Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

The state’s Department of Labor projects that healthcare practitioners and healthcare support occupations will see greater employment through 2030, particularly in chronic care and family medicine.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Professional Education 52

GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

Should we use Ozempic (if we can find it) in patients with serious illness, which often results in undesirable and profound weight loss? Ozempic is a new fancy med that, by the way, leads to weight loss among celebrities, resulting in shortages of the drug from people using it off-label for that purpose. Listen in to learn more!

Diabetes 74

Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Family 74

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. In today’s podcast, we had the opportunity to learn from a renowned expert in palliative care, Eduardo Bruera, about cachexia and anorexia in serious illness. It’s just that they look like a big bmI, but they lost 15, 2030 pounds.

Illness 133

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 133

Medical Xpress

JANUARY 30, 2023

It's also associated with chronic illness and disability. Recent research estimates that the world could see close to half a billion new cases of major chronic diseases by 2030 if people don't get more active. Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide.

Physicals 74

Physicals Chronic Disease Illness Management 74

My Green Doctor

MAY 29, 2025

According to the World Health Organization, climate change will cause an additional 250,000 deaths every year between 2030 and 2050. This means: Direct influence: Training healthcare professionals to understand and manage the growing connections between environment and illness. These deaths will not be evenly distributed.

Healthcare Professional 52

Healthcare Professional Healthcare Finance Education 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Alex: So potentially really splitting out the before death and the after death components when we’re talking about what’s important to people who are facing serious illness. That’s at every conversation I share, “These are the statistics, this is what’s going to happen by 2030, 2050. Alex: Yeah.

Community 128

Community Family Families IT 128

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. So the palliative performance scale, or PPS, is essentially a tool to help clinicians with prognostication for seriously ill or palliative care populations.

Family 106

Family Families Patient-Centered Patients 106