Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

2 As a result, obesity may be underprioritized in routine visits, and patients may miss opportunities to manage a chronic disease that significantly raises the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers. From the clinician perspective, Peter C.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Management Primary Care Physician Chronic Disease 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What should we use to screen individuals? And this is not about treating dementia as a disease of the brain in isolation from the person. I heard this beautiful thing the other day, which was to an electronic medical record, I am not a whole person. Who should get it if anyone? What happens after they test positive?

Screening 119

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: So it was an embedded alert in the electronic health record and they just clicked those two answers very quickly. These are patients who had a pre-existing chronic disease, very broadly defined. COPD, heart failure, solid oncology, hematologic malignancy, dementia, ALS, interstitial lung disease, several others.

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

All of them offer the same array of services, really emphasizing social determinants of health and preventive services like falls prevention, chronic disease, self-management, caregiver training. I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89