Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it. Understanding Preventive Health Services: The Foundation of Wellness Preventive health services encompass medical care specifically designed to prevent illnesses, detect conditions early, and promote overall wellness.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Buprenorphine is an effective medication for OUD but uptake is slow due in part to lack of provider knowledge, confidence, and negative attitudes/stigma toward patients with OUD. Context: Morbidity and mortality from Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a health crisis in the United States.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

There is robust data regarding the importance of patient connection and engagement in the hospital and clinic setting. Many of us are taught in medical school and residency the importance of patient communication on improving patient satisfaction scores, quality metrics, and professional fulfillment.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

Researchers from the CDC examined characteristics associated with RSV vaccine receipt and knowledge and attitudes relating to RSV vaccines during the first season of RSV vaccine use from October 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024, among adults aged 60 years or older who were hospitalized with RSV-negative acute respiratory illness.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Over half of emerging adults experience loneliness, which is associated with depression, anxiety and poor educational outcomes. Intervention: Patients were randomized to either CBT or SP, which both consisted of virtual, weekly group interventions for 5 weeks.

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Primary care physicians take it upon themselves to get to know patients in person, which helps them attend to their needs. Preventive Care Primary doctors can offer preventive care to their patients, which typically includes check-ups and screenings to prevent them from contracting illnesses.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Mental health and SUD bias impact the quality of ED care that patients with these conditions receive for physical health concerns, according to research. What the Patients Said According to the study, three key themes emerged: Negative encounters dominated. Isbell, PhD , of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and colleagues.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

including in-demand jobs, education options, and career outlooks, can help you find a fulfilling position in the area. Some high-demand roles in New Haven County include: Physicians and specialists: Doctors are responsible for diagnosing and treating illnesses and injuries, as well as helping patients take care of their health.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

Healthcare professionals are uniquely positioned to lead on climate—and their patients are listening. From rising asthma rates to heat-related illnesses, climate change is already harming the most vulnerable among us. Todd Sack, Executive Director, My Green Doctor Are you on track with your sustainability goals?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Natasha Spottiswoode of a patient presenting for fevers and chills. Session facilitator: Youssef Saklawi The goal of this series is to provide greater access to subspecialty, primary care, and internal medicine-adjacent specialty education for learners worldwide.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 12, 2022

It allows clinicians to distill the case into its most relevant features, which facilitates efficient diagnostic schema and illness script selection. By extracting key case details and translating them into generalizable terms, you can more effectively link the case in front of you to your own bank of diagnostic schemas and illness scripts.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Dr. Smith shares the stories of several patients he met during residency and his early years in practice who illustrate the bad outcomes that accompany not attending to patient's emotions and focusing solely on their physical problems. The first few chapters discuss the problems with mental health care in the U.S.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that understanding why it’s important to take care of your body isn’t just about preventing illness—it’s about creating the foundation for a fulfilling, energetic life. Your body is the vessel that carries you through life’s journey.

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Louisville Lectures

MAY 5, 2023

Boot Camp: PHASE TWO Or, Emergencies and Assessing Them This week, we will look at two highly anticipated videos, Electrolyte Emergencies by Dr. Eleanor Lederer and Assessing the Seriously Ill Patient by Dr. David Nunley. Are you a resident or medical student looking to learn practical, evidence based approaches to your patients?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 20, 2020

His passion for medical education stems from his mission to motivate and inspire learners to become the best physicians possible for their future patients. Teaching Points: Rocky mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is an acute, life-threatening febrile illness caused by the intracellular pathogen, Rickettsia rickettsii.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. In 2015, surgeons in Manchester, UK have performed the first bionic eye implant for an AMD patient using Second Sight’s innovation.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 22, 2020

He is a medical educator who specializes in treating infectious diseases, particularly infections that develop in patients who have suppressed immune systems, such as as solid organ and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients and HIV+ organ transplant recipients.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

Describe the role of medical control in determining destination and goals of safe transport This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

For those with serious illness, sleep problems and insomnia are all too common. Alex: And we have Cathy Alessi, who is a geriatrician, Director of the Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Care Center at the VA, greater Los Angeles and Professor of Medicine at UCLA. Insomnia sucks. Chronic insomnia sucks even more. Brienne: Yeah.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

