PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

Diagnosis 122

Diagnosis Diagnose Hospital Clinic 122

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

Lab Testing 52

Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Alex 00:30 And we’re delighted to welcome Alison Huang, who’s a primary care doc and researcher and professor of medicine, urology, and epi-biostats at UCSF in the division of General Internal Medicine. But then there is incontinence, which is the same term, same word, but actually presents as a geriatric syndrome.

IT 121

IT Patient-Centered Patients Clinic 121

GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

Should do medicine?” ” Because I loved internal medicine. Physical activity is a big one. But there are some things that we really think we can modify: the vascular risk factors, sleep, physical activity, maybe cognitive activity, and what kind of bang for the buck could we get? This is Eric Widera.

Physicals 86

Physicals IT Hypertension Education 86

GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Alex is a triple-boarded (palliative care, internal medicine, and psychiatry) assistant professor of medicine at Stanford. So it tends to be future oriented and tends to show up as a physical sensation in our body. But it’s this physical sensation that comes along with these ideations.

Illness 130

Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 130

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And so, unfortunately, I think for a while, this condition, for many people, isn’t diagnosed until you end up seeing a cardiologist or a heart failure doctor who’s really honed in on this to say, actually, this is a heart failure syndrome. Is your impression that HFpEFde is under diagnosed in older adults?

Primary Care 114

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 114

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. And although it wasn’t a conscious decision, or connection, in my mind between entering medicine and the experience of having grown up in a family with Ellen. I’m fully present. We examine, we diagnose, we fix. I’m not distracted.

Patient-Centered 98

Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98