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A Very Tepid Defense of the Physical Exam

Sensible Medicine

Doctors of a certain age tend to fetishize the physical exam. I think this is because learning the physical exam is an important part of the socialization of the doctor. Though with every passing day I feel more and more like part of the old guard, I can only give the exam a tepid defense.

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Elevating FQHC Services: Compass Health Network’s Integration of GALE eClinics

19 Labs

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability to perform remote physical exams, including listening to heart and lung sounds, became crucial. This integration ensures that patients receive comprehensive care despite the challenges of remote locations and limited resources.

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Telehealth Update from J.D. Power, Amwell, Cigna, GoodRx, and a Trio of Smart Doctors

Health Populi

Amwell also began allying with TytoCare this week, to enable home-based physical exams using med-tech designed for patients’ at-home use. For example, AmWell began collaborating with the Google cloud business, where the company invested $100 million to scale the alliance.

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Telehealth Use Among Older Americans: Growing Interest, Remaining Concerns

Health Populi

These included: A clinician’s lack of ability to conduct a physical exam (75% of older people concerned about this). But a telehealth encounter was seen as more convenient than an office visit by 56% of older people. The study identified several key concerns about telehealth visits, shown in the graphic.

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A (re)Visit to an Old-Fashioned Doctor

Sensible Medicine

Old-fashioned doctors spend whatever time it takes to obtain a good medical history and physical examination. The history and physical exam is not something to be fetishized but something to be recognized as a time saver. An exam finding does, on occasion, make you feel more comfortable with your diagnosis.

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What Are SOAP Notes and How Do You Write Them?

Valant

Objective : Vital signs, results of physical exams, completion of inventories/instruments, and other actual observations such as the patient’s mood, behavior, appearance, and statements, when pertinent to treatment. Note Items of a particularly private nature may be reserved for private therapy notes (not progress notes).

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Now Trending: 5 Physician content creators explain Doximity GPT

Doximity

therealndmd I was asked recently if I used any history and physical exam (H&P) templates when I first started clinical rotations, and my answer was “I just figured it out as I went”.