Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. We determined personal adherence rates by calculating the mean adherence rates of the medications prescribed to each individual. The mean age was 81.2

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Diabetes ER Medical 130

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

David is a physician who wrote the book “ Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” and gave a TED talk on “ A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” that was watched over 3 million times. laughter] Alex 01:39 Material here for songs related to medical marijuana or marijuana in general. Eric 01:34 Yeah.

Medical 98

Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 98

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

I want to say like 2017, 2018, something like that. And it culminated in him giving a bad light to the patient in the hospital room because that was the only semblance of normalcy for this patient. Julien: When I closed my eyes, I actually thought this is an actual recording of Chris Cornell. It was amazing. Alex: When did he die?

Patient-Centered 96

Patient-Centered Patients IT Hospital 96

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

We see our patients and our families throughout the illness trajectory into the hospital. And so the definition of advance care planning really switched in, I think, 2017, 2018, there was kind of a United States definition and then an international consensus definition. It’s hard for your family to know. [laughter].

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

So, in mid-March, he took his family to a primary care clinic at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Nguyen, who is a UTMB postdoctoral fellow in public health and infectious disease, said he asked clinic staff whether his family’s insurance would cover the checkups and immunizations. Then the bills came.

Vaccination 52

Vaccination Checkup Insurance Families 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

They rushed to the emergency room, fearing a dangerous bowel impaction. GLP-1 agonist medications Ozempic, Wegovy, and others also are delivering dramatic results for millions. Researchers are learning that obesity’s drivers can be environmental, familial, or genetic. Kennedy Jr.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Emergency Room Insurance Patients 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork. When the Tennant family was told histotripsy would cost $50,000 and insurance wouldn’t cover it, they appealed the denial four times.

Insurance 52

Insurance Patients Behavioral Health Services Diagnose 52