Hitchcock Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A family care doctor can greatly assist your family. Understanding why having a family care doctor is important for all ages and the benefits they provide is crucial. Understanding why having a family care doctor is important for all ages and the benefits they provide is crucial.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

MARCH 24, 2025

Physicians, particularly primary or family care doctors, value the doctor-patient relationship too. They want time to spend with patients, to find the root cause of illness, provide lifestyle support, and help with treatment compliance. ” Their doctor makes them feel like family. But what can be done?

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, over 50% of doctor office appointments are made with primary doctors. Preventive Care Primary doctors can offer preventive care to their patients, which typically includes check-ups and screenings to prevent them from contracting illnesses.

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StorytellERdoc

JULY 10, 2014

When a critical illness or injury occurs, then, we should all be thankful that we live within a society where emergent, life-saving medical care is available. Instead of providing emergent care, it seems I spend at least half of my emergency room time now playing doctor to chronic illnesses. Broken bones. A heart attack. Unprotected.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Respiratory Illness Issues that affect your lungs or breathing fall under respiratory issues. Illnesses such as respiratory infections caused by infection, bacteria, or fungus can be treated with prescriptions from your primary care doctor. Internal medicine can help with these types of problems.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 6, 2024

In a typical concierge model, patients pay an annual or monthly fee in exchange for services like longer appointment times, direct communication with their doctor via phone or email, and enhanced preventive care. A rushed fifteen-minute appointment simply wasn’t enough for someone with complex needs.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Additionally, the region has higher-than-average rates of chronic mental and physical illnesses, low socioeconomic status, barriers due to travel distance, and a concerning unattachment rate of 20-25%. This was irrespective of demographic characteristics, health status or appointment modality.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JULY 26, 2023

These appointments aim to assess your overall health, identify potential risk factors, and detect any underlying health conditions that might be developing silently. Remember, prevention is the key to reducing healthcare costs, minimizing the impact of chronic illnesses, and ultimately living a longer, healthier life.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Too many doctors appointments, no sports, lots of dressings. Because of his torso scars, his thorax, when stressed with illness, couldn't expand as easily as yours or mine. There is a lot of pressure being the best-looking boy in the family. Being treated differently than the healthy kid standing next to you. I did get it.

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CDOCS

APRIL 14, 2021

Michael Snider<br /> Sponsored by 3M</em></p> <p>& </p> <p><span style="font-size:14px;">As I was sitting down yesterday to begin a standard appointment for a single unit restoration, I was struck by how far we have come in such a short time.&

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to postpone medical appointments until something feels wrong. However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. He was an otolaryngologist and epidemiology person too, might have an appointment in geriatrics too. Or, do we know anything even how common it is, serious illness, palliative care populations?

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Unlike appointments that address specific illnesses or injuries, preventive care visits focus on screening for potential health issues, assessing your overall wellness, and helping you establish healthy habits before problems develop. This conversation represents one of the most valuable aspects of your preventive visit.

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Edge Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Edge Family Medicine , serving Upland, Montclair, and Rancho Cucamonga , offers both telemedicine and in-person visits , ensuring you get the right care when you need it. Safety – Reduces exposure to contagious illnesses. Mild illnesses such as colds, rashes, or minor infections. Why Choose Edge Family Medicine?

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Coping in the setting of serious illness. Coping in the setting of a serious illness about a patient encounter you had with somebody who used an. Somebody shouts at my front Desk staff because they’re pissed off about their appointment time. Should I laugh at that? So you just published not too long ago. Everything.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 23, 2025

As a family physician, my days are filled with caring for individuals and families across the lifespan and in multiple healthcare settings. Furthermore, elected and appointed vaccine skeptics have now been given a megaphone to further promote and validate pseudoscience or definitively disproven theories.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Eric: And Alex, we’re going to be talking about substance use disorder and serious illness and aging, with three amazing experts. Eric: So, before we jump into the topic of substance use disorder in aging and serious illness, I think someone has a song request. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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Mesa Family Physician

