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Parenting in a post-pandemic world

Medical Xpress

dropped precipitously between 2019 and 2022. In October, a panel of health experts recommended that all children ages 8 to 18 receive routine screening for anxiety during visits to primary care doctors. Math and reading proficiency levels among fourth- and eighth-graders across the U.S.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

The initial RCT published on physician coaching in JAMA in 2019 showing that coaching improves quality of life. A 2020 RCT of coaching for primary care physicians shows that coaching improves burnout well-being during the intervention and has a sustained duration at 6 months of follow up. Greg: Yeah.

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Wait Times: Direct Primary Care vs. Traditional Primary Care

The Direct Doctors Difference

In 2019 we discussed the basics of why patients wait a long time to hear back, get through on the phone lines, or be seen with a primary care doctor. We’ve heard of patients quoted a six to twelve month wait period before they can see a doctor as a new patient!

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

And the other thing I would add is if you look at the number of board certified geriatricians, it’s grown as far back as I could see since 2019 where we were at 6670 and we’re now at 7413. How do we train primary care doctors to do geriatrics? But she wrote this a counter. ” I did love that line.

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

And I turned to my dad and I said, I think mom needs palliative care. And she did have a primary care doctor. And I called up my friend who is a palliative care doctor and described the situation. And I called up my friend who is a palliative care doctor and described the situation.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

Alex: In 2019 … You wrote two viewpoints about AI recently in JAMA, relatively recently. I guess, 2019, and then, one again about last month or so. And the actors were blinded to whether this was a primary care doctor or a chat bot answering them. Eric: Yeah. Alex: Can I follow up that question, Eric?

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Podcast Episode: The Unvaccinated Child with Fever

PEMBlog

In Indiana, Curtis et al did a retrospective review of almost 800 well-appearing febrile children three to 36 months throughout 2019, presenting in one Indiana pediatric emergency department, and they were really looking at vaccine status. Can they follow up with their primary care doctor or at your facility within 24 to 48 hours?