Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

In 2000, American Family Physician published an AAFP position paper (an updated version currently resides on the AAFP website) emphasizing that “colonoscopy can be a natural extension of the total care provided by a well-trained family physician.”

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

After coming out of residency and taking care of lots of complicated older adults as of now, a brand new physician attending, I really needed that team to help me out. And so for our example, when we launched our brand new ACE unit here at UAB in 2008, we did not have the funds to redesign the unit until three years later.

Hospital 101

Hospital Patient-Centered IT Nurse Practitioner 101

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? And I came to the now I think naive conclusion that fixing and avoiding complications was the secret. They were more likely to have a major inpatient surgical complication. She falls and breaks her hip.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. It’ll provide you with like a percentage estimate of probability of nursing home level of care at two, five and ten years, and also the median predicted time to nursing home care.

Families 108

Families Family Patient-Centered Patients 108