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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Residents and local leaders joined forces to send food and clothing to the island and to welcome newly arrived families to their town. The Holyoke Health Center, in collaboration with the Family Resource Center at Enlace de Familias , played a pivotal role in this local relief effort.

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Finding the right fit: Considerations for a confident clinical career choice

Sound Physicians

Who you serve matters Every hospital and facility have a unique patient population and clinical environment. Are you looking for a vibrant city life or a quieter, family-friendly community? Shift scheduling expectations Each clinical specialty comes with unique scheduling norms that can impact your personal and professional plans.

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Shorter stays, better outcomes

Sound Physicians

Family practitioners hold critical knowledge about that patient’s health history to help guide a more successful stay in the hospital. Family practitioners hold critical knowledge about that patient’s health history to help guide a more successful stay in the hospital. All rights reserved.

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ICU telemedicine programs bring essential critical care to community hospitals

Sound Physicians

While we primarily partner with our own Sound specialty teams , we also work independently with employed and other outsourced clinical teams. With time, the partnership between tele-intensivists and hospitalists brings more confidence and allows for more patients — and patients with higher-acuity needs — to receive care locally.

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Behind the stethoscope: A conversation with Dr. Osman Saleem

Sound Physicians

I was born and raised in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Toronto with my family. We understand each other’s personal and family situations, so if a need arises, we can handle it accordingly. It was my father’s dream to have a child become a physician, and his support motivated me to pursue medicine.

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On Racism & Ageism: Ramona Rhodes, Sharon Brangman, Tim Farrell, and Nancy Lundebjerg

GeriPal

I was involved in the ethics committee with Tim, and we started creating a series of webinars with an awesome group of collaborators that addressed implicit bias. I was in clinic the other day working with a trainee, and we saw a few patients together, and they happened to be very healthy, community dwelling, older adults, quite active.

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

And when I was getting my PhD, I wanted to find something that spoke to me, and I had been doing clinical work in nursing homes. For those of you who do family meetings, doesn’t that take a lot of time? And family members should know that this needs to go on.” ” Sheryl, what do you think?