Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 11, 2025

Think vaccinations, annual checkups, screenings for blood pressure or cholesterol, and lifestyle counseling. Your primary care provider (PCP) is the one who helps you implement a preventive strategy and adjust it as your needs evolve. What Is Preventive Care? So when people ask: What is primary care and preventive care?

Illness 100

Illness Preventive Care Preventative Care Insurance 100

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. Word of mouth spread rapidly. And the number of calls for falls dropped.

Community 116

Community Transportation IT PCP 116

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

Ongoing reports from patients about anti-Asian hate experiences Should clinicians screen for Anti-Asian hate? question used to screen for domestic violence. And in our reporting center, we tracked physical assaults, verbal harassment. Lingsheng (and I) recently published studies on this in JAMA Internal Medicine , and JAGS.

Mental Health 118

Mental Health Community Screening IT 118