Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

While many patients are familiar with terms like “family doctor” or “primary care,” the field of internal medicine often raises questions: What exactly does an internist do? Family doctor (GP) : Trained to care for patients of all ages—children, adults, and elderly—often including some women’s health and minor procedures.

Internal Medicine 130

Internal Medicine GP Family Doctor Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Continuity of care may prevent or delay the onset of lifestyle-related diseases, like type 2 diabetes, through preventative care and early detection. This study is a retrospective cohort analysis of electronic health records of patients from Geisinger Health System. Persons diagnosed with prediabetes and/or an HbA1c between 5.7-6.4%

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Diagnose Hypertension 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Adults age 18 or greater who answered questions regarding whether they had ever been diagnosed with COVID-19 or had tested COVID positive. Outcome Measures: Proportions of patients with and without long COVID who reported a history of various medical issues and COVID vaccination status. Intervention: None.

Vaccination 130

Vaccination Medical Asthma Hypertension 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Due to the inclusion of multiple variables, guiding patients on diet based on DII becomes more complex.” had hypertension, and 12.1% had diabetes. A total of 1,842 participants reported physician-diagnosed CHD, and the mean DII score was 1.33. The cohort’s mean age was 49.8±18.1 years; 47.4 % were male, 45.6%

Hypertension 52

Hypertension Individual Diabetes Diagnose 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We talk about what is heart failure, particularly HFpEF, how we treat it (including the use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2’s), and how we should apply guidelines to individual patients, especially those with multimorbidity who are taking a lot of other medications. When I see a patient? Matthew, I get the lyrics.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Yes. Why would that be? And so, let’s help them.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

Very interested in decision making around as we get older, individualizing care, sort of patient centered, values driven, it’s a tough decision to figure out. 50 to 70% of people who are diagnosed with UTIs probably don’t have a UTI. So that could be symptoms in a patient with dementia, maybe some delirium and off.

Management 122

Management IT Medical Patient-Centered 122

GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Ramona: Well, I’ve always been interested in health equity, always been interested in looking at disparities, and the disparities that I have looked at most often have been for patients at the end of their lives. The trainee said to me something like, “But I haven’t seen any geriatric patients yet.” Eric: Yes.

IT 92

IT Patient-Centered Healthcare Patients 92

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Illness 133

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 133

GeriPal

DECEMBER 1, 2023

In particular we spend a good deal of time talking about what this means for asymptomatic patients who may have an abnormal biomarker, which by the proposed new definition would mean they would now have Alzheimer’s disease. Jason: You could have hypertension and have no signs and symptoms. Eric: Wonderful. Jason: Oh, well.

IT 116

IT Clinic Illness Hypertension 116