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An indexed, peer-reviewed journal of the AAFP | Practical ideas for improving practice, enhancing the patient experience, and developing a rewarding career

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Does your EHR have a cut-and-paste feature enabled? It probably shouldn't. Here's what to use instead. https://t.co/BTUGa8rpjC

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The real power of AI for busy physicians? It’s "an intellectual pressure relief valve, helping preserve our cognitive reserve." https://t.co/AwM2e9NK7m

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Deciding which AI tools to implement — and which to avoid — just got EASIER. https://t.co/vJqbu0JoTT

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This clinic set out to create a garden for patients in need — and ended up cultivating connection, wellness, and blue-ribbon-worthy rosemary. Here’s how. https://t.co/5myQH8jc6T

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A roadmap to help navigate the prior-authorization maze for GLP-1 medications. https://t.co/idy2DqkpFe

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Primary care physicians now have a simpler way to get paid for the time they spend managing patients' care between visits: Advanced Primary Care Management codes. No time tracking required. https://t.co/h0WcmkzLIr

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Highlights from our latest issue: A Guide to APCM Coding | Easing Prior Auth for GLP-1s | How to Build a Clinic-Based Community Garden | An "EASIER" Framework for Evaluating AI Tools | Rethinking Parental Leave in Medicine | Coding Q&As https://t.co/aI4LRbUeR8

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Note: This editorial is being published simultaneously in @AFPJournal, @AnnFamMed, Evidence-Based Practice, @fammedjournal, @FPMJournal,@JAmBoardFamMed, and @PRiMER_Journal.

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In this joint editorial, editors of the seven US-based family medicine journals underscore the evidence that a strong primary care infrastructure is clearly related to improved health. https://t.co/1eOPTcxyeo

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Authors: Sumi Sexton, MD; Sarina Schrager, MD, MS; Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH; Christopher P. Morley, PhD; Caroline Richardson, MD; Jon Neher, MD; and James DomDera, MD

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In honor of #PeerReviewWeek, thank you to the FPM peer reviewers for your contributions to our journal. We could not do the important work of supporting family physicians without you! https://t.co/E4OJjCWryT

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Lifestyle counseling for overweight or sarcopenia: when to bill 99401-99404 and when not to. https://t.co/6ZkEPT3qU6

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What’s missing in resident training: a curriculum for navigating the health care maze. https://t.co/4pQqnzh65f

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Health plans keep pledging — and failing — to relieve the prior auth burden. Now, regulators have stepped in with much-needed reforms. https://t.co/RqUjdhXE1J

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EHR-induced burnout is real. Employers should provide ongoing, individualized EHR training beyond onboarding. https://t.co/94MSU7oyUf

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Don’t go into a job search without knowing what your peers make — and how happy they are — across practice settings. These tools can help. https://t.co/j70w0BZR5n

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What’s a sustainable workload in family medicine? 20 patients per day. https://t.co/JOTwGNT88I

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The evidence for empathy: 1) It improves outcomes — even better than nonpharma therapy, opioids, and surgery in one study, and 2) It protects against burnout. https://t.co/B3k6RBt8ql

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@thomasjwwalters Thanks for flagging that. We have corrected the language to better reflect the source material, which states that 46.7% of practicing physicians were 55 or older as of 2021.

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A wave of physician retirements and an aging population will require a multi-pronged approach. https://t.co/JEv4TJRgBA