This isn’t just about saving the planet—it’s also about saving money, protecting patients, and strengthening our healthcare systems from the inside out. Organizations such as EyeSustain and My Green Doctor are educating clinicians and practice managers on ways to reduce medical waste and are promoting research on this topic.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. Zima; Follow-up After Pediatric Mental Health Emergency Visits. Pediatrics March 2023; 151 (3): e2022057383.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 28, 2023

This seems like a lot for five straightforward ideas, but we hope that you will find ways to incorporate the evidence via this content, and learn how to have more informed discussions with patients and their families. Do not obtain radiographs in children with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first-time wheezing.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes. Patients received brochures detailing the risks of gabapentinoids, nonpharmacologic alternatives, and a proposed deprescribing regimen (see here for the brochure ). in the usual care group.

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PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. Qualitative study of patient experiences and care observations during agitation events in the emergency department: implications for systems-based practice. PMID: 36948291. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Attendee 3: PCHETA, the Palliative Care Hospice and Education Training Act, of course. We deepen ourselves into the fabric of care and we make healthcare work for people who are seriously ill. Attendee 9: Early integration of palliative care in medical education. Eric: What is PCHETA? Attendee 4: Oh, gosh. Eric: Tell me more.

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PEMBlog

MAY 28, 2025

In pediatric patients, complications can evolve rapidly and carry significant morbidity and mortality. Differential includes infection, medication toxicity, and primary psychiatric illness. Education, psychosocial support, and long-term follow-up remain critical in improving outcomes for children with cSLE.

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Plum Health

JUNE 29, 2023

There are several ill health effects that can happen with prolonged exposure to poor air quality. In general, for all patients, I recommend limiting the amount of time outside today or wearing a mask if outside, ideally an N95. If you do go outside, I recommend wearing a mask, ideally an N95.

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients. Diagnostic yield of head CT in pediatric emergency department patients with acute psychosis or hallucinations. Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? Pediatr Radiol 2019; 49:240.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Indigenous Peoples continue to suffer disproportionately from health inequities, mental illness, poverty, climate change and police brutality, all of which have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. We must recognize these struggles were born out of settler colonialism and learn this history while actively working to undo present harms.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

My take home from this is that while the most preferred explanation for deprescribing statins and sedative-hypnotics is one focused on the risk of side effects, we also need to individualize it to the patient and the medication that they are taking. But how to talk to patients about the risk and benefits when starting. Ariel: Sure.

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

A patient is on morphine and you want to convert it to another opioid like hydromorphone (dilaudid). Dr. Akhila Reddy and colleagues study looking at converting hospitalized cancer patients from IV hydromorphone to PO morphine, PO hydromorphone, or PO oxycodone. Step four is adjusting it for your patient. How do you do that?

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StorytellERdoc

JULY 2, 2014

From this approach, I paused for several seconds to appreciate this serene, surreal view of a patient who appeared unaffected despite the scurrying of several staff and ambulance teams around him. He denied any further complaints as I patiently went through a list of symptoms. I mean poop, Dr. Jim," he clarified. He was homeless.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When I’m on service these days there is inevitably a moment when a resident says “Patient so-and-so is on X” – and I have absolutely no idea what X is. Alex: And we are delighted to welcome Rasheeda Hall, who is a physician scientist in the division of nephrology at Duke University School of Medicine, and sees patients at the Durham VA.

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Tiny Physician

AUGUST 12, 2021

The birth of a female baby creates an equal amount of joy for parents as that of a male baby, and the education of girls is given due importance here. Student of Kottayam Medical College Certain faculty members pass off belittling comments such as “ leggings will make patients sexually attracted to you ”.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Trainees may use this foundation to question how this might impact their medical education and think about this educational legacy may be reformed through curricular and structural changes at their institutions. Jefferson & Hedwig Lee (2020) Illness spillovers of lethal police violence: the significance of gendered marginalization.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. You wrote about how when it comes to talking about patients with dementia, they’re rarely portrayed as resilient.

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Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A few days back, a video went viral on social media in which a resident doctor (a doctor who is undergoing post-graduation / PG doctor) was shouting at the bystander of a patient. For example, a PG doctor, while examining a case, will be asked to collect blood test results from the lab and to accompany a patient for a CT scan after that.

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