Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Therefore, family physicians are trained to do minor surgical procedures in the office, care for kids and adults, provide various GYN services, among many other comprehensive services for patients. I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.

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Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Physician 52

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. This topic came up with Bernie published an article in New England Journal called Deciding for Patients Who Have Lost Decision-Making Capacity Finding Common Ground in Medical Ethics.

Families 113

Families Family Patient-Centered IT 113

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

But, should we as clinicians care about the social lives of our patients? Are there meaningful ways of assessing loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings and connecting patients with interventions? And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed.

IT 100

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 100

GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

I was helped into a wheelchair kind of rushed to the emergency room, which was not far away because I was on the medical school campus. Haider: And because it is so subjective and because we have these arbitrary rules around what the right patient with pain looks like, I think we really trap patients in a really difficult situation.

Patient-Centered 106

Patient-Centered Physicals IT Patients 106

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. Is it the patient? To Susan’s point.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Care Ecosystem.

Patient-Centered 126

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 126

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We talk with Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones about the hospital-at-home movement, which has been shown to reduce costs, improve outcomes and improve the patient experience. JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

They rushed to the emergency room, fearing a dangerous bowel impaction. He was diagnosed as a baby with Prader-Willi syndrome — a rare disorder sparked by a genetic abnormality. Until recently, the only treatment was growth hormone therapy to help patients stay leaner and grow taller, but it didn’t address appetite.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Emergency Room Insurance Patients 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. Insurers have used prior authorization for decades to limit fraud, prevent patient harm, and control costs. . For most patients, though, the process works seamlessly. BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. —

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Insurance Patients Behavioral Health Services Diagnose 52