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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? They’re mostly living at home and living their lives in the community.” With their regular providers? We joke about this a lot. Or telephone calls, I should say.

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

GeriPal

My voice is nothing special. I am not a board certified. I am not a certified music therapist. I let my boards lapse a few years ago. 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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Hospice in Prison Part 2: An interview with the Pastoral Care Workers

GeriPal

This week we’re going on to episode two, which is for me one of the most special episodes we’ve done in GeriPal for a very, very long time. Eric: And in the end, we have a very special part where we actually get a tour of their gardens outside of the hospice unit. Alex: This is Alex Smith. What do I want to do?”

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

GeriPal

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. 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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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. Joe: Yeah.