Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

What is the meaning of Family Medicine? As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings. What is primary care?

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Physician 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As we’ve written about on GeriPal when we were a blog (a decade ago!) They look at the signs and symptoms, they do a physical exam, maybe some lab tests or some imaging. They were not touching the patient, and they were more likely to be looking at the nurse or the vital signs tracing than the patient or the family member.

Patient-Centered 112

Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 112

PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

Family history of febrile seizures. And let’s be honest, the term simple sort of undersells how scary this is for families. This is an important thing that we talk to families about. There was also a higher than expected family history of epilepsy in this population. A recent immunization. Atopic diseases.

Illness 59

Illness Vaccination Families Family 59