Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Caring for patients with multiple chronic conditions requires identifying those at risk, clear communication, and coordinated care to improve outcomes. Approximately 60% of American adults live with at least one chronic condition , and 40% of them have more than one.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

That means many older adults will be relying on other primary care physicians, who already can’t keep up with demand , and nurse practitioners, whose ranks are booming. Five states have granted NPs full practice authority since 2021, with Utah the most recent state to remove physician supervision requirements , in 2023.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Alex 00:41 And we’re delighted to welcome Noelle Marie Javier, who goes by “she” “her” and is a geriatrician and palliative care doc professor, newly minted – c ongratulations – And a clinician educator at Mount Sinai in New York City. But there have been some studies showing higher rates of chronic conditions.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And often patients are told there’s no cardiovascular problem, you don’t have heart failure, you’re older, or maybe it’s from another chronic condition or. I actually reach out sometimes to the primary care physician to say, like, hey, let’s talk about this.

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