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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. We'll also touch on women’s health , mental health , and how to get the most out of your visit. What is Urgent Care?

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Pediatric Check-Ups

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

Once your child is thirty months, or two-and-a-half, parents can reduce the frequency of appointments. Questions to Ask Your Pediatrician Your child’s pediatric appointment is a great time to ask the doctor any questions and address any concerns you may have. What symptoms warrant a trip to the emergency room vs. convenient care?

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

We discuss: What is considered a hate incident, how is it tracked, what do we know about changes over time The wider impact of Anti-Asian hate on older Asians, who are afraid to go out, leading to anxiety, social isolation, loneliness, decreased exercise, missed appointments and medications. I should pay attention to it, too.

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AI for surrogate decision making?!? Dave Wendler, Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, Teva Brender

GeriPal

Another thing you could do is let’s really encourage discussion ahead of time between the appointed surrogate and the patient while the patient’s competent about patients preferences about their values. But more and more patients end up in emergency rooms and ICUs and they’re unrepresented.