Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context As the population ages, access and continuity of primary care with the family physician are crucial for managing the complex health needs of persons with dementia. However, there is still a gap in understanding who has access to primary care and who maintains continuity of care. 60.8%, 60.2%, and 58.8%

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Primary Care Community Family Physician Diagnosis 130

GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Next up, we chat with Liz Bayliss about her JAMA IM article that studied whether increasing awareness about deprescribing prior to primary care visits can reduce the use of potentially inappropriate long-term medications for individuals with cognitive impairment. Alex: No, I think we did one other super special. One in JAMA Network.

Specialization 104

Specialization Medical Patient-Centered Provider 104

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

A 2020 meta-analysis of eight randomized controlled trials (summarized in a POEM in American Family Physician ) concluded that low-dose CT screening prevents one lung cancer death for every 250 people screened. to 3.33, indicating that even the most pragmatic studies fell well short of simulating conditions in community settings.

Primary Care 59

Primary Care Screening Family Physician DO 59

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

That means many older adults will be relying on other primary care physicians, who already can’t keep up with demand , and nurse practitioners, whose ranks are booming. Their growth has bolstered primary care, and, like doctors, they can specialize in particular branches of medicine.

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Nurse Practitioner Family Families Primary Care 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life.

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Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 122

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But, it’s also hard not to be bullish on the future of the field to see the consistent strides geriatrics has made in the last two decades in improving care for older adults. I’ve seen this question come up a lot since finishing fellowship nearly two decades ago. Mike, welcome to GeriPal. Mike: Great to be here. It was JAMA, right?

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Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91

GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. The instructor, Fran Cook , gave all the students a survey without explanation.

IT 107

IT Community Patients Families 107

GeriPal

MAY 26, 2022

The basis of their argument is the ethical notion of “reciprocity” – people who are vaccinated have done something to protect the public health, and we owe them something for taking that action. Eric and I attempt to poke holes in their arguments, resulting in a spirited discussion. Evusheld is the latest case in point. . Alex: Love this.

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Vaccination Individual IT Healthcare 87

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. Today we focus on an intervention , published in JAMA, that gave emergency clinicians basic palliative care knowledge, training, and skills. They got a decision support tool that identified hospice patients or those who might benefit from a goals of care discussion.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We’re both in my mind, and I’m biased, great team players, the palliative care team, the chaplain is a great, everybody’s super. So I’ve always worked in coronary care units and cardiac step-downs. Eric: And probably, you didn’t have to twist Alex’s arm for a Neil Diamond song. Here we go.

Patient-Centered 132

Patient-Centered Hospital Patients IT 132

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.

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Vaccination Healthcare Professional Healthcare Primary Care 40

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Alex 00:41 And returning we have Ashwin Kotwal, who is a palliative care doc and geriatrician and assistant professor at UCSF. Mariah discussed her JAGS paper on applying a trauma-informed approach to home visits. Mariah, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Mariah 00:29 Glad to be here. Kate, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Here we go.

IT 66

IT Patient-Centered Individual Screening 66

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. The following graph shows the striking difference in premature mortality between countries with weak or strong primary care: 2. Over time, communication improves.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families GP 130

BMJ

JUNE 25, 2021

Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000780. doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000780 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the biggest cause of death from non-communicable disease in the world. million person-years of routinely collected primary care data.

Primary Care 40

Primary Care Clinical Practice Electronics Clinic 40

BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By John Scott Frazer, Glenn Ross Frazer Reference : Frazer JS , Frazer GR, Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e001143.

Primary Care 40

Primary Care Supply Chain General Practitioner Vaccination 40

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

A research study in Health Affairs charts "physicians' trajectories from medical school graduation through postgraduate training into primary care specialties" for MD, DO, and international medical graduates from 2001-15. A research letter in JAMA Network Open reported that in 2015 and 2020, graduates of U.S. in 2023-24.

Primary Care 90

Primary Care Community Primary Care Physician Family Medicine 90

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. How is it financed and what comes next? Thanks, Bruce.

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Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115