Helping Texas family doctors care for all of us

At the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, our mission is to promote the health of all Texans by serving the needs of members and advancing the specialty of family medicine.

ADVOCACY

Lawmakers should address access to care by investing in primary care research and innovation

Helen Kent Davis and Tom Banning say legislators could establish a primary care research and innovation lab to improve primary care capacity, access, efficiency, and more during the upcoming legislative session.

HEALTHY PRACTICE

Online CME — Solutions to Administrative Burden: Inbox

In this free one-hour on-demand activity, family physicians discuss innovations they’ve deployed to address administrative burden.

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AAFP NEWS

Family Medicine Advocacy Rounds for November 2024

AAFP fights for better Medicare payment, call for primary care investment, celebrate rural family doctors, and more.

A family medicine champion for West Texas

A profile of Texas Family Physician of the Year

Ron Cook, DO, MBA

NEW ONLINE CME

Get your required human trafficking CME

Watch TAFP's online course, "Identifying Human Trafficking in Texas: What Physicians Need to Know," and get your required human trafficking training credit.

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PRACTICE RESOURCES

Administrative simplification

The TAFP Council on Medical Practice has curated a set of articles and resources to help you reduce administrative burden in your practice.

PRACTICE RESOURCES

Value-based care resources

Watch an informational video by Dr. Peter Valenzuela and access a variety of other VBC tools and resources.

Meet your November Member of the Month

Tu Dan “Kathy” Nguyen, MD

Kathy Nguyen, MD, completed an undergraduate degree in nutritional sciences, even doing a study abroad program in Sicily focused on the mediterranean diet, to further her interest in a preventive and proactive lifestyle. After completing her residency at the Memorial Family Medicine Residency program in Sugar Land, she did a sports medicine fellowship then returned to Memorial as their director of sports medicine. She now serves as the team physician for multiple sports teams and schools in the Houston area, in addition to her clinical practice.