Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 19, 2025

Rather, it is an evidence-based, collaborative process that mirrors the well-established framework of using physical symptom monitoring (e.g., vital signs, bloodwork laboratory findings, and other physical test data) as a means of guiding care over time. Use of Measurement-Based Care for Behavioral Health Care in Community Settings.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

JUNE 1, 2025

This is a time when lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people and allies alike unite to support each other, strengthen the community, and celebrate themselves and others with parades and joyous events. The stigma creates serious problems and the judgment that those in the community experience every day is exhausting.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In the United States testing is routinely done for communal water, though responsibility for testing and treatment of private wells falls on homeowners. Despite recommendations for routine screening, this is rarely done. Arsenic cannot be seen, tasted, or smelled.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

Exercise is fantastic for your general well-being, but did you know it can also help lower high cholesterol screening levels? Regular physical activity can make your heart healthier and may help bring down levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol. Check if your local YMCA or community center has affordable access to pools.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JANUARY 30, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll explore the importance of vision screenings, especially during Glaucoma Awareness Month, and how they play a crucial role in preserving your eyesight. Regular vision screenings are essential to catch glaucoma early, allowing for timely intervention and the preservation of vision.

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BMJ

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

NHANES collects data through interviews and physical examination covering two years in the US civilian, non-institutionalized population. However, screening diabetes and prediabetes management delivery are still a challenge in practice for the entire US population.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Do you screen for lower urinary tract symptoms, incontinence, and if so, how? If I was going to ask one question about this just as a screen, is there a way to ask this question that is not both stigmatizing, but people also understand and it gets around some of these issues. Eric 08:05 Yeah. Eric 08:19 Sure thing, if I’m honest.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Alex 00:36 And next we have Connie Fung, who I know well through the Beeson community and is a physician, researcher, professor of medicine at UCLA. And I think of the analogy of, like, cancer screening. The stopping the cancer screening doesn’t have that same sort of momentum. Amy, welcome to GeriPal.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

Unlike appointments that address specific illnesses or injuries, preventive care visits focus on screening for potential health issues, assessing your overall wellness, and helping you establish healthy habits before problems develop. Evidence-based screening tests based on current medical guidelines, your age, and risk factors.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Our welcoming, family-friendly environment at Mesa Family Physicians is designed to make these experiences positive for our youngest community members.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Understand how engaged community-based work, centered on trust and accountability, has supported the health of communities served by Oakland, CA’s Asian Health Service. By appreciating the impact of factors affecting entire communities, we can be better positioned to act upon them. Dr. Nguyen goes on to expand on these forms.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 11, 2025

Think vaccinations, annual checkups, screenings for blood pressure or cholesterol, and lifestyle counseling. Preventive care gives you the tools to do just that—whether it’s scheduling that overdue screening or checking in with a new primary care provider. What Is Preventive Care?

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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.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 4, 2024

Her research, writing, and community engagement focuses on shifting consciousness in medical education toward abolitionist possibilities. For instance, Toni Morrison’s “Home” depicts scenes of a community of Black women nursing a woman who has been the victim of medical racism and violence.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

social worker, chaplain), everyone should be able to ask a question or two about spiritual concerns, social concerns, or physical concerns. So we took this idea of, and it’s really an invitation from the national consensus project that every member of the team should be screening in all domains. But how about you!

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Who do you think we should be screening and how should we be screening them for these symptoms? Well, so I guess it depends on what you say screening. That screening influences kind of further treatment, actually, probably more importantly, patient outcomes.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

And I spent the past couple years just collecting data from several hundred early palliative care patients and did a network analysis, which basically just looks at the Correlations between different constructs, whether they’re physical, emotional, social or spiritual. Sorry, Demoralization and chronic pain. Because we don’t.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Alex and I did a study on over 2000 community dwelling older adults, and we found that over two thirds of people had geriatric conditions, these geriatric syndromes, and palliative care related problems like pain, difficulty climbing stairs. One of my good friends, Jerome Kim, is a community oncologist. I like it, John. William: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I mean, to me, the Buddhist concept that there are multiple forms of suffering, like there’s the suffering that’s due to pain and physical symptoms. I think there is a difference, too, between physical suffering, and we have to also give that its dignity. I think there is definitely a place, especially physical.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

In their communities? If I remember correctly, I think the average was, people were screening positive for depression in this study. And I love the podcast that we did because it really highlights… We pride ourselves in palliative care, and focusing on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual suffering. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

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. Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. We and many others have tried to come up with a short, validated screening tool.

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. This was 2018 in AGS Orlando, and they did a song about when to stop screening for cancer for colon cancer. How to talk to patients about screening colonoscopies. Ken 10:29 Yes.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They didn’t feel connected to the people in their broader community.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Comprehensive Primary Care for Michigan Communities What sets this clinic apart is its comprehensive approach to primary care. From managing chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension to preventive care and health screenings, the clinic is known for providing patient-centered care.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Kate and Ashwin talked about their research on the prevalence of lifetime trauma and its association with physical and psychosocial health among adults at the end of life. Certainly a lot of communities we’re thinking about LA right now and the collective trauma that they’re experiencing from the fires. Eric 04:19 Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

As a springboard for this conversation we discuss new prognostic models developed to predict (simultaneously) mortality, disability, and mobility impairment ( Alex Lee first author, JAGS ) and mortality for people with dementia residing in the community ( James Deardorff first author, JAMA IM ). . James: Yeah. Eric: What other decisions?

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

We are also joined by LaVera Crawly, a physician turned chaplain, now VP of Spiritual Care at Common Spirit Health (and author of another of my favorite and most cited papers on palliative care in the African American Community ). It is a screening? And the screening questions would just allow you to know that. Lexy: Great.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

I’m going to share my screen and we can talk about that. And I’m just going to explain it to our listeners, what I’m seeing on my screen. Let me share my screen here. I share this story of a patient I cared for who was in the later stages of ALS and had lost much of physical function, lost voice.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

A music therapist would use music deliberately to achieve a rehabilitation goal, just like a physical therapist or an occupational therapist. He’s bringing in, like, a physical record player, but now also in hospice units as well, they’re bringing out music players with headphones. I am not a board certified.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

I had it on my screen. So at least in my oncology community, I really didn’t have anyone guiding or supporting or mentoring me. You were focused on physical and psychological distress and symptoms. And for the most part, it’s really hard to start building an evidence base in the community setting.

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FDA Law Blog

JULY 9, 2024

geographic location, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, physical and mental disabilities, pregnancy status, lactation status, and co-morbidity) may impact outcomes. Although these are the characteristics required to be included by FDORA, the Draft Guidance notes that other factors (e.g.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We say it’s about 4% of those who are bereaved, who are from community-based samples. And what we mean is like they’re physical numbness or they trip over that particular symptom, but it’s that sense of detachment from living people. And they are at risk for a lot of physical and mental and social impairment.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

We found their physical environment was drastically different; where those with low feeding tube rates had really a rather beautiful physical environment. Ruth: Also in a few short words, we found similar to our initial study that there were differences in physical environment. What does the physical environment look like?

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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.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Leslie Wharton is a leader in the 26,000 member grassroots organization Elders Climate Action , which organizes older adults to create communities engaged in making a difference at local, state, and national levels. Ruth: That’s not prevention, that’s screening. So yeah, we’re very focused on that.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

In terms of their risk, in terms of how we think of preventive health, as we think of screening, all of those things, I would turn around to the geriatricians and say, “Check your implicit bias. So the other part of that thing I would say is all of those things are true about the difference in rates between a community.

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