Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

in 2020, with higher percentages of patients with more favorable pathology or lower PSA levels choosing one of these strategies. times more likely to develop urinary or sexual complications, 2.78 Also, limited life expectancy increases the likelihood of complications from most procedures, including radiation therapy.

Routine Screenings 52

Routine Screenings Screening Complication Diagnose 52

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

billion people were living with vision loss in 2020, and it is forecasted to reach 1.7 Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. Originally, the companies promised to put the digital contact lens on the market around 2020.

Diabetes 105

Diabetes Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

Should we use Ozempic (if we can find it) in patients with serious illness, which often results in undesirable and profound weight loss? And I can only imagine that’s even more complicated in the cancer patient population, where we’re asking them to do so many other things as well. Listen in to learn more!

Diabetes 73

Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Families 73

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And we have Scott Halpern, who is Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Director of the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center or Payer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. What I’m saying is the entire field of serious illness care has for decades been plagued by a really weak evidence base.

Patient-Centered 126

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 126

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. 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115

GeriPal

JULY 16, 2024

Ken Covinsky reminds us that we should not be making a diagnosis based on what we see on TV, and that if a patient’s daughter expressed a concern that their parent “wasn’t right,” we would conduct an in depth evaluation that might last an hour. You hear people, a lot of talking heads on tv. There is a tension.

Diagnosis 141

Diagnosis Diagnose IT Physicals 141