Vida Family Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

While losing weight is often suggested to lower the risk of chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart disease, the risk of prescribing weight loss is overlooked. Some people need medication to manage metabolic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol.

Primary Care Physician 52

Primary Care Physician Primary Care Diabetes Chronic Condition 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Within the VA , there’s a program called Whole Health, which is really about trying to engage patients in many different modalities for pain management and just self care. They have a lot of chronic conditions. So acupuncture, Tai Chi, Yoga, mindfulness and physical therapy, chiropractor. Michelle 34:35 Absolutely.

Specialization 119

Specialization IT Patient-Centered Medical 119

GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

But I think people would have an embolic event if you gave them a flipping range. Eric: Drew, what I’m also hearing from you though in your post is maybe there’s something different about people doing primary palliative care and pain management versus specialty palliative care. I see you inhaling, let me finish.

IT 139

IT Patients Individual Relationship 139

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. People’s goals are often much more than, you know, perfect management or heart failure, even living as long as possible. Was it sodium hf?

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. As a managed care state also, our care managers in managed care for Medicaid could be 300 miles away. Eric: And Susan? Having that visual is really important.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 2024

So if you already have a condition, you might be able to prevent events. But at any age, like, as Emily said, it is so important to pay attention to nutrition and healthy eating because it’s not just about, oh, chronic disease prevention or even treatment and management. So it’s never too late.

IT 116

IT Diabetes Chronic Disease Patient-Centered 116