Diabetes, Medical and Transportation

Addressing diabetes management in the context of social needs: a qualitative study of primary care providers [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Diabetes management (DM) for patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) can be hindered by non-medical, health-related social needs. family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) affiliated with an academic medical center serving a diverse population in a mid-western metropolitan area.

Primary Care

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider

Relationship between Social Risks and Diabetes Metrics in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Type 2 diabetes impacts 11.3% Primary care settings may be an appropriate environment to address social risk factors, however much is not known about the characteristics of patient reported social risk among patients with diabetes in a general primary care setting.

Diabetes

Diabetes Relationship Primary Care Transportation

Barriers to and Facilitators of Participant Engagement in a Multi-level Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes and Food Insecurity [Clinical trial]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) impacts 35 million Americans. family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) at an urban academic medical center in the Midwest. Transportation and scheduling challenges also hindered engagement. Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

Diabetes

Diabetes Clinic Transportation Internal Medicine

How to Manage Prediabetes with Food (What Actually Works)

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?

Management

Management Diabetes DO Family Medicine

When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 16, 2025

When dealing with chest congestion, it’s important to understand potential warning signs, as well as what type of medical care to seek for them. F or higher, chest pain, or blood in your saliva, you should consider seeking medical attention for chest congestion. Listen to a discussion on chest congestion. Should I take antibiotics?

Medical

Medical Board-Certified Telehealth Asthma

Nutrition On A Budget: Eating Healthy With Local, Seasonal Produce

Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 20, 2025

Even when there are opportunities to purchase fresh food, transportation can be limited. The numerous barriers do not dissuade medical and dietary experts from encouraging healthy eating, including fruits, vegetables, lean meats, nuts, and seeds. Eating healthy food from a social perspective is also more difficult today than ever.

Chronic Disease

Chronic Disease Families Family Transportation

When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Here’s a closer look at the red-flag symptoms that signal it’s time to visit urgent care for a sore throat: Severe sore throat or trouble swallowing A severe sore throat or trouble swallowing suggests you might have a more complex underlying cause needing urgent medical attention. These symptoms require immediate medical attention.

ER

ER Telehealth Primary Care Doctor Appointment

Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

Primary Care

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients

Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. We’re going to be talking about the American Geriatric Society position statement on making medical treatment decisions.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare

Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Lastly, we discuss Katie’s paper on substance use disorder in an aging population and how one can incorporate the 5 Ms (ie, matters most, medications, mind, mobility, and multicomplexity) into a framework for age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. Why would that be? Katie: Yep.

Illness

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic

Right Relationships in the Real World

Doctor Rachel

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

I had an interdisciplinary major in college and a medical school experience integrated with graduate work in the humanities. In the body, when things don’t move as they should and are stuck (air, blood, cellular transport or electrical transmission), illness and/or pain ensue.

Relationship

Relationship Community IT Families

Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

Increased health anxiety has been a feature of the pandemic, with fears around leaving the home, social distancing, hand hygiene, and shortages of goods and medications due to panic buying commonplace. Despite the spike in prescribing of insulins, oral antidiabetic medications were not similarly affected.

Primary Care

Primary Care Supply Chain General Practitioner Vaccination

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Addressing diabetes management in the context of social needs: a qualitative study of primary care providers [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Relationship between Social Risks and Diabetes Metrics in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

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Barriers to and Facilitators of Participant Engagement in a Multi-level Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes and Food Insecurity [Clinical trial]

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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

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