Family Practice News

New Brunswick is discouraging family physicians from practising in the province despite a growing need for care, a number of doctors in the Maritimes say.

Jeremy Hunt is to launch a wide-ranging attack on GPs, claiming some do not even know their patients' names.

The fourth World Family Doctor Day was celebrated around the globe on Sunday 19 May, providing an opportunity to recognise the importance of family doctors and the work they do.

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Jennifer was one of my first patients as a new doctor, and she came to see me about an unintended pregnancy.

The theme for 2013 is Unleash the Power of Age - a powerful and vital tribute to our active older citizens everywhere.

Dr. W. Mitchel Shaver accepts an award for the number of graduates who enter family practice residencies from Jeff Cain, M.D., president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

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Neither the doctors, nor the nurses, nor the paramedics could see that a bacterial infection that was ravaging Ken Wilson's body until it was too late.

The cost of healthcare has certainly dominated the news in recent years with much finger pointing and blame to go around.

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Family doctors are being advised against routine screening for depression among patients who have an average risk of the mental health disorder or no apparent symptoms.

The Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians has named Dr. Gordon Zubrod its 2013 Exemplary Teacher of the Year.

Edward A. Jackson of Saginaw elected to the board as one of six directors. Dr. Danny D. Greig and Dr.

When WellSpan Health sought to replace its retiring president and CEO, Bruce M. Bartels, the health-care giant could have sought an outside perspective, perhaps a leader with connections to the insurance industry or from the political realm.

Care provider Harmoni uses nurse practitioners to work eight-hour overnight shifts when they cannot recruit GPs to do the shifts Britain's biggest out-of-hours care provider is using senior nurses to cover up to a quarter of a million patients when they cannot recruit GPs to do the shifts.

Gayle MacLean of Wheatley River, left, is sold on the value of nurse practitioners like Melinda Ells, who works at the Central Queens Family Health Centre in Hunter River.

"Today that has changed," said Donna Gravelle, recruiter for the Cambridge & North Dumfries Doctor Recruitment Committee.

Director of RMS Healthcare Practice Transformation Susan Maxsween, right, presents Family Practice Associates' Practice Administrator Jean Carnese, third from right, and the Baldwinsville team of physicians and providers with a certificate recognizing FPA's Level 3 Physician Practice Connections-Patient Centered Medical Home recognition.