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What Are the Most Common Preventive Services? A Complete Guide

Mesa Family Physician

These services form the cornerstone of modern healthcare, allowing medical professionals to identify potential health issues before they become serious problems. In Arizona’s climate, skin cancer screenings are particularly important given our high sun exposure.

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Why Regular Check-ups Matter: Preventive Care at Mesa Family Physicians

Mesa Family Physician

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Arizona’s climate and lifestyle present specific health considerations that our Mesa-based medical professionals are specially trained to address.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. In their communities? If I remember correctly, I think the average was, people were screening positive for depression in this study. They’re mostly living at home and living their lives in the community.”

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Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

I am not a board certified. I am not a certified music therapist. I let my boards lapse a few years ago. You might see me on the TV screens next year. We’re looking at community based organizations and we’re just going to keep synthesizing this to try and construct a picture of music in everyday life.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

Connie 13:10 So generally what, what I see, very rural, is a nurse practitioner that’s out of our local home health and hospice agency that is palliative care certified. And then there’s also some financial benefit for the patient as well if they have to pay for room and board. Like, what does that part look like?

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Plenary Abstracts at AAHPM/HPNA: Yael Schenker, Na Ouyang, Marie Bakitas

GeriPal

We covered some of our questions on the podcast, others you can ponder on your own or in your journal clubs, including: Maries tele/video palliative care intervention was tailored/refined with the help of a community advisory board. Who would/should be on that board? Eric 04:27 Yeah, I gotta ask about the community advisor.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

And I think that it was percolating in a lot of the palliative care community. Because pre-pandemic, right, there was issues with you had to be boarded in the state, right? I would expect that the DEA or the state medical boards would be looking at volumes of prescriptions. Eric: Well, let me ask you this. Go ahead Eric.