Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Family physicians are being squeezed by two accelerating trends: (1) too few of us to care for the growing US population and (2) the rising number of tasks that we are asked to accomplish for each patient. Since 2020, the starting ages for breast, lung, and colorectal cancer screening were lowered to 40, 50, and 45 years, respectively.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Family Physician Preventative Care Preventive Care 52

BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

Introductory article to İkİIşik H, Sezerol MA, Taşçı Y, et alCOVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary healthcare workers in a district of Istanbul: a cross-sectional study from TurkeyFamily Medicine and Community Health 2022;10:e001430. Chronic Disease Yes 35 (51.5) The mean age of the participants was 38.6±10.3

Vaccination 40

Vaccination Healthcare Professional Healthcare Primary Care 40

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Alex: We’ve got a lot to talk about…what states are doing and cities are doing to support older adults in the community. But, what you need is a community-based game there. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides. You go back home.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We talk with Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones about the hospital-at-home movement, which has been shown to reduce costs, improve outcomes and improve the patient experience. 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. Annals of Int Med.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115

The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 2, 2020

When it comes to pandemics more broadly, the role of non-pharmaceutical interventions, like mask wearing, social distancing, and stay at home orders, must be recognized for their robust potential to reduce disease spread and burden. If anything, COVID-19 has removed “the veil” and made the extent of the inequities in this country very clear.

Community 52

Community Internal Medicine Chronic Disease IT 52