial Intelligence Versus Sir William Osler

Note-taking in the electronic health record still leaves much to be desired

February 12, 2024
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The Perennial Problem of No-Show Appointments

Instead of overbooking, let's focus on why patients aren't showing up

February 5, 2024
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Care Coordination and Other Opportunities for Improvement

You want me to fill out a paper form even though we're on the same EHR system? I don't think so.

January 29, 2024
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Can We Please Stop Pushing the Paperwork Rock Uphill?

Let's develop paperless systems that make our lives easier and allow us to focus on patient care

January 22, 2024
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Fix the Foundation

We need to improve the way our primary care offices function

January 16, 2024
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