News from NJAFP
NJ Lawmakers Introduce Bills to Address Health Care Worker Shortage
NJAFP's lobbyist, Claudine Leone, testified in support of a bill that revamps the NJ Primary Care Loan Redemption Program to improve access to the program for new family physicians by removing barriers for their prospective employers, including private practices, to ...
Read More Oppose APN Scope of Practice Expansion Legislation
Family Physicians Act Now: Oppose APN Scope of Practice Expansion Legislation The New Jersey Legislature is considering a bill (S1522/A2286) that would allow APNs and CRNAs to practice independently outside of a physician-led team and without any physician supervision or ...
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ACUTE SEVERE HEPATITIS IN YOUNG CHILDREN
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ACUTE SEVERE HEPATITIS IN YOUNG CHILDREN Call for Cases CDC is investigating nine cases of severe hepatitis of unknown cause in otherwise healthy children in Alabama. These cases are potentially linked to adenovirus type 41, although the cause is not ...
Read More 2022 NJAFP Family Physician of the Year Awarded to Dr. Josette Palmer
2022 NJAFP Family Physician of the Year Awarded to Dr. Josette Palmer Dr. Josette Palmer receives NJAFP's 2022 Family Physician of the Year Award Dr. Palmer is the kind of physician New Jersey is desperate to keep: a Jersey-trained, community-based, ...
Read More Bordentown Family Physician Mary F. Campagnolo, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Named to American Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors
Mary F. Campagnolo, MD, MBA, FAAFP Long-Time NJAFP Member and Highly Respected Physician, Elected to 3-Year Term as Advocate for Family Physicians Across the Nation Trenton, NJ – A highly respected, Bordentown family physician, Mary F. Campagnolo, MD, MBA, FAAFP, ...
Read More COVID-19 Maternal & Infant Outcomes Project
The Department of Health is working to reach out to healthcare providers that provide prenatal care in order to identify cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy in order to track maternal and infant outcomes. You can help. Review the letter ...
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Perspectives: A View of Family Medicine in New Jersey Online
Perspectives is the Journal of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians. It is published four times per year and reaches over 2000 Family Physicians, physicans-in-training, select non-member physicians and medical students throughout New Jersey.
How do I submit an article for publication?
Clinical articles, letters to the editor and other submissions for publication should be submitted - preferably electronically as MS Word documents - to the Managing Editor, Theresa J. Barrett, PhD, CMP, CAE
The Editors reserve the right to accept or reject any article or advertising material.