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The Importance of a Primary Care Relationship

Edge Family Medicine

Why Primary Care Relationships Matter A trusted PCP gets to know you — not just your chart. Early Detection of Health Concerns Regular visits allow your PCP to spot subtle changes and intervene early — before conditions become serious. Your PCP helps monitor symptoms, adjust medications, and coordinate with specialists.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

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.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

See also guides for how to confront and discuss anti-Asian hate in these articles in the NEJM and JGIM. I mean, these visits with pcps are 15 minutes. There are other acute issues, blood pressure medication, diabetes. But if I were in the PCP setting or clinic, again, I would definitely use it.