The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued updated guidance today for nursing homes to safely expand visitation options during the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency (PHE). This latest guidance comes as more than three million doses of vaccines have been administered within […]
Advocates across the country look to inspire their own communities to get vaccinated CONTACT: Emmie Johnson | 916-473-2800 | contact@thisisourshot.info SACRAMENTO, CA - Tens of thousands of health care providers have united with other frontline workers and more than two dozen state and national organizations to launch #ThisIsOurShot, a campaign to build trust in COVID […]
CAFP asks Blue Shield to consider community-based physician practices in state vaccine distribution plan. CAFP recently sent a letter to Blue Shield of California regarding the equitable and streamlined distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. Family physicians have championed community vaccination for decades, because family physicians know how to reach hard-to-reach populations, including the unsheltered, undocumented immigrants, […]
Joebert Lopez Rosal 2021 Williams Scholarship Winner, San Diego Academy of Family Physicians Joebert Rosal attended the University of Pennsylvania from 2014 to 2018 for his undergraduate studies, where he majored in Neuroscience and minored in Health Care Management. During his studies in Philadelphia he volunteered at Puentes de Salud, a Spanish speaking community clinic, as […]
Family Physicians can help destigmatize the disease of addiction by carefully choosing the words they use. This handy chart of words to use in place of some common stigmitizing words will help. Put together by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the handout offers background information and tips for providers to keep in mind […]
Blog post by Tamer Tamer, MD “Non-traditional” has been the ongoing theme for the past year. Many believe breaking tradition is the loss of culture and history, while others have taken the opportunity to be creative and lead the direction in a new path. There have been countless changes over the past several months, including: […]
Blog post by Nadine Grace-Abraham, MD and Peter Abraham, MD MAS "Unprecedented times." "New normal." "Flatten the curve." "Together while apart." Approximately one year after the declaration that a novel virus had hit American shores, the possibility of returning to a life before facemasks, social distancing, unending teleconferences, and constant fear of infection seems to be […]
Blog post by Karen D. Antwiler, MD I am a family medicine resident invested in improving patients’ mental health, particularly treating substance use disorder and other forms of addiction. I train in the Coachella Valley, where several areas in the high desert have recorded some of the highest rates of opioid overdose deaths in the […]
Show and Tell by Susan Glockner, MD Since August, when the California Blueprint for a Safer Economy executive order began, COVID-19 restrictions have been based on the colored tier system accounting for caseloads and transmission risks by region. Now that the Regional Stay-at-Home order has been lifted, we can consider how the schools can reopen and […]
