Remove Chronic Disease Remove IT Remove Primary Care Remove Wellness Visit
article thumbnail

An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Dear Mr. Kennedy, First, thank you for bringing urgency and passion to the nation’s conversation on health and the chronic disease epidemic. Your desire to reimagine our approach to well-being is one that we share as a 30-year-old upstart association rooted in the fundamental idea that our health system is disintegrated.

article thumbnail

Between Patients: The Myth of Multitasking

A Country Doctor Writes

And, still, there is a widespread expectation that many things can happen in the invisible space between patient visits. Primary care doctors don’t usually have scheduled blocks of time to read incoming reports, refill prescriptions, answer messages or, what we are told the future will entail, manage their chronic disease populations.

Patients 130
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. Should it? Is that right, Soo?

Screening 119
article thumbnail

How to get the preventive care you need!

Vida Family Medicine

Our health is our most important asset and we all want to take care of our health! to take care of ourselves and prevent disease, or to treat disease when we catch it early than it is to treat a more complicated health problem. If you already have a chronic disease- there is still plenty of prevention you can do!