Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 16, 2025

This blog covers everything you need to know—from appointment types and coding to telehealth options and what really happens during your time with the provider. A primary care visit is your chance to build a relationship with a provider who will oversee your general health. What happens at an establish care appointment?

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Nguyen shared the multiple benefits of an AI ambient listening tool — recently rolled out nationally to more than 25,000 Permanente physicians — that transcribes office visits (with patient consent) that can be edited and added to electronic health records. even when maybe you’re not even thinking about your own health.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often when there’s a cognitive concern, it’s a family member that is calling saying, “I just want to make sure my mom should still be driving after this happened, or after this diagnosis.” Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Audio: [electronic voice] Alex Smith has been taken over by an artificial intelligence. Five minute appointments. Now actually suggesting perhaps that you missed a diagnosis that you should have considered? Is there a true relationship with that? This is Eric Widera. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

For the foreseeable future, it’s going to be right 90%, 95%, 85%, so the safety system, of course, will be, the AI says something, makes a recommendation or gives you a draft diagnosis or drafts your note, and then, the failsafe is, the doctor reads it over. I’m connecting. This is GPT-4. “Hi, GPT-4. Bob: It’s not bad.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Within eight weeks of diagnosis of advanced disease. That’s a lot of appointments that we have to account for over time. It’s about establishing a relationship and rapport. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. So I think that was one of the key eligibility criteria. English or spanish speakers.

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