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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Your Medi-Cal patients can get $20 for trying to stop smoking

Posted on July 24, 2012 by RMoore

Getting our smoking patients to put down their cigarettes (aka coffin nails) can be difficult. Sorry, I know this sounds like I’m preaching to the choir. Medi-Cal patients smoke at a higher rate – 31% – than patients with other insurance – 22%. They even smoke Continue reading →

Posted in PHC Services, Prevention

The Great Imitator continues to fool primary care clinicians

Posted on July 16, 2012 by RMoore

If an august, gray-haired professor delivered your medical school lecture on syphilis, or if you had to suffer the pontifications of a wise-acre resident on the I.D. service during internship, you may recall that syphilis was formerly known as “The Great Imitator.” Continue reading →

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The top 7 rules for teleconference engagement

Posted on July 10, 2012 by RMoore

As Regional Medical Director, I am frequently at one end of a PHC teleconference – either video or phone – doing the best I can to understand and participate in the meeting. PHC clinicians are currently spread over six counties, making teleconferencing Continue reading →

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