Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Physicians can often literally meet patients where they are and address the broader social determinants of health, such as housing, education, and income, which significantly impact patient well-being and illness prevention. This can be done by maintaining a directory of community resources and making referrals during patient visits.

Chronic Disease Management 52

Chronic Disease Management Community Chronic Disease Education 52

The Physicians Foundation

AUGUST 15, 2024

This prestigious award is part of The Physicians Foundation’s Leadership Award Program and honors a physician who has gone above and beyond to connect patients with the social, economic, educational and environmental resources necessary for their overall health. The award is named in honor of Richard (Buz) Cooper, M.D., As the U.S.

Primary Care 40

Primary Care Community Chronic Disease Management Education 40

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And I think one key part is educating the field, not just my fellow cardiologists, but also primary care doctors, geriatricians, that there’s this heart failure syndrome that is kind of sneaky, and it’s kind of difficult to diagnose any. If you have access to that, I think, is the way to go. Eric 14:10 Yeah.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Having Your Own Long-Term GP Can Save Your Life Patients who choose a GP rather than a specialist as their primary care provider have a 19% 8 lower mortality and produce 22% 9 -33% 8 lower healthcare spending. Adherence to medical advice improves and unnecessary self-referrals to other doctors decrease. Over time, more trust develops.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family GP 130

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. The long-term care is being actually provided in the community at a much higher rate than what the formal system provides. But, what you need is a community-based game there. They deal with that.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89