Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) and Gestational Hypertension (GHTN), each linked to poor maternal and infant health outcomes, affect an average of 5-10% of US pregnancies. Participants were recruited from two clinics in Flint, Michigan, a low-income urban community facing numerous health disparities.

Diagnose 130

Diagnose Hypertension Community Diabetes 130

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. So you mentioned the burden of chronic multimorbidity and sort of flogging through the diabetes and the hypertension. Tim 43:15 I’m an educator at heart. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109

GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

It can influence education systems. 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. You go into this community, perform this study, you leave. We actually had, God, how long ago was that?

IT 92

IT Patient-Centered Healthcare Patients 92

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Eduardo Bruera has no relationships to disclose. We need this type of push to make us feel that we are part of a community and we are part of a movement and things are changing because we are around. Thank you for that gift to our community and to the patients.

Illness 133

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 133

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Certainly a lot of communities we’re thinking about LA right now and the collective trauma that they’re experiencing from the fires. And I think as an educator it’s been really important in particular to focus on that final, that last one. So there’s a lot of different ways to think about it.

Patient-Centered 67

Patient-Centered IT Individual Screening 67

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

This graph illustrates that the benefit of long-term GP-patient relationships is even dose-dependent (longer GP-patient-relationship = lower risk of dying prematurely): Why do long-term GP-patient relationships improve health and reduce costs? Over time, communication improves. Over time, more trust develops.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family GP 130

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Opposition from a coalition of the tobacco lobby and the recovery community prevailed to kill the bill. However, many towns, including Portland, South Portland, Falmouth, Brunswick, Bangor, Bar Harbor and Hallowell, passed ordinances banning flavored tobacco in their communities. Read more in the AAFP’s statement.

Family Physician 40

Family Physician Family Medicine DO Primary Care 40