GeorgeTown University Family Medicine

• Why Are We a 'Loss Leader' for Procedural Subspecialties? Dr Kenny Lin wishes he could say that family medicine and primary care are in a better position today than a decade ago.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, May 06, 2022
• Pain in Vain or Flexible Prescribing? CDC's Draft Opioid Guidance With this proposed update, CDC seeks to restore physician autonomy and balance in pain management, but has the pendulum swung too far in the direction of "never opioids"?
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, March 22, 2022
• We Should Be Doing Fewer PSA Tests, but We Are Doing More A 2018 change applied only to men aged 55-69, but testing is up across the board, suggesting that the prostate-specific antigen screening recommendation has been misinterpreted, says Dr Kenny Lin.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, February 28, 2022
• How We Could Actually Do Prevention in Primary Care Kenny Lin sees only two ways for primary care clinicians to be able to provide patients with recommended preventive services.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, January 06, 2022
• Who Should, and Who Shouldn't, Take Aspirin for Primary Prevention Dr Kenny Lin shares his decision-making on the use of aspirin for primary prevention.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, November 18, 2021
• Why Primary Care Docs Should Worry About the Aducanumab Approval Kenny Lin has three reasons for caring about an expensive, ineffective drug that he won't be prescribing.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, July 12, 2021
• Back to In-Person Visits? Don't Give Away What We've Gained Dr Kenny Lin argues that we need to be thoughtful when choosing the right type of patient visit -- virtual or in-person.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, June 04, 2021
• To Fix COVID Vaccine Hesitancy, Trust Primary Care It's time to pass the COVID vaccine baton to our primary care clinicians.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, March 30, 2021
• Why I've Changed My Approach to Mammography in Older Women Kenny Lin considers the likelihood of benefit, considering life expectancy, before ordering a mammogram for screening or surveillance in older women.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, February 22, 2021
• Ditch the Waiting Room (and Other Post-COVID Ideas) Kenny Lin argues that we shouldn't just return to 'business as usual' after the pandemic and waste an opportunity to discontinue evidence-free traditions.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, January 28, 2021
• The Lipid Guideline I Follow in Primary Care Kenny Lin shares what he considers the best available cholesterol management guideline for primary care -- and why.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, September 25, 2020
• Doctors and Politicians Must Sometimes Deliver Bad News As physicians, we have to learn how to deliver bad news that enables our patients to respond. Political leaders must do the same.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, September 24, 2020
• I've Changed My Mind on Lung Cancer Screening Georgetown family doctor Kenny Lin explains why he's changing course on how he approaches screening for lung cancer.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, August 18, 2020
• Docs Fight Back Against COVID Conspiracy Theories In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, we face a potent and virulent 'infodemic .'
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, August 05, 2020
• Telemedicine Tales: Let's Reschedule When You're Not Shopping With a few months under his belt, Dr Kenny Lin shares some of the virtual-visit highs and lows he's experienced in family practice.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, May 20, 2020
• Dense Breasts: Who Needs More Imaging?   Most states now require informing women that mammograms may not pick up cancers in dense breasts. How does this change breast cancer screening?
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, January 08, 2020
• Colorectal Cancer: To Screen or Not?   Patient preferences and values matter as much--or more--than guidelines, argues Kenny Lin.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, December 05, 2019
• Should We Even Talk About a PSA?   Bring it up? Wait for the patient to bring it up? How does the patient even know whether to bring it up?
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, October 22, 2019
• New Payment Models for Primary Care: Band-Aid or Cure?   Will new payment models that cut administrative burdens and reward physicians for keeping patients healthy rescue primary care? Time will tell.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, August 20, 2019
• Lung Cancer Screening: False Positives and True Benefits   We have a duty to discuss these harms with patients when they are deciding on lung cancer screening.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, July 25, 2019