GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

It’s just another example of, I think, that there’s a little extra special sauce there in the Beeson program. A lot of these are more vascular risk factors: hypertension, certainly; diabetes; obesity. Alex: [inaudible 00:21:37] diabetes, any comments on those? Kristine: Diabetes is a very important one.

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Physicals IT Hypertension Education 86

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

Arizona’s climate and lifestyle present specific health considerations that our Mesa-based medical professionals are specially trained to address. Our team at Mesa Family Physicians specializes in geriatric medicine, addressing the complex health needs that can arise with aging.

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Family Physician Preventative Care Preventive Care Families 100

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. He was describing his, like, 87 year old grandma who was placed on a low salt diabetic diet. So I have a two and a half year old, and during my last pregnancy, I had gestational diabetes. It treats diabetes, it prevents progression of chronic kidney disease.

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Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. ” But there seems to be something special when we move from something that we can just check box like, “I’ve done this,” like a lab order or imaging study.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Our guests today present an important rejoinder to the argument that we should refocus away from advance care planning (ACP). I introduced this to clinics who might be interested in bringing this on the same way they might bring on a diabetes group visit or centering pregnancies. Hillary: Absolutely true.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Alex 02:20 (singing) “ Well, you wake up in the morning you hear the church bell ring and they march you to the table to see the same old thing ain’t no food upon the table ain’t no pork up in the pan but you better not complain boy, you get in trouble with a man let the midnight special shine a light on me. But you are right.

Illness 133

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 133

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

He was a terrible diabetic. And he had a deadly fear of being institutionalized, based on his previous present experience. They have a special skill, and when they see someone who needs it, they need to use it. That makes it really special for them and for me. He did have a habit of drinking a bit and drank quite a bit.

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