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Ambulatory Behavioral Health Referral Patterns in the Setting of Chronic Medical Conditions [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Patients with chronic medical conditions (CCs) and behavioral comorbidities have lower quality of life and increased healthcare expenses. Population Studies: NA Intervention/Instrument: NA Outcome Measures: NA Results: 45% (n = 3,889) of patients referred to ambulatory BH care had 1 or more chronic conditions.

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

They presented a rapid clinical update Webinar in May 2025 hosted by the Society of Hospital Medicine. Moreover, because obesity is a chronic disease, “anti-obesity medications should be continued long term, and we can’t stop these medications, just like we wouldn’t stop those for diabetes or hypertension.”

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

Has the usual collection of chronic diseases, paroxysmal afib, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, adult diabetes, a little anemia, a little edema, a little mild cognitive impairment. It’s one of my old, old patients. Uses a walker, put some stockings on with an eight in the morning, and he’s on.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

If you’re in the outpatient setting, Tim, and you’re seeing somebody in clinic and you’re worried that they’re heading towards a path where, you know, their chronic diseases are getting worse, we may have to make some decisions. What do I do? I think it’s.

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

GPs Improve Chronic Disease Management We live in a world of aging populations, with rising chronic diseases, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy. 22 Family physicians are the sole care providers for 86% of hypertensive patients and for 71% of diabetics (based on 2.7 GPs improve prevention, which avoids diseases.