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From Numbers to Names: How Concierge Care is Redefining the Doctor-Patient Experience

Concierge Choice Physicians

Wayne Lipton, CCP Managing Partner ​America’s trust in medical professionals is dwindling, according to Gallup’s annual professions rating , dropping from a high of 67% in 2021 to just 53% in 2024. Physicians, particularly primary or family care doctors, value the doctor-patient relationship too.

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Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

Permanente Medicine

Consolidation of hospitals, medical groups, and health plans are occurring throughout the United States,” said Dr. Koh. Hospital Model of Care: NWP will work with TPMG on the Hospital Model of Care and Telecritical Care, a virtual care program for patients in the ICU. Kaiser Permanente in Northern California received 4.5

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals together comprise Kaiser Permanente. About the Permanente Medical Groups The Permanente Medical Groups are self-governed, physician-led, prepaid, multispecialty medical groups composed of more than 25,000 physicians.

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Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

He emphasized ABIM’s focus on patient-centered standards and promoting high-quality care, as well as ABIM’s commitment to ensuring a diverse governance that reflects the physician and patient population. In 2024, 75% of ABIM Board Certified geriatricians who chose an assessment opted for the LKA, while 68% of ABFM geriatricians chose the LKA.

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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

has long disparaged certain vaccines, calling them unsafe and saying that the government officials who regulate them are compromised and corrupt. Take influenza, which annually sends from 140,000 to 710,000 people to hospitals, most of them seniors, and is fatal to 10% of hospitalized older adults. Kennedy Jr.,

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NIH to Fund $10M in Long-Term Health Studies After Ohio Train Disaster

Physician's Weekly

Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, where the derailment occurred, have pressed the government to do more to answer questions about the mental and physical health effects of the disaster — from post-traumatic stress to cancer. In 2024, the NIH funded six short-term research projects totaling over $1 million.

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Because in medicine as somebody who works in the hospital, there’s always other treatment options. They could have a prognosis of years, or decades.

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