My Green Doctor

MAY 29, 2025

We’re pleased to share that Weill Cornell Medicine, one of the nation’s most respected academic medical institutions, has begun a small-scale pilot of the My Green Doctor program—an important step toward building a more sustainable healthcare future. 8,500 new users joined in 2023. 8,500 new users joined in 2023.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 19, 2025

It has already been adopted across healthcare institutions in Hong Kong as well as by multinational health insurer Bupa. FaceHeart also received FDA approval for the heart rate component in 2023. Nevertheless, their widespread adoption is contingent on their acceptance by the medical and patient community.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Health system innovations aimed at improving healthcare access are complex interventions that can have unintended consequences; hence the need for near real-time evaluation approaches which capture evolving contexts and impacts. Setting: Alberta, Canada from May 2022 to October 2023.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Study Design: A cross-sectional analysis of patients and FPs in Ontario from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

APRIL 12, 2025

Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the field will grow by 15 percent from 2023 to 2033 , which is higher than the average for roles that provide support to healthcare professionals. What Medical Assistants Do Medical assistants play a crucial role in healthcare by supporting physicians and other providers.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 8, 2025

The authors urged readers to make the elimination of nuclear weapons an urgent public health priority, reiterating a 2023 editorial on similar themes : Any use of nuclear weapons would be catastrophic for humanity.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As part of the BRIDGE program, the AAFP hosted Project ECHO® (ECHO: Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) sessions, focusing on resident wellbeing and burnout prevention. Intervention: 4 series: Fall 2022; Spring 2023; Fall 2023; Spring 2024.

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My Green Doctor

APRIL 4, 2025

Todd Sack concludes that, “ the medical office waiting room appears to be an accepted, time-efficient, and effective site to communicate knowledge on climate change and health. ” According to the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown, mortality caused by extreme heat events increased by 53.7% The healthcare sector contributes 8.5%

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. The CFPC Board endorsed the guidance report in December 2023. Ongoing engagement and collaboration with the FM research community will be crucial.

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Barton Associates

MAY 1, 2025

adults had a mental illness in 2023, and about half (46%) of them did not get any treatment. A psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (NP), also known as a psych NP or a PMHNP, helps bridge this gap by providing essential mental health services to underserved populations. Why is there a behavioral health provider shortage?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This year’s episode, our fourth conducted at SGIM, is focused on the importance of qualitative research and the role it plays in antiracism research, community-based work, and scholarship. Describe the positive impacts of qualitative methods on healthcare provision and/or policies in clinical settings. References Ogunwole, S.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2023

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples Show Notes by Sudarshan (“Sud”) Krishnamurthy April 4, 2023 Summary: This episode highlights the checkered past of medicine and the advancements in the field that have occurred at the expense of the humanity of Indigenous peoples.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 24, 2025

They explore the impact of racism, trauma, and inequities in care, while emphasizing the need for culturally grounded, community-based prevention. Community-Based Prevention: The conversation then moves toward community-based prevention, with Dr. Simon advocating for trusted community networks to support youth mental health.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

She was awarded the Society of Biological Psychiatry Humanitarian Award and the Community Outreach Award by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Episode Takeaways Community health centers play an important role in access to evidence-based psychiatric care rooted in community values. 2023 Apr;21(2):166-7.

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FDA Law

JUNE 21, 2023

According to the announcement, enabling patients to access medical devices beyond traditional clinical settings can help close the healthcare gap by delivering care “directly to patients, wherever they are – at home, at work, in cities, in rural communities.” telemedicine and telehealth solutions (e.g.,

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Race, racism, and racial inequality have tangible impacts on people’s livelihoods, much less their experiences in the healthcare system. J Epidemiol Community Health. Race in eGFR Calculations — Why So Contentious? eGFR equation-building is a complex science. Prioritizing Equity in a Time of Scarcity: The COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Opioid use disorder (OUD) continues to increase across the US, with over 105,000 OUD-related deaths reported in a 12-month period ending in October 2023. Responses within this theme ranged from the need for baseline knowledge of OUD to the need for more specific training on treating OUD with comorbidities and managing side effects.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 4, 2024

Her research, writing, and community engagement focuses on shifting consciousness in medical education toward abolitionist possibilities. For instance, Toni Morrison’s “Home” depicts scenes of a community of Black women nursing a woman who has been the victim of medical racism and violence.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 29, 2025

The EIB developed a first-of-its-kind tool to quantify how climate hazards like heatwaves, floods, and poor air quality will drive up healthcare demand across Europe. In the United States, extreme weather events and air pollution are already costing the healthcare system over $820 billion annually. So what’s the path forward?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The systematic review of peer-reviewed intervention was published from 2018 to 2023. The researchers recommended including community members in intervention design, healthcare systems, and policies. Community-based organizations led by Black women may be even more impactful. PW: Why was it important to do this study?

