Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The highly individualised experience of living with obesity, coupled with the challenge for GPs to deliver healthcare messages in non-stigmatising ways, makes the role of a GP in obesity management complex. This study aimed to explore discussion strategies used in real-world GP-patient consultations when discussing obesity.

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A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 18, 2025

If a primary care patient was going through a difficult time with their social life or mental health, we would walk them down the hall to meet a therapist right then and there. The organization now employs a single psychiatric nurse practitioner for medication management. No counseling is offered.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Case management in primary healthcare has been documented as a promising integrated care approach to overcome fragmented care faced by adults with complex healthcare and social needs (hereafter complex needs). Study Design: Qualitative descriptive multiple case study.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

A recent study offers recommendations on how to balance weight loss goals and bone health concerns in weight management programs for older adults. A registered dietitian could be consulted to help develop a comprehensive, personalized plan that aligns with these nutritional targets.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Integrated behavioral health (IBH) within primary care can help patients receive quality whole person care, however little is documented about the distribution and nature of time spent in key activities by integrated psychologists (i.e., Behavioral Health Providers, BHPs).

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

That's why I'm here to introduce you to the world of direct primary care (DPC) in Michigan. What is Direct Primary Care? Direct primary care (DPC) is a membership-based healthcare model that offers patients unlimited access to a primary care physician for a fixed monthly fee.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Implementing shared decision-making is an international priority in chronic pain care, especially for primary care clinicians. We identified difficult decisions in terms of diagnosis, treatment, daily living, and consultation and stratified results using respondents’ most difficult decision.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

member login CONTACT US About Us Concierge Medicine Services Our Physicians Locations Member Login Contact Us L Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist January 21, 2025 Orthopedic pain management is a guessing game. Maybe they think it’s time to consult an orthopedic surgeon for immediate joint replacement.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Pre-consultation tools are considered a promising way to support health providers and older adults in identifying multiple and often complex needs. However, few studies have evaluated preconsultation tools targeting older adults and healthcare professionals.

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Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 29 videos of GP-patient consultations in an academic general practice clinic in China. RESULTS The median length of the 29 video-recorded consultations was 23 minutes 54 seconds. We identified 77 segments focusing on discussions about treatment burden.

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Plum Health

AUGUST 30, 2024

Update: Click here to book a free 30 minute in-person consultation with Dr. Sharon or Dr. Mike to discuss affordable GLP-1 medication! Managing diabetes—especially as you get older—can be challenging physically, emotionally, and financially. With Plum Health, managing your diabetes becomes easier, more affordable, and less stressful.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Many of these patients are clinically complex and receive care from multiple professionals—which creates unique management hurdles. It’s easy to understand why communication barriers can hinder care coordination between primary care physicians (PCPs), specialists, hospitalists, and professionals at other facilities.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 26, 2025

Being told you have pre-diabetes can feel overwhelming, but there’s good news: food is one of the most powerful tools you can use to manage your blood sugar. In this post, I’ll explain what pre-diabetes really means and how eating balanced meals can support your body in managing blood sugar more effectively. What is Pre-Diabetes?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Though dementia can be managed in primary care, the complexity of the condition and high prevalence of multimorbidity often require advice from a variety of specialists. Travel to see consultants can be disorienting and difficult for persons living with dementia (PLWD). Study Design and Analysis: Cross-sectional analysis.

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Concierge Choice Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

​By Wayne Lipton Managing Partner, Concierge Choice Physicians ​The Origin Story It was the early 1990s when I embarked on a career in concierge medicine. We weren’t consultants that swooped in, upended everything, and left. When we launched, it was mostly private primary care physicians who contracted with us.

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Doctor On Demand

JUNE 2, 2025

Yes, psychiatrists can prescribe psychiatric medications to treat a wide range of conditions, including: Depression Anxiety and panic disorders Bipolar disorder ADHD PTSD Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Schizophrenia They can also monitor your progress, adjust your dosage, and manage any side effects over time. Offers Therapy?

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2025

Your Connecticut-based primary care doctor is a good place to start, as they understand your health history and can refer you to a trusted hormone doctor that specializes in your condition. Reviews provide information about how well the doctor explains diagnoses and treatment options, and how well they manage ongoing care.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 5, 2025

People often see an endocrinologist after being referred by their primary care provider. While primary care providers are trained to manage conditions like diabetes, they rely on endocrinologists to provide more specialized care. At PACT Endocrinology, a referral isn’t required.

