Member of the Week: Dr. Raymond Ward

Practice: I work at Cope Family Medicine/Ogden Clinic in Bountiful, right close to Lakeview Hospital. We have 5 docs and 4 midlevels at our location. We offer Primary Care and Urgent care and have on site lab draw, x rays, counseling, and diabetes education. I enjoy working with all primary care populations including Medicare and…

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Family Medicine Serving Local Communities

Over the past few weeks UAFP members have been involved in service projects in an effort to connect with their local communities! Hygiene Kit and Food Drive for Community Action Services and Food Bank in Provo, UT The holidays are a perfect time for us to recognize what things we are thankful for and how…

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Member of the Week: Dr. Melinda McDonald Midgley

Practice: I worked for twenty years with Premier Family Medical, originally Tri-City Medical in Pleasant Grove, Utah. I did OB and admissions at American Fork Hospital. I now work at Premise Health in an outpatient Family Medicine clinic, no call or after hours, three days a week in Utah County. Residency: Pueblo, Colorado A bit…

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Member of the Week: Dr. Jennifer Leiser

Practice: I am currently the Division Chief for Family Medicine at the University of Utah, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. Although I have a lot of administrative responsibilities, I still practice part-time at the Sugarhouse Health Center in Salt Lake City. I also supervise family medicine residents and health sciences students during their training.…

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Utah DHHS Center for Medical Cannabis: Laws and operation basics

Interested in becoming a Qualified Medical Provider or a Limited Medical Provider with the Utah medical cannabis program? This video will help you: Understand the difference between the QMP program and the LMP program.  Learn what the qualifying medical conditions are for cannabis use in Utah.  Find out which types of medicinal dosage forms of…

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Long Covid Surveillance in Utah

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services is creating a long COVID surveillance system and we are depending on clinicians to use the long covid ICD-10 code (U09.9) to allow us to track this condition. ·       Long COVID is a syndrome comprising a wide range of symptoms that impacts approximately one in five people who…

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