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Addressing diabetes management in the context of social needs: a qualitative study of primary care providers [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Common barriers to DM in the context of social needs included: appointment durations; lack of awareness of, and limited existing programs to address social needs; lack of on-site support staff (eg, social workers); and inconsistent transportation services for patients. Outcome Measure: Themes that emerged from interviews.

Primary Care

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider

What to Expect Before, During, and after a Carotid Endarterectomy

Vascular Physician

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Your healthcare provider will also schedule follow-up appointments and prescribe any new prescriptions you may need. Prior to the procedure, you will have a consultation and evaluation. Your healthcare team will also care for your wounds, change dressings, and ensure that your pain is managed appropriately.

Complication

Complication Appointment Diagnose Healthcare

9 Technologies That Will Shape The Future Of Dentistry

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

Rather, it’s a dental professional who can demonstrate the proper techniques at your next appointment. Firstly, dental experts emphasise the need for proper brushing techniques , which these devices won’t improve upon.

Patients

Patients Treatment Plan Healthcare Medical Specialty

What to know about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

JANUARY 24, 2022

Blood pressure is the pressure of blood “pushing against the walls of your arteries” As blood rushes from your heart to other organs, it helps to replenish nutrients and transport oxygen. If you have any further questions or concerns, please talk with your primary care provider at your next appointment.

Hypertension

Hypertension Family Medicine DO Complication

What are the Consequences of Venous Disease?

Vascular Physician

MARCH 6, 2023

Veins are a part of your circulatory system that are responsible for carrying blood all around your body and transporting it back to your heart. Contact us today to schedule your appointment! Here's what you should know about how diseases affecting your veins, also known as venous diseases, could impact you. What is Venous Disease?

Transportation

Transportation Diagnose Management Appointment

When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 16, 2025

Questions for your appointment Write down questions for your doctor and check them off during your appointment. Ask the doctor what symptoms should trigger a follow-up appointment. If you happen to have a thermometer, pulse oximeter, and a list of recent temperatures or oxygen readings available, share those with your provider.

Medical

Medical Board-Certified Asthma Telehealth

Middle to Older Age Latinas Experiences Across the Cervical Cancer Continuum: Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment and Impact [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

About 90% were either currently or formerly undocumented, 2/3 spoke Spanish, 2/3 made <$50,000 annually, and 1/3 reported inadequate transportation. Cancer Screening: Challenges with making appointments and getting PAP Smears due to time, employment, transportation, and lack of established primary care provider.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Screening Transportation Diagnose

When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

In these cases, an urgent care clinic might be the best option since it offers same-day appointments, extended hours, and immediate treatment. If your symptoms get worse before your appointment, you may need to go to urgent care. No fever or difficulty swallowing Without these red flags, it’s typically safe to wait for an appointment.

ER

ER Telehealth Primary Care Doctor Appointment

Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Like, I’ve had people who’ve appointed their super as their healthcare decision makers and certainly, I mean, I feel like every, every time we talk about what’s changed in, in day to day life, we reflect on Covid. Okay, so you said you wanted to stay living in your apartment for the next year.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare

Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

So delivering those month visits in clinic, often in tandem with their other oncology appointments. For some of my patients, I think it has to do with the respond that the video visit provides, the transportation. Alex 32:19 Because they’re not driving or. Lynn 32:21 I think it has to do a little bit with.

Telehealth

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients

Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

When you think about getting your groceries, going to doctor’s appointments, going to religious services, if that’s important to you. So we’re trying to help replace the transportation option. And then found out at the appointment; the wife was there, too: and no, it turns out he was still driving.

Families

Families IT Family Diagnosis

Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

So you don’t have to have the piece of paper that says, I appoint so-and-so only if you want to go outside the legal of the default characterizations, but you have to have a legal document. Many states have gone on to say you can appoint a proxy in an oral discussion with your physician.

Families

Families Family Patient-Centered IT

Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

So, if they have an alcohol use disorder and that’s really impairing their ability to make it to chemotherapy appointments or it’s causing them to have even more mucositis related pain, you need to know about that. They had to have certain amount of urine drug tests in a year, and they had to wait in line. Katie: Yep.

Illness

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic

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Addressing diabetes management in the context of social needs: a qualitative study of primary care providers [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

What to Expect Before, During, and after a Carotid Endarterectomy

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What are the Consequences of Venous Disease?

When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Middle to Older Age Latinas Experiences Across the Cervical Cancer Continuum: Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment and Impact [Health care disparities]

When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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