This month we lead with a nuts and bolts “how to article” article on downloading glucose meters. This is typically done in the endocrinology’s office, why not in the osteopathic family physician office? Insurance companies dictate the glucose meter they will cover on specific insurance plans and ...
Editor's Message
From the President's Desk
10-11
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Being heard is important. It is important to our patients, it is important to ACOFP members, and to each of you personally. ACOFP made a bold move in July 2017 to establish its own legislative voice by hiring a Washington, DC - based medical lobbying firm - Alston & Bird. ACOFP is working wi...
Research Article
12-17
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Improving Team-Based Care in Family Medicine
Lessons Learned from a Practice Transformation Study
Team-based care is a key element of a successful primary care practice or patient centered medical home (PCMH). However, before practices can transform to PCMHs, they have to transform their staff to assume new roles and develop needed skills in the new practice paradigm. As medical prac...
Review Articles
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Improving Diabetes Care Efficiency
Glucose Meter Download Station in Medical Offices
Diabetes mellitus has become a public health pandemic. Nearly 1 in 9 adults in the U.S. have diabetes. This is expected to grow to 1 in 3 Americans by 2030. Diabetes management is time consuming for both the patient and the physician. It is recommended that people with diabetes perform s...
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Movement disorders are a heterogeneous group of complex sensorimotor neurological conditions involving involuntary abnormal movements, deficiencies or changes in normal motion. Parkinson’s disease, restless leg syndrome, and essential tremor are the most common movement disorders, and th...
Clinical Images
40-44
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This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading. A 78-year-old African American male presents to his primary care office with a minimally tender mass on the lateral as...
Patient Education Handout(s)
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This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading. Gout is a form of arthritis that causes a sudden episode of swelling and pain in joints. It usually only affects one joint, but some people can have it in more than one joi...
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This article was designed to be viewed and distributed as a PDF. Please download the PDF for easiest reading. Movement disorders affect about 28% of the U.S. population aged 50-89. They are conditions that affect how we move. The most common movement disorder is an essential ...