Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE): While not doctors, they play a key role in diabetes education and lifestyle support.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Board-Certified Management Internal Medicine 52

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 5, 2025

People often see an endocrinologist after being referred by their primary care provider. While primary care providers are trained to manage conditions like diabetes, they rely on endocrinologists to provide more specialized care. At PACT Endocrinology, a referral isn’t required.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Primary Care Insurance Diabetes 52

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Today we learn more about coaching from 3 coaches: Greg Pawlson, coach and former president of the American Geriatrics Society, Vicky Tang, geriatrician-researcher at UCSF and coach , and Beth Griffiths, primary care internist at UCSF and coach. We address: What is coaching? How does it differ from therapy? From Beth Israel and UNC.

Board-Certified 110

Board-Certified IT Primary Care Referral 110

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. Furthermore, only about half of nursing home residents nearing the end of life receive hospice care. So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? Like, what does that part look like?

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Katie: Yeah.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

.” I’m not going to pretend that that was palliative care, but what I am saying is there’s a desert sometimes even in places that look like they have palliative care and if there are more ways to access it, that’s better for patients. Eric: Well, let me ask you this. Can we just review some of the big changes?

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73