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Myriad Genetics

MAY 1, 2025

Amanda Wilson is the head of NMC’s Care Management team, and a member of the clinic’s Cancer Committee. After consulting with her provider, Amanda decided to have a bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy, as well as a bilateral mastectomy. Helping patients identify whether they are at high risk is care.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 16, 2025

Hydration is surprisingly important in blood pressure management. How Dehydration Influences Blood Pressure Readings Your level of hydration directly impacts the accuracy of your blood pressure management screening. Certain medications or supplements can also help manage excessive fluid loss related to some illnesses.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 16, 2025

Hydration is surprisingly important in blood pressure management. How Dehydration Influences Blood Pressure Readings Your level of hydration directly impacts the accuracy of your blood pressure management screening. Certain medications or supplements can also help manage excessive fluid loss related to some illnesses.

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East Cary Family Physicians

JANUARY 30, 2024

Early detection not only facilitates effective management but also significantly reduces the risk of vision loss. This thorough examination involves eye care professionals using drops to dilate pupils, allowing for a detailed assessment of the optic nerve, intraocular pressure measurement, and visual field evaluation.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

Urgent care work definitely isn’t for everyone though. You have to be comfortable managing everything from lacerations, fractures, genital issues, etc in all age ranges and completely on your own. Thirty or so years ago, this was not abnormal, but it has since heavily fallen out of favor.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. And number two, maybe we should allow gentle occasional use of NSAIDs for chronic pain management if it means keeping somebody off of opioids. Devika: Thank You.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

But there are times that a primary care physician or an internal medicine physician may make the referral. Even if it’s a discussion that is involving the primary care physician, the geriatrician, the medical oncologist, the surgical oncologist. So you have the consultation.

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Dr. Michael Bazel

JUNE 16, 2025

You might also be referred to your primary care provider, OB/GYN, or an endocrinologist for further evaluation. Schedule a consultation with Dr. Bazel today to explore whether your symptoms are caused by stress, a hormone imbalance, or both. With personalized care and expert guidance, you don’t have to keep guessing.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

SkinIO , Scanoma , Miiskin , FirstDerm , Direct Derm , iDoc24 , and SkinVision all work based on the same principle: they promise patients the option to self-check their symptoms and then to connect to a dermatologist online for consultation within a very short period of time. It’s a jackpot software for eczema troubles.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It's the first point of contact for all your medical needs, from routine check-ups to managing chronic conditions. Regular visits to a primary care clinic can make a world of difference in your overall health. Your choice can impact how easily and quickly you can access care, particularly in non-emergency situations.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson, a nurse practitioner who treats older adults, had a hospice consult with Ellen, a patient in her 90s in declining health. “It’s also often the family member or the person helping to manage them.” ” A month after the consult, Ellen died peacefully in her sleep.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physicians are central to managing the medical needs of older adults. Some family physicians pursue additional training to become certified as having additional competence in ‘Care of the Elderly’ and/or apply for "focused practice" status to care for older patients.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. However, there are “Red Flag” symptoms that require urgent evaluation and management.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Michigan residents have been buzzing about a primary care clinic that’s setting a new standard for healthcare across the state. Whether you’re in Detroit , Corunna , Lansing , Royal Oak , or Van Buren , this clinic is offering comprehensive care that puts patient well-being first. Here’s why everyone is talking about it!

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

David: People with these illnesses suffer from persistent symptoms, poor quality of life, depression, anxiety, despite all the great things we do and all our colleagues in those specialties and in primary care and geriatrics. It sounds like this was a primary palliative care intervention. Eric: Oh, wow. Not the patients?

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

And so I tried to get her actually to pain management, and I couldn’t. Pain management wouldn’t come to the facility, and she was bedbound. And so it really got me interested in how we improve symptom management. Not just pain, but symptom management, then for people that are in a nursing home and that.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

And the same nudge, the withdrawal of life support nudge, also decreased the time to comfort care orders. But importantly, it did not change the frequency of comfort care orders. It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The many arguments, theories, & approaches across settings and conditions are explored in detail in the book they edited, “ Intentionally Interprofessional Palliative Care ” (discount code AMPROMD9). Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But that was a small pot of money and we went to first call a handy person, it was going to be $500 for a consultation, let alone the installation, and we were like, “This is absolutely cost-prohibitive. Same thing with kind of medication management. We’ll get four people done.” And many of them, they have a rapport.

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