Appointment, Families, Family and Government

A Comprehensive Approach to the Opioid Crisis in Caldwell County, North Carolina [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

County governments are struggling to manage the opioid crisis. We invited all of the people who are touched by the opioid crisis (addicts, family members of addicts, the faith based community, law enforcement, public health officials, county commissioners, EMS personnel, physicians, hospital representatives, the legal community, etc.)

Community

Community Mental Health Management Hospital

Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

One popular mHealth initiative is the text4baby program, a public-private partnership launched in 2010 that sends free text messages to expectant and new mothers containing appointment reminders, safety alerts, and general prenatal and postpartum health advice. How can we avoid creating "digital divides" that could worsen health disparities?

Chronic Disease

Chronic Disease Family Medicine DO Hypertension

Double-Booking the Doctor is Half-Booking the Patient

A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 3, 2025

But the math is the same, no matter how long your normal appointments are. I never liked when somebody else decided which patient and what kind of problem could be handled in half the time of another person’s appointment that could be something that, if anything, could have been expected to run over. Government.

Patients

Patients Appointment Patient-Centered Screening

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

Concierge Choice Physicians

MARCH 24, 2025

Many seemed to blame physicians as much as insurers and the government for everything they experience as wrong in healthcare, from long waits to Covid-19. Physicians, particularly primary or family care doctors, value the doctor-patient relationship too. ” Their doctor makes them feel like family.

Patients

Patients Healthcare Relationship Healthcare Experience

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

Permanente Medicine

MAY 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 — The Permanente Federation has appointed Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA , to the National Permanente Leadership Team as executive vice president and chief quality officer and co-chair of the Kaiser Permanente National Quality Committee. To learn more about Permanente Medicine, visit permanente.org. million Kaiser Permanente members.

Appointment

Appointment Board-Certified Patient-Centered Integrated Care

Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 10, 2025

Improving access in adult and family medicine at TPMG by reducing appointment booking times by more than 33%. 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. million Kaiser Permanente members.

Clinic

Clinic Patient-Centered Healthcare Medical

Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

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. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. Above all, they noted the value of evolving definitions and remaining inclusive.

Board-Certified

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Government Community

Common Skincare Ingredients that Are Linked to Cancer

Health One Family Medicine

APRIL 30, 2021

The laws governing the skincare and cosmetics industry are very limited. Be Smart With Your Beauty Products At Health One Family Medicine , we always place more emphasis on overall wellness, since a healthy body will automatically look beautiful. You read the ingredient list!

Family Medicine Practitioner

Family Medicine Practitioner Family Medicine DO Family

Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

In addition, Dr. Nguyen co-chairs the SCPMG Virtual Medical Center and brings extensive expertise as a practicing family medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente. I’m a family physician by training. And I would remiss not to mention my wife and my family who might love and enjoy time with to travel. Fascinating background.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Patients Medical IT

Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans

Physician's Weekly

JULY 3, 2025

Most working-age Medicaid enrollees who don’t receive disability benefits already work or are looking for work, or are unable to do so because they have a disability , attend school, or care for a family member, according to KFF. Pay More To See Doctors Many Medicaid enrollees can expect to pay more out-of-pocket for appointments.

PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. 80% died exactly where they wanted to and 83% were reconnected to family or friends through a psychosocial support system that we put into place.

Healthcare

Healthcare IT Community Illness

The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

I wonder if you could suggest an empathetic conversation that I could have with her that would not sugarcoat the idea that she has cancer, but do it in the most supportive possible way, and taking into account that she’s got a family and she’s got young kids?” ” Alex: Wow. “Hi, patient’s name.

Electronics

Electronics IT Patients Healthcare

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

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

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. How have they been hearing about these issues?

Mental Health

Mental Health Community Screening IT

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’t

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Kennedy then appointed new members, including vaccine skeptics, prompting alarm from the broader medical community. It is an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. Kennedy Jr. The post KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’:

Vaccination

Vaccination Community Appointment Patient-Centered

In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of U.S. Uninsured

Physician's Weekly

JULY 1, 2025

In KFF poll results released in June, nearly two-thirds of people surveyed viewed the bill unfavorably and more than half said they were worried federal funding cuts would hurt their family’s ability to obtain and afford health care. Government-backed universal coverage has eluded U.S. policymakers for decades.

Insurance

Insurance Government Nurse Practitioner Emergency Room

Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And so one of the patients that we mentioned in that article is a gentleman who lived four hours away who was unable to come to chemotherapy appointments because his pain was so debilitating once we gave him not a huge amount of opioids, he was actually able to come get chemotherapy and then live for much longer.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified

‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers

Physicians News Digest

MARCH 31, 2025

At the urging of her therapist, she made an appointment with a psychiatrist in March after she felt she’d “hit the bottom,” she said. “I As families are forced to move, neighborhood stability gets upended. She said she can’t focus or meditate, and can barely go to the gym. Many of them don’t work at all,” he said earlier this month.

Mental Health

Mental Health Insurance Government Appointment

Primary Care Digest

A Comprehensive Approach to the Opioid Crisis in Caldwell County, North Carolina [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Tapping the potential applications of mHealth

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Double-Booking the Doctor is Half-Booking the Patient

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

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

Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

Common Skincare Ingredients that Are Linked to Cancer

Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Republican Megabill Will Mean Higher Health Costs for Many Americans

PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

The Promise and Pitfalls of AI in Medicine: Guest Bob Wachter

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

KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: RFK Jr. Upends Vaccine Policy, After Promising He Wouldn’t

In a First, Trump and GOP-Led Congress Prepare To Swell Ranks of U.S. Uninsured

Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers

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