MAY 8, 2025

These visits help catch illnesses before they become more serious, reduce healthcare costs in the long term, and improve overall quality of life. Understanding this difference helps when interpreting your insurance plan and when choosing which appointment is right for you.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 11, 2023

In fact, there are several ways that a family care physician can save your life. Preventative Care A family physician will have a complete medical history for you and your family. For example, if your family has a history of heart disease, they'll help you learn how to eat a heart-healthy diet to prevent cardiovascular problems.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

APRIL 25, 2024

There are also important types of preventive medical care that need to be done as well with your family care physician. This means that if medical events or illnesses have surfaced in your immediate family since your last checkup, your doctor can calculate this information into your risk factors for other conditions.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 23, 2024

A family pediatrician. It’s where you turn for regular check-ups, advice on staying healthy, and help with managing any chronic illnesses like diabetes or hypertension. Primary care doctors don’t just treat illnesses—they work to prevent them before they even occur. What is Primary Care?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

JANUARY 1, 2025

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. To learn more and schedule a pediatric appointment, contact us.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Then listen to these prior podcasts with Sean Morrison and Rebecca Sudore about this issue, and we recently discussed differences between Advance Care Planning and Serious Illness Communication with Juliet Jacobsen and Rachelle Bernacki. . And especially for those who may have nontraditional families. This is Eric Widera.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In Lansing , patients appreciate the clinic’s ability to accommodate busy professionals and students, while in Royal Oak , families trust the clinic for their children’s pediatric care. Royal Oak families trust the clinic for both pediatric and adult primary care, making it a true family-friendly option.

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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. So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. Is that fair? Tim 11:59 Yeah.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often the work of the certified driving rehab specialist is to assess the older drivers goals, assess prognosis for driving, and help the family navigate discussions around driving cessation (hmmm…sounds like an approach to family meetings). Love to talk about also in the serious illness population. Eric: Yeah. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

If they didn’t do it all by themselves, they talked to the family and it was a conversation, but also there wasn’t a whole lot that doctors can do then. What words to use? Is the POLST useful? Under what circumstances? Should we abandon the term, “comfort measures?” Bernie: Well, there was a time when doctors made these decisions.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved. Today we talk with two psychologists who are deeply invested in addressing psychological aspects of care for people living with serious illness. That rings true to me. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. So delivering those month visits in clinic, often in tandem with their other oncology appointments.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

” Somehow, there’s this signal that the patients and families had to pick up that maybe the surgeon wasn’t so enthusiastic, or if I just dump risk on them, maybe they’ll say, “I don’t want this.” What I need to navigate with that patient and their family, is it valuable to you? Every time.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. So we’re going to be today talking about serious illness palliative care in the homelessness population.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Five minute appointments. Because the in serious illness care and care for older adults, their care is often very complex. And patients and family members tell us that they worry that their clinician is going to be overly focused on that mortality number now. Alex: Yeah, that means you could see more patients, right.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Alex: Recently you talked about the other trial, also with a nudge, and that was non-cancer, serious illness. I am part of some other work in the ICU world looking at time-limited trials and trying to better define what those are, how we talk about them, how we talk about them with patients and families. Kate: Sounds right.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Eric: I’m looking forward to talking about art and humor in palliative care and we’re caring for seriously ill patients. We have all made mistakes in the language we use, the words we use and sometimes, in palliative care or in care of people with serious illness, that puts us in jail. Nathan: Hello, excited to be here.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The last time this happened to me I immediately went on the defensive despite years of training in serious illness communication skills. What feelings do we have toward the patient and toward their families? And here’s an incredibly angry family member. How did you react? Afterwards, I thought there must be a better way.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The fall and winter are lovely times of year – cooler weather, fun activities, and holidays to celebrate with family and friends. However, you don’t want these enjoyable months to be ruined by illness. Flu Shots Can Reduce Your Chances of Illness This might seem straightforward, but flu shots reduce your chances of getting sick.

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