Boulder Medical Center

JUNE 27, 2025

A Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is a once-per-year appointment covered by Medicare Part B. Unlike a routine physical or sick visit, the AWV focuses on health risk assessment, screening, and prevention—not diagnosing or treating new or existing conditions. The post Medicare Annual Wellness Visit: What Is It?

Wellness Visit 130

Wellness Visit IT Appointment Physicals 130

Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Look for Board Certification and Credentials Make sure the doctor is board-certified in endocrinology or internal medicine. A difficult-to-reach provider could lead to skipped appointments and poorly managed blood sugar. Certification shows they’ve completed specialized training and passed rigorous exams.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Board-Certified Management Internal Medicine 52

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

A preventive care visit serves as one of the most valuable tools for maintaining your long-term health. 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.

Preventive Care 100

Preventive Care Preventative Care Appointment Screening 100

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

As you can imagine, get referrals from healthcare workers, emergency departments, primary care, cancer care hospital, you know, internal medicine to our service. And so the attitude isn’t like, you know, oh, like they missed an appointment, like, okay, like this is so annoying. And that’s about half of our referrals.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare IT Community Illness 100

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. I should pay attention to it, too.

Mental Health 116

Mental Health Community Screening IT 116

GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Ill end this intro with a quote from Deb Grady in an editors commentary to our thought piece in JAMA Internal Medicine about this topic: Voice technology that creates a searchable database of patients every encounter with a health care professional? Using data from wearable devices, internet searches, and purchasing history?

Patient-Centered 108

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 108