Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Some healthcare occupations, such as certified nursing assistant (CNAs) have high turnover rates, making it difficult to meet demand. The demand for healthcare professionals spans a wide range of specialties, including primary care physicians, registered nurses, mental health counselors, and much more.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

is now 60 or older, leading to a greater need for healthcare professionals. To meet this need, local initiatives like CT Health Horizons are working to train professionals and improve care in the region. Administrative and support staff: Admin staff ensure healthcare facilities run smoothly.

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Center for Family Medicine

MAY 7, 2025

While occasional increases in urination can be due to factors like drinking more fluids or certain medications, persistent polyuria should not be ignored. If getting enough sleep is not enough or energy levels are down, consulting a healthcare professional is advised.

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Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

The United States doesn’t have enough doctors and the problem is only growing—according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) , the country is facing an estimated shortage of between 13,500 and 86,000 primary and specialty care physicians by 2036.

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Center for Family Medicine

MAY 14, 2025

Consulting a healthcare professional is crucial before beginning any new regimen. Certain supplements may interact with medications, making professional guidance essential to avoid complications. Seeking arthritic relief through dietary supplements is an effective way of managing the beginning stages of the disease.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Today we are coming back for more (or less given the content), talking about the following articles with their lead authors: First up, we talk with Ariel Green about her article in JAMA Network on preferred phrases a clinician may use to explain why they should reduce or stop the medication. That’s huge! Elizabeth: Nice to be here.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. We didn’t have medications that were effective with a few side effects. I think she’s the creator of the mini cog. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to postpone medical appointments until something feels wrong. However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

However, this particular decision infringes on my ability to practice medicine ethically, so I feel it is important for me to respond. When I was a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, I participated in their Ethics track. Medicine involves many extremely ethically challenging situations.

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GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Today we largely focus on reasons for caution, including: We know almost nothing about psychedelics in older adults – only about 1% of patients in published trials were older adults, much less older adults with multiple chronic conditions, multiple medications, and frailty. Or is that your medications causing that? Or does it?

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GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

Alex: Today we are delighted to welcome Chrissy Kistler, who is a geriatrician researcher in the Department of Family Medicine and Vision of Geriatrics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. And so I trained as an epidemiologist before medical school, and started out studying prostate cancer. Scott: Sure.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

Daneila Lamas wrote about this issue in the New York Times this week -after we recorded – in her story, a family requested an herbal infusion for their dying mother via feeding tube. How does integrative medicine fit in with this? Jill Schneiderhan, a family medicine and integrative medicine doc, helps us think through this.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

A friend of GeriPal, and prior guest, Guy Micco commented today that we need an RCT for chaplaincy is like the idea that the humanities need to justify their value in medical training: “It’s like being told to measure the taste of orange juice with a ruler.” LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. Absolutely loved it.

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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. Have you had a family history of substance use disorder?

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. I’ve been running a medical storytelling program called the Nocturnus.

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By John Scott Frazer, Glenn Ross Frazer Reference : Frazer JS , Frazer GR, Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e001143.

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GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

Alex 00:07 We are delighted to welcome Peter Selwyn, who is a family medicine and palliative medicine doctor and chairman of the Department of Family and Social Medicine and director of the Palliative Care Program at Montefiore E instein and author of Surviving the the Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor.

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