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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

I ended up opening Noreta Family Medicine in 2020, a Direct Primary Care (DPC). I would argue that DPC is an escape fire for the larger primary care ecosystem. One study showed that the average primary care visit is 18.9 I wish this patient had known about Direct Primary Care at that time.

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Many people are tired of grappling with long COVID—here are some evidence-based ways to counter it

Medical Xpress

She developed COVID-19 during the 2020 Christmas holiday and saw me during the summer of 2021. Previously, her primary care doctor had recommended a graded exercise program. A patient of mine, once a marathon runner, now gets tired just walking around the block. But exercise exhausted her.

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

GeriPal

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. Eric: … in geriatrics as a primary care doctor? From Beth Israel and UNC. Beth: Yeah. Eric: Well, Greg, are there themes?

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

GeriPal

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics.

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

GeriPal

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. I’ve been running a medical storytelling program called the Nocturnus.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. As shown in the following graph, primary care services amount for only 8.1%