Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. On average, life expectancy increased by 52 days.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family GP 130

GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

Mike Rabow’s Comprehensive Care Team randomized trial of outpatient palliative care. Look also for a forthcoming article by Mike and Redwing in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management on poetry as a healing modality, to be published mid May (will add link when out). Links to Redwing Keyssar’s poetry collections .

Patient-Centered 93

Patient-Centered IT Community Illness 93

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The way we were treating him with dementia in the hospital, the way we talked about him, that he’s not there. Every member of the team, even for me, for whatever reason, that switched me from focusing on trying to be in pulmonary critical care to become actually a geriatrician, choose the geriatric fellowship. And guess what?

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125