tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2230199300360842252011-07-28T21:34:13.073-07:00Welcome to THE JOURNAL OF FAMILY PRACTICE's blog, the place to comment on articles we publish online and in print. To learn more about the journal, visit www.jfponline.com.The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-90230793085411069322010-04-01T06:18:00.000-07:002010-04-01T06:20:11.762-07:00On January 1, 2010, CMS implemented a new policy on consultation billing; how has this change affected you? Read <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=8519&issue=April_2010&IUD=">Before surgery: Have you done enough to mitigate risk?</a> and share your experiences.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-9023079308541106932?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-20340453256651482082010-03-01T06:42:00.001-08:002010-03-01T06:45:49.643-08:00Do you continue to treat heart failure patients whose ejection fraction is back to normal?<br /><br />Read "<a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=8427&issue=March_2010&UID=">Ejection fraction is back to normal--now what?</a>" and share your experiences.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-2034045325665148208?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-20110474055722339702010-02-01T06:25:00.000-08:002010-02-01T06:29:06.047-08:00Do you use continuous glucose monitoring with your patients, and what has your experience been? Read <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=8353&issue_February_2010&UID&">A new glucose monitoring option</a> at jfponline.com and join the discussion.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-2011047405572233970?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-24416816281402824702010-01-01T12:23:00.000-08:002010-01-01T12:30:35.580-08:00What's the biggest challenge you face when prescribing antidepressants to adolescents? Read <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=8265&issue=January_2010&UID">Answers to your questions about SSRIs</a> and share your experiences treating depressed teens.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-2441681628140282470?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-18215846963160929262009-12-01T08:16:00.000-08:002009-12-01T08:18:37.103-08:00What do you think needs to be done to improve access to primary care? Read <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=8192&issue=December_2009&IUD=">The health care problem no one's talking about</a> and share your ideas and experiences.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-1821584696316092926?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-48280316700296441732009-11-02T07:12:00.000-08:002009-11-05T06:24:12.280-08:00How great has been the demand for swine flu vaccine in your practice? Read <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=8106&issue=November_2009&UID=">"Can I get my flu shot today?"</a> and listen to the <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=7143#">H1N1 update</a> at jfponline.com and share your experience.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-4828031670029644173?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-88485942511968342382009-10-01T06:19:00.000-07:002009-10-01T06:22:40.043-07:00What agent have you had the most success with when antidepressant therapy required augmentation? Read <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=8012&issue=October_2009&UID=">"Can nonantidepressants help treat depression?"</a> and share your experience.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-8848594251196834238?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-638686532266278162009-09-01T07:28:00.000-07:002009-09-01T07:33:22.897-07:00What percentage of your claims are kicked back by insurance companies, and what's the main reason? Read "<span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=7845&issue=September_2009&UID=">Time to declare E&M codes dead</a></span>" and tell us what you think.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-63868653226627816?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-14872644005747933262009-08-03T07:13:00.001-07:002009-08-03T07:25:29.504-07:00How common is Restless Legs Syndrome in your practice and what treatments do you typically recommend? <br /><br />Read <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=7764&issue=August_2009&UID=">RLS: Diagnostic time-savers, Tx tips</a>, <br />and share your experience!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-1487264400574793326?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-68307863510652256312009-07-01T10:23:00.000-07:002009-07-01T10:34:32.127-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">CT colonography</span> and <span style="font-weight:bold;">fecal DNA</span> are controversial colorectal screening tools. Have you used them? <br /><br />Read our <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=7680&issue=July_2009&UID=">USPSTF preventive care update</a>, and tell us what your experience with these controversial screening tools has been.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-6830786351065225631?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-55972215677520997532009-06-01T10:02:00.000-07:002009-06-01T12:38:06.965-07:00<a href="http://www.jfponline.com/audio/Randall_Edited.mp3">Nasal foreign body retrieval: Tips from a specialist (AUDIOCAST)<br /></a><br />David A. Randall, MD, the author of <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=7607&issue=June_2009&UID=">How to remove those things kids put up their nose</a>, offers additional pointers on nasal foreign body retrieval.<br /><br />What's the most unusual thing you've retrieved from a child's nose?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-5597221567752099753?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-81797725155703065452009-04-01T10:26:00.000-07:002009-04-02T06:44:37.155-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.jfponline.com/pods/soundFiles/Onusko_Edited_v2.mp3">Beware of these EHR coding and documentation pitfalls!</a> (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">AUDIOCAST</span>)</div><div>Listen to Edward Onusko, MD, author of  <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/Pages.asp?AID=7460&amp;issue=April_2009&amp;UID=">The preoperative consult: A coding quiz</a> (JFP April 2009), talk about EHR coding and documentation pitfalls. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Tell us what EHR coding challenges you've faced.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>  </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-8179772515570306545?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-72985843513043821532009-02-24T12:50:00.000-08:002009-03-04T06:06:48.906-08:00<div style="font-weight: bold;">Lost in (cyber)space</div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Dinner at our house is not a pretty affair, what with an ever-changing constellation of family, friends, and felines; a cacophony of conversations; and a telltale tapping in the background. Kids on cell phones, PDAs, and who-knows-what other devices are busy accessing instant messages, bidding on eBay, and exchanging e-mail messages with their pals a continent away. It's enough to make anyone feel like a Luddite. </div><div> The feeling remains as I sit down at my computer in February to write this editorial, which will be printed in a few weeks, make its way through the mail system, and finally land in your mail box in early March.</div><div> So when we at the journal sit down to discuss the future of publishing, I hold myself suspect. I hate Blackboard (an online learning system) with a passion. I can't understand why anyone would want a Second Life (a 3-D virtual world); managing my first life is complicated enough. And who needs a wiki, when "old-fashioned" electronic drafts circulated via e-mail will do?</div><div> But looking around my dinner table, I am convinced that we're in the midst of a communications evolution--no, make that a revolution. ... That's why I'm asking you to answer 3 questions:<br /></div><div>1. What new communication technologies do you use regularly?</div><div>2. What new communication technologies would you like to try, provided the content was compelling?</div><div>3. Would you like to see more JFP audiocasts, and would you read a JFP blog, check us out on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter?</div><div><br /></div><div>I look forward to your comments and suggestions... </div><div><br /></div><div>Jeff Susman, MD, Editor-in-Chief</div><div>jfp@fammed.edu</div><div>(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">You can read the unabridged version of this editorial at</span> <a href="http://www.jfponline.com/">jfponline.com</a>.)<br /><br /><a href="http://journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com/2009/02/lost-in-cyberspace-dinner-at-our-house.html#comments"><span style="font-family: arial;">Comment on this article</span></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jfponline.com/ContactUs.asp?id=1003"><span style="font-family: arial;">Email the editor</span></a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-7298584351304382153?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223019930036084225.post-56224954628946655372009-02-24T12:36:00.000-08:002009-02-24T12:46:21.282-08:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/223019930036084225-5622495462894665537?l=journaloffamilypractice.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The Journal of Family Practicenoreply@blogger.com0