Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Semi-structured interviews with practice staff were conducted to explore reasons for selecting a specific study arm. The results showed that out of 76 enrolled practices, 46 selected the self-paced approach using the TIPS modules, and 16 of these (35%) included a Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (DCES).

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Diabetes Family Physician Referral 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So I would say that a lot of the education we received were on cutting edge research and the latest drugs in clinical trials, the latest cellular therapies that are coming out. ” Whether it’s referrals that need to be made, or whether they’re specific actions that the person at home needs to take, like a home safety change.

Patient-Centered 129

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Alex: We are delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Katie Fitzgerald Jones, who’s a nurse scientist at the New England Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and a palliative and addiction nurse practitioner at the VA in Boston. We got a couple of articles to discuss and a lot of different components of this.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I’d also like to give a shout out to a recent ACP article on HFpEF with an outstanding contribution from Ariela Orkaby, geriatrician extraordinaire (we also just did a podcast with her on frailty ). ** This podcast is not CME eligible. He was describing his, like, 87 year old grandma who was placed on a low salt diabetic diet.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care. And I gotta manage their blood pressure and their diabetes meds. Nate 26:42 And so if we’re going to be using that term in a new way, there’s a lot that has to go into the education and reframing of that. There’s got to be an easier way.

Primary Care 95

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 95

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. 22 Family physicians are the sole care providers for 86% of hypertensive patients and for 71% of diabetics (based on 2.7 If so, please share this article! Over time, more trust develops. Over time, communication improves.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families GP 130