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Reports of MU death was premature Shortly before I attended the Nevada Academy of Family Physicians winter meeting in January, news had just broke over the demise of Meaningful Use (MU). Many AAFP members in attendance were eager to know about what to do next as these onerous MU measures were destined to end in 2016. Do they still have to report these numbers? Are they going to continue to be penalized if they don 't report these measures? What is going to happen to Merit-based Incentive Payment

Despite modern medicine cancer continues to claim the lives of many people all over the world. Throughout the years the number has increased slowly for some types of cancers, while others have seen a drastic increase in the number of new cases each year. The International Agency for Research estimates that there will be an “increase in the number of cancer cases globally to 21.7 million new cancer cases and 13 million cancer deaths” (American Cancer Society, 2016). These figures are alarming and

levels. Level 1: Primary health care • Family doctor unit • Polyclinics (includes dental care) • Specialty institution • Mother’s home • Grandparents home • Community mental health clinic Level 2: Secondary health care • Inpatient hospital • Inpatient nursing homecare One of the key differences between the US health system and Cuba health system is that Cuba focuses on preventing diseases rather than treating the diseases. And everyone will be having family physician and nurses. For the Cuba health

These individuals must rely on the physician to know what is best for their loved one. The Institute of Medicine (2008) actually makes a recommendation that funding be made available for training these informal support providers. Center for Health force Studies and Johnson et al., (as cited in Instituted of Medicine) acknowledge that newer generations of individuals enter into older adulthood the informal caregiver option will diminish due to an increase in

much thought to the baby I shared genes with who suffered from an extra chromosome. In the course of time, the investment I made in understanding my baby cousin’s illness nurtured my interest in human health and grew into a passion for the field of medicine. Six years later, I was honored to receive a diploma from the University of Istanbul Cerrahpasa Medical School as a trophy for my eager interest. Not long after graduation, I was working as a general practitioner in a poorer socioeconomic area where

argues that women should not have to travel long distances or deal with unnecessary requirements in order to “get the reproductive health care they need.” She resolves this by insisting on integrating abortion into primary care in such a way that family physicians at home be allowed to perform first trimester abortions. As one continues through the article, Yanow’s position becomes increasingly clear. She points out that most primary care clinicians already have the

days of leaving Lianyuan, I received a call from my grandparents that for the first time in two years, my grandfather finally had relief from his itching and was able to tolerate the foods he had previously enjoyed. As my experience in clinical medicine grew, I discovered that

Ideas and reforms for an improved access to high quality primary health care in Ontario: AOHC’s perspective Purpose The purpose of this briefing note is to provide top three recommendations for the policy actions that AOHC should advocate in order to improve timely access to primary health care in Ontario. Background Primary care is considered to be the first point of contact with the health system for the people of Ontario and is recognized, as the building block of the entire health system. Every

organization. The main purpose of this website is to provide families with information on health related topics and offer wellness information that will benefit all members of the family. This website was chosen based on the fact that many people have families. Anyone who is interested in any health topics and/or wellness can find this site by searching in various search engines, such as Google or yahoo, by typing into the search bar family health or whatever health

Family Medicine Physician Assistants Physician assistants are professionals that practice medicine under the supervision of a physician. The profession was created in the 1960s because physicians began to notice that there was a shortage of physicians practicing in primary care. To solve for the shortage of physicians, Eugene A. Sted Jr.,MD of Duke University gathered four men who had medical training in the military and created the first class of PAs in 1965.This first physician assistant class