KevinMD

JUNE 12, 2025

I’ve spent my career as a neurologist diagnosing and managing neurodegenerative diseases. I’ve counseled families through heartbreaking prognoses, navigated complex care plans, and educated patients about conditions like Alzheimer’s disease.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Although data visualization is gaining traction in the hypertension, its use in health education and information dissemination is still underutilized. Objective This study aims to investigate the impact of data visualization using China-PAR on managing hypertension among primary care patients.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Primary Care General Practitioner Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a virtually-delivered health professions education model, designed to improve patient care by enhancing primary care capacity in specialty topics. Methods We adopted a multi-method study design, where qualitative and quantitative components of this study were conducted.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Diagnose Clinical Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Primary care team members involved in high blood pressure management. COACH was embraced for its relative advantage over traditional workflows and its potential to empower and educate patients. Study design: Deductive qualitative analysis. Consideration of the care team workflows (i.e.,

Electronics 130

Electronics Patient-Centered Hypertension Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Practices referred patients to virCIS for CGM initiation and management for 6 months. Patients attended a virtual CGM initiation visit and three 1-on-1 interpretation visits with a diabetes care and education specialist and pharmacist, completed on Zoom.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Patients Education 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Patients with hidradenitis suppurative seek advice online, highlighting unmet needs in clinician-patient education regarding daily self-management strategies. One such outlet—the “Hidradenitis” subreddit—has become a popular forum for patients to exchange experiences and seek guidance on managing their disease. Only 13.9%

Education 52

Education Patients Management Patient-Centered 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Mothers reported a wide range of provider education efficacy during the prenatal period, including none, poor, and good. However, most mothers reported receiving clear education about their condition during delivery, positive delivery experiences, and helpfulness from the clinical team.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JUNE 24, 2025

Coaching in academic medicine can feel a little abstract until you’re in it. Whether you're a resident navigating clinical load or a faculty physician juggling leadership and personal well-being, coaching can provide a powerful space for reflection, clarity, and growth. It’s not advising. It’s not a performance review.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Lifestyle medicine programs have demonstrated a positive impact in managing these diseases but are poorly implemented and unavailable in rural communities. gender, age, race, education, etc.), Context: Chronic illness is at a record high in society. It includes 22 weekly group classes and monthly appointments.

Chronic Disease 130

Chronic Disease Community Hypertension Physicals 130

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

What Happened: The Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education did not meet to discuss the bill. Pharmacy benefits managers would be prohibited under this bill from barring disclosure of information by pharmacists to consumers about drug costs and alternative drugs for treatment.

Insurance 130

Insurance Family Physician Hospital Management 130

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

The answer is simple: proactive mental health care allows you to build resilience, manage stress effectively, and maintain emotional balance even during difficult times. Your body is the vessel that carries you through life’s journey. Why Is It Important To Take Care Of Your Mental Health? Why Should We Take Care Of Our Bodies?

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Mental Health IT Family Physician Physicals 100

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

A recent study offers recommendations on how to balance weight loss goals and bone health concerns in weight management programs for older adults. Given practical constraints in many healthcare settings, who are the minimum essential team members for multidisciplinary management of weight loss in older adults?

Management 52

Management Primary Care Physicals Telehealth 52

A Country Doctor Writes

JUNE 9, 2025

It is hugely inefficient to do mass education and mass screenings with large populations on a one-on-one basis. Another problem with primary care today is that managers and EMR programmers have basically no idea of what we do, the cognitive aