September 19, 2024
The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) has partnered with Stratis Health and the Minnesota Department of Health Long COVID Guiding Council on a three-session ECHO series focusing on recognizing, managing, and treating long COVID.
The three sessions are available to watch on demand here.
Session 1: Recognizing Long COVID
Objectives:
Differentiate long COVID from other chronic conditions with similar presentations
Identify different symptom patterns with which long COVID may present
Understand the potential stigma and other psychosocial concerns that patients with long COVID may experience
Gain awareness of resources available to people experiencing long COVID
Session 2: Long COVID in Pediatric + Geriatric Populations
Objectives:
Understanding the role of long COVID in the context of other conditions affecting older adults and overview available tools and resources to support older adults experiencing long COVID
Differentiate long COVID from other chronic conditions with similar presentation in pediatric populations and overview available tools and resources to support
Session 3: Treatment & Management Options for Long COVID + Equity Considerations
Objectives:
Establish familiarity with the current treatment and management options for long COVID
Understand when to seek specialty referrals
Consider how equity may play a role in a patients' ability to seek care
May 29, 2025
As the Legislature works to complete its work on the state’s two-year budget, another deadline is looming. Legislators are required to pass a balanced budget before the end of the fiscal year—June 30, 2025. If they don’t meet that deadline, the state will begin a partial shutdown.
May 29, 2025
Registration has opened for the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Reflection and Engagement event, featuring best-selling author Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD.
May 29, 2025
The AMA is encouraging physicians to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to revise the reconciliation bill passed recently by the U.S. House of Representatives. While the bill includes language that would stabilize Medicare physician payments, it also threatens to cripple Medicaid and CHIP.