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5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, over 50% of doctor office appointments are made with primary doctors. Primary care physicians take it upon themselves to get to know patients in person, which helps them attend to their needs.

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Can a Psychiatrist Prescribe Medication?

Doctor On Demand

JUNE 2, 2025

A psychiatrist is a licensed medical doctor (MD or DO) who specializes in mental health. A psychiatrist is a licensed medical doctor (MD or DO) who specializes in mental health. Here’s a quick comparison of mental health providers and whether they can prescribe medication: Provider Can Prescribe? Offers Therapy?

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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

But if you’re a patient of a direct primary care (DPC) practice , you don’t need to guess about orthopedic pain management. Unfortunately, traditional care doctors often resort to the two easiest options for patients with joint or back pain: They send the patient for imaging or refer them to a specialist.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it?

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Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Join me as I scope out the nuances of gastroesophageal reflux and gastritis and provide practical insights for clinicians in the emergency setting. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation.

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Navigating the healthcare system can be daunting, especially when you're unwell or caring for someone who is. This guide will help you understand the different types of clinics and services they offer, so you can make an informed decision about where to seek medical care. But when should you consider visiting an urgent care clinic?

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Nate also wrote a NEJM piece last year on Alzheimers Disease, Biomarkers, and mAbs What Does Primary Care Need? We address the following questions with Nate: Has anything changed for the primary care doctor when diagnosing Alzheimers? How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Great to be back. I loved it.

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

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Because I don’t think we think about that so much in palliative care, but we do in geriatrics. But I believe before we start, somebody has a song request for Alex. Is it you, Emmy? Emmy: It is. Eric: What’s the song? Emmy: I just forgot the name of the song… [laughter]. Alex: Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen?

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

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. He’s the director of the program for Care and S tudy of the A ging H eart and director of the H eart F ailure with P reserved E jection Fraction program. He’s in Boston. He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

For example, we once thought that the lower urinary tract was sterile, but we now know it has its own microbiome, which may even provide protection against infections. And in my medical training, becoming a primary care doctor, I realized that older adults, women and men were having a lot of these same symptoms.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We are delighted to welcome Jane Euler, who is lead doula and co-founder of Present for You, which is a benefit LLC company that provides doula support at the end-of-life. Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome John Loughnane who is a palliative care doctor and end-of-life doula and co-founder of Present for You. John: I do.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Afterwards, we chat with the prison’s chaplain, Keith Knauf. Eric: Yeah.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Maybe I can turn to both of you about how you got interested in thinking about decision-making and surgical care for those with dementia. Really, a smart and caring woman. So, that was maybe 20 years ago at this point and it really got me down the road thinking about advance care planning, end-of-life care, and similar consequences.

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Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

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

Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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

Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

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