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What Are the Most Common Preventive Services? A Complete Guide

Mesa Family Physician

At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it. As your trusted healthcare providers in Mesa, Arizona, we’re committed to helping you understand and access the preventive services that can keep you and your family healthy for years to come.

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RSV: Recognizing RSV Symptoms in Adults

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Let’s explore the distinctive signs of RSV in adults, highlight the similarities with other respiratory illnesses, and emphasize the importance of seeking professional medical advice. Coughing and Sneezing: Respiratory symptoms such as coughing and sneezing are common in all these illnesses.

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

Mesa Family Physician

Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems. Instead, our board-certified physicians and nurse practitioners take the time to understand your unique health profile, concerns, and goals.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) â„¢. This is Eric Widera. It’s me.

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

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Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

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But in reality, given workforce shortages and just the challenges and the resources necessary to be able to provide early integrated palliative care from the time of diagnosis of advanced cancer, the model simply is not implementable, at least not in our current state with our available infrastructure and resources. Eric 10:25 Great.

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

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nursing homes grapple with serious illnesses, and roughly half experience dementia. The reason that you’re in a nursing home is because you have some mix of serious illness and multimorbidity, usually functional impairments. So the palliative care service doesn’t necessarily need to provide those potentially.