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Richardson — On February 15, 2023, the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee (NDAC) and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee (AADPAC) held a joint meeting to discuss an application pending before FDA that would switch Narcan (naloxone) Nasal Spray from prescription to over-the-counter (OTC) status. By Kalie E.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

But you worry that the advance directive does not provide enough guidance for the specific decision at Yael Jo, do you. So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. It doesn’t provide enough guidance for the clinicians to make decisions.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

-Alex End Well Talk [link] Resources on the PEACH Program Program Review Paper A recent publication in Longwoods Healthcare Quarterly reviewing the PEACH model. link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. those experiencing homelessness).

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

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. But then I realized who I wasn’t hearing from, I did not hear from the CEO of my organization, my healthcare organization. One was very surprising.

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In October 2022, FDA released the draft guidance entitled “Select Updates for the Breakthrough Devices Program Guidance: Reducing Disparities in Health and Healthcare,” as previously discussed in our blog.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

JAMA IM 2023 A shout-out to my NPR episode on 1A titled the “State of Hospice Care” DISCLAIMER While we filmed in Montreal during the Annual Assembly, all opinions expressed in this podcast are independent of AAHPM and HPNA, or the Annual Assembly. She happened to focus on some specific for-profit hospice providers. JAMA Health Forum.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Weve covered psychedelics on the podcast beforefirst in 2019 with Ira Byock, where we explored their potential role in medicine , and then again in 2023 with Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, and Theora Cimino, focusing on the reasons to approach psychedelic use in patients with caution. Because we don’t.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

And I think the crisis that we’re in right now in healthcare delivery, the idea of laying down my badge, I think that’s maybe a metaphor for being a sheriff, but what about being a healthcare provider? And so I think that’s why it has its moment now even in 2023. So I just can’t keep going.

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FDA Law

JULY 9, 2024

The deadline for the Draft Guidance was December 29, 2023, so the draft, issued on June 26, 2024, is about 6 months late under FDORA’s mandate. DAP Goal Rationales The sponsor must also provide a rationale for the study’s proposed enrollment goals, including information and analysis to explain how these goals were determined.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

Listen Gun Violence and Safety (2023) – Brad Sobolewski, MD, MEd – featuring Kit Carney, MD & Kristen Humphrey, MD – PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast [link] Subscribe Advocacy and education resources Be SMART Campaign Be SMART emphasizes the importance of responsible gun ownership and secure gun storage.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

To provide context, we are joined by Karen Steinhauser, a social scientist at Duke who has been studying spirituality for years (and published one of the most cited papers in palliative care on factors considered important at the end of life , as well as one of my favorite qualitative papers to give to research trainees ).

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3. There’s so many things that are happening, but I think we’re still just learning as a community to bring all of the professions together, all of our wisdom with the wisdom of the people to really learn, how do we actually address that? Pain Manag Nurs. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2023.11.004.

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FDA Law

MAY 21, 2024

The Attorney General also released DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) opinions providing the rationale and support for the NPRM. 29, 2023) (“Basis”); NPRM at 44,603. In 2023, HHS conducted a different approach, a two-part test, to determine whether marijuana has a CAMU. 44,597 (May 21, 2024). Basis at 61; NPRM at 44,615. *

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

This question, while providing an opportunity to talk about direct and indirect experiences, can be asked of all patients, and opens the door to conversations about anti-semitism, islamophobia, or anti-Black racism. And one of the things that we’ll talk about today is how did the community respond?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

In social work, it’s called self-determination of the client, meaning at the end of the day, I can provide resources to this older adult or to this caregiver, whoever it may be. That’s something that I figured we could definitely go after is using those negotiation skills and then moving them over towards the healthcare setting.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

One of the worst ways is you have a community of people who’ve paid into Social Security their whole life, paid into to support Medicare their whole life, and don’t live long enough to see the fruits of that. I would love to get the geriatrics community to say, “Age is just a number.” Not true, actually.

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