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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

primary care is posing a grave threat to the wellbeing of communities nationwide. State Highlights: Montana provides 65% of its medical training in community-based settings, far surpassing the national average of 16%. In 2022, only 24.4% of new physicians entered primary care—or 19.8% Koller, President of the Milbank Memorial Fund.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

They’re due for cervical cancer screening, that they get that if they are due for a lab test, they get that. In Kaiser Permanente here, we exist to provide high-quality, affordable health care for our patients in the communities we serve. The reception does the same thing, the medical assistant does the same thing.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . But then once it was open, started seeing a lot of other populations: not just our own hospital population, but a lot more just community members calling with concerns about driving. OT programs).

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

People are also using YouTube specifically, but social media as its own search engine. Well, the irony is that this diethye resurrected from the poorest communities in the mediterranean region. Elizabeth Eckstrom is a geriatrician, professor of medicine at OHSU, and author of a new book, the Gift of Aging. People want to see a video.

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Long-lasting HIV prevention shot headed toward approval

Medical Xpress

Most current PrEP users have commercial insurance, but Medicaid will be key for expanding access to lower-income communities. Many people still face stigma or lack insurance coverage, which can limit access. Gilead says reaching underserved groups is a top goal. Consider supporting Science Xs mission by getting a premium account.

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Surfers play crucial role in beach safety according to study

Medical Xpress

The results of this study provide an important and much-needed estimate of the rate of safety actions of Victorian surfers to beach users and the wider community," said Kiera Staley, Research Fellow at La Trobe Business Schools Center for Sport and Social Impact. This study helps to quantify surfers impact on community safety.