Insights: Supported Decision-Making for Patients with Disabilities That Affect Capacity

Written by Jillian MacLeod This Insights provides information about supported decision-making (SDM), which can be used as a tool in obtaining informed consent from people with disabilities that affect their decision-making capacity, like intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD) or cognitive disabilities. A patient’s decision to access abortion or early pregnancy loss care is a significant one. As…

Contraceptive Pearl: Difficult IUD Insertion and Removal

By Lori Atkinson, MD and Maya Bass, MD MA FAAFP With the increased use of long-acting reversible contraception, clinicians are more likely to encounter difficult intrauterine device (IUD) insertions and removals in their practice. Below are a few strategies and techniques to help troubleshoot these procedures.   Difficult IUD Insertions  IUD insertions are most commonly…

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Electronic Health Record Template: Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) for Early Pregnancy Loss (EPL)

This is an electronic health record template (from the EPIC system) for manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) for miscarriage.

Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) Procedure Aftercare

Take home instructions for patients after manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) management of a miscarriage.

Early Pregnancy Loss (Miscarriage) Treatment: Medication Management with Misoprostol-Only

This patient fact sheet explains medication treatment (using misoprostol-only) and aftercare instructions for early pregnancy loss (miscarriage) and answers frequently asked patient questions.

Protocol for Medication Management of Early Pregnancy Loss: Misoprostol-Only

Protocols for Medication Management of Early Pregnancy Loss

Early Pregnancy Loss (Miscarriage) Treatment: Medication Management with Mifepristone and Misoprostol

This patient fact sheet explains medication treatment and aftercare for early pregnancy loss, or miscarriage, and answers frequently asked patient questions.

Early Pregnancy Loss (Miscarriage) Treatment: Watch and Wait

This patient fact sheet explains the “watch and wait” method for miscarriage treatment, and answers commonly-asked patient questions.

Protocol for Medication Management of Early Pregnancy Loss: Mifepristone and Misoprostol

Clinical protocol for medication management of miscarriage using mifepristone and misoprostol.