Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) adopted a resolution (policy guidance) in 2024 related to addressing food insecurity in Minnesota. An excerpt follows: 2024-04. Family physicians can refer patients to systems that are already in place such as Allina Health’s Care Meals Program or M Health Fairview’s Fair Table.

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Permanente Medicine

APRIL 16, 2025

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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Sound Physicians

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We caught up with Dr. Osman Saleem, Medical Director for our hospital medicine practice at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo in Buffalo, New York, to go behind the stethoscope and learn more about how he came to Sound and his leadership journey:    When did you first consider a career in medicine?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

Violence in hospital emergency departments (EDs) has reached crisis levels. A 2024 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) poll revealed that 91% of emergency physicians reported that they or a colleague experienced violence in the past year. The severity of this problem has even made its way into pop culture. The Warner Bros.

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 22, 2025

Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals together comprise Kaiser Permanente. The Federation is the national leadership and consulting organization for Permanente Medical Groups and their more than 25,000 physicians. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 1, 2025

A retrospective analysis of characteristics of 15 consecutive years of code stroke cases at a hospital in Barcelona, Spain, found that patients who were ultimately diagnosed with migraine headache with aura (1.1%) were more likely to be younger, female, and have fewer vascular risk factors than patients with ischemic strokes.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This case was submitted by Dr. Andrea De Jesús Martínez Chief PEM Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine | Texas Children’s Hospital Instagram: @bcm_pemfellows Co-author: Benjamin Silva, MD, MPH The Case A 4-year-old male with no significant past medical history presents with headache and vomiting. This is the first of the four cases.

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Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

News & World Report in 2024 , the unemployment rate for physicians is 0.3%, which is less than the national unemployment rate of 4.2% Editor’s Note: This blog was originally published in February 2024 by Mike Connors and was updated in May 2025 by MIke Connors to reflect new information. in April 2025.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

" The Gilded Age of Medicine is Here ," announced the title of a recent New Yorker article about the tactics of private equity firms that provide infusions of cash to struggling hospitals in order to extract hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by slashing costs to the bone and endangering the health of patients. Nevertheless, the U.S.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

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. Compared with the standard flu shot, the enhanced vaccines reduced the risk of hospitalization from the flu in older adults, by at least 11% and up to 18%.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 24, 2025

She is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). These include population-specific adaptations of DBT, attachment-based family therapy, and increasing research on effective interventions for minority youth.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

She is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Jeffrey Bridge, a leading researcher at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital. A Culturally Informed Approach to Supporting Suicidal Minoritized Patients.

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PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

Jennifer Marin ( jennifer.marin@chp.edu ) from UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. 2024-066854. 2024-066855. Pediatrics.

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PEMBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Tell families that this rash will always look worse on days 2,3, and 4 an to not be alarmed. Your hospital might even have a specific clinic to follow this up – like the PATS – Penciling Allergy Testing Service at Cincinnati Children’s. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Serum Sickness.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Counsel families and caregiversincluding pregnant household contactson the risks, exposures, and infection control considerations related to Parvovirus B19. It is a non-enveloped, single-stranded DNA virus in the Parvoviridae family. Sometimes I share it with patients and families. UpToDate , Jun. link] Edwards, Morven S.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a cosponsoring board for geriatric medicine, which means physicians certified by ABFM who have completed accredited training can also qualify for the Geriatric Medicine Certification Exam administered by ABIM and obtain ABFM Board Certification in Geriatric Medicine.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 10, 2025

BowFlex filed for bankruptcy in March 2024. But the CPSC says the adjustable design may pose a safety hazard. The recalled units include 3.7 million sets sold by Nautilus Inc., which changed its name to BowFlex in 2023, CBS News reported.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. Providers at New South Family Medicine and MedSpa can address the patient's deeper needs, rather than trying to rush through a hectic day full of too-brief appointments.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 28, 2025

70 people (14%) have been hospitalized for serious illnesses, and one child and one adult have died. For comparison, there were 285 cases of measles in the United States in 2024, and there have already been more reported cases than in all but two years since 2000.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

You can also listen to an audio interview with Alex and JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani about this study and the other RCT of default palliative care for hospitalized older adults with noncancer serious illness published in the same issue. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eric: Well, what are the odds that two family members focus on a similar topic and do research together? laughter] Alex: We love the family theme. But what was really interesting is the transport to the hospital was actually going down in their system.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

In 2024, the NIH funded six short-term research projects totaling over $1 million. These funds would be a lifeline for many families who are still grappling with health concerns and some economic hardship,” she said. The new funding will take a more in-depth look at possible long-term impacts.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. He died in 2024. So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. Is that fair?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. They’re still engaging fully with their family and with the activities and the hobbies that they’re still able to do. While everyone says we should be doing this to the best science available, every hospital has a different interpretation of that.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. The more we can notice that, the more we can actually be present for that family and actually see how they’re experiencing it. Pain Manag Nurs. 2023 Dec 20:S1524-9042(23)00202-3.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This week, we talk about the other major palliative care trial of default palliative care consults for hospitalized older adults with COPD, kidney disease, or dementia, published in the same issue of JAMA. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. So if one of my patients gets admitted, I also see them on the inpatient side of our hospital. I think for families and for other providers who are not trained in that, it’s very hard to predict. I’m embedded in the ICU in one of our smaller hospitals.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Alex 00:26 And we’re delayed to welcome Amanda Moment, who is a palliative care social worker at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. But if we’re going to have a family meeting, that’s a different circumstance. What are you seeing in terms of the relationship between this patient and their family?

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Alex: And Sammy Winemaker, who’s a palliative care physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care. Alex: Generally in the hospital-based hospice. Sammy: Thank you so much.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

On the other hand, all of our guests agree that chaplains are often the most vulnerable to being cut from hospital and health system budgets. Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. LaVera: Yes.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Additional link to study with heatmaps of specific locations (hospital, nursing home, home) after initiating dialysis. -@AlexSmithMD ** NOTE: To claim CME credit for this episode, click here ** Transcript Eric 00:11 Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. He would go home, and then three weeks later he would be back in the hospital.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Her name is Emily Groopman, and she’s a current resident at Children’s National Hospital. Inborn Errors of Metabolism.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

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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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

JAGS 2024 Nursing Home Palliative Care Referral Process, Barriers, and Proposed Solutions: A Qualitative Study. Kathleen 03:47 I think any of us who’ve spent any time in nursing homes have spent time working in a nursing home setting, have visited, had family members in nursing homes and looked around and seen the population there.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Eduardo 07:17 Well, we had a palliative care unit in another hospital that was 510 minutes away. And the truth is we don’t want, I don’t want any patient or family to perceive that when Brera goes to see me, there’s a second interest, a second gain.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Have you had a family history of substance use disorder? Eric: What matters most is spending the few remaining days, weeks, or months with their family, maybe not having them trek for the entire afternoon to get their methadone. Most of our population has trauma.

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