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

Annals of Family Medicine

County governments are struggling to manage the opioid crisis. Caldwell County is getting $800,000 per year from the Purdue Drug Settlement for the next 15 years but our county manager states it will take ten times that much money to address this crisis appropriately. County budgets are strained as a result. Through a funded grant.

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Rheumatology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Mansoor underscored disparities between academic and community settings, noting that community rheumatologists referring patients to academic centers are often viewed as practicing “inferior” medicine despite managing complex cases with suboptimal local resources.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

GeriPal

I just was going to jump in and say that I think, in surgical training, the focus is, obviously, on the technical aspects and how do you do the surgery and how do you manage somebody both pre- and post-operatively. Alex: Alexis workshopped a couple questions with us yesterday, and we helped her make them even more challenging for you.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

GeriPal

That’s a lot of appointments that we have to account for over time. Eric 23:45 Yeah, I love that, too, because I think that one for me really is, can our interventions need to target the patient population that we’re managing? It’s not just about physical symptom management. No, I think it was a great trial.