Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

James Stevermer and Kenneth Fink wrote in an AFP editorial : Few men diagnosed with and treated for prostate cancer will experience a mortality benefit, and an estimated 20% to 50% of those treated will never become symptomatic, even without treatment. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs. and 6.1%, respectively).

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 98

Diabetes Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Persons with disabilities were more likely to experience serious illness, death, and adverse consequences by the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: Compare the incidence of post-COVID conditions (PCC) by pre-pandemic diagnosed by the type of disability. Measurements. 95% CI 0.51, 0.7)

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Patients Diagnosis Family Practice 130

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

But in reality, given workforce shortages and just the challenges and the resources necessary to be able to provide early integrated palliative care from the time of diagnosis of advanced cancer, the model simply is not implementable, at least not in our current state with our available infrastructure and resources. What do we do with that?

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

Poetry helps us grapple with our own experiences of illness. Mike Rabow shares his award winning poem about coming out to the world about his diagnosis with multiple sclerosis. . Redwing: When you’re diagnosed with cancer, the first thing you think about is when you’re going to die. Why not live as long as possible?

Patient-Centered 93

Patient-Centered IT Community Illness 93

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. Other people say, oh, no, this is just normal cognitive aging.

Diagnosis 141

Diagnosis Diagnose IT Physicals 141