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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care. CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield joined the program in 2020.)

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Why I don’t do “weight loss” as a primary care physician

Vida Family Medicine

From specialized obesity clinics to online services offering quick prescriptions, the options can feel overwhelming. You might start skipping social events to avoid "unhealthy" foods, skipping meals if your “safe” foods aren’t available, or over-exercising despite injury or illness. But how do you know what is safe and who to trust?

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access? Some older adults may need access to a structured intensive behavior therapy delivered by a trained primary care clinician.

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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

In these complex and ever-changing environments, staffing challenges can quickly become a critical issue, impacting both patient care quality and operational efficiency. Relying solely on permanent staff can lead to periods of over- or under-staffing, as patient volumes fluctuate due to various factors: Seasonal illnesses (e.g.,

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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

Devika Nair and Rasheeda Hall talk about their JAGS article highlighting updates from nephrology in the care of older adults, including a link to this new eGFR calculator that does NOT include race. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations. difficile infections.

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CDC Proposes Updating Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, Warning Against Continued Misapplication

FDA Law

Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, 87 Fed. et al, CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids-United States, 2022, CDC. CDC Clinical Practice Guideline, 10. (We blogged on the final 2016 guideline here on March 17, 2016). 7,838 (Feb. 10, 2022); Dowell, Deborah, MD.,

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

GeriPal

Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. He’s in Boston. Alex 04:47 Probably was, yeah.