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The Importance of Diabetic Retina Exams: Safeguarding Vision in the Face of Diabetes

Family Physicians of Greeley

Preventive Measures:** Regular eye exams enable healthcare professionals to identify factors that may contribute to diabetic retinopathy progression. Promoting Awareness and Compliance:** Regular appointments for diabetic retina exams foster a sense of awareness and responsibility among individuals managing diabetes.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Her mission — preparing the next generation of diverse physician leaders in pediatric healthcare and mental health and creating partnerships between communities and academic centers — will be critical for eliminating disparities among minority populations. Accessed 2024. Dr. Kevin M. References 1. Benton TD , Boyd RC , Njoroge WF.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

The intervention involved mailing medication-specific brochures to patients before their primary care appointments (click here for the brochure ). It’s called Danton, and it was just published mid last year, mid 2024. The results showed a modest but significant increase in deprescribing rates among the intervention group.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

He died in 2024. Like, I’ve had people who’ve appointed their super as their healthcare decision makers and certainly, I mean, I feel like every, every time we talk about what’s changed in, in day to day life, we reflect on Covid. I’m a little bit of a throwback kind of 70s 80s guy.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. There were a lot of those kinds of recommendations being made, and then the nurse and social worker would actually help the patient make the initial contact, make an appointment, whatever it is they need to do, and would follow up with them on how it went.

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Coping with Serious Illness: Danielle Chammas and Amanda Moment

GeriPal

Somebody shouts at my front Desk staff because they’re pissed off about their appointment time. I said, you know, I don’t usually start my appointments in laughter. And I think that’s why by the end of the appointment, we were able to go to equally deep places that were pretty dark and pretty heavy together.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Even if you haven’t completed a healthcare proxy, durable training for healthcare, most states say here’s a list of people who can make that decision in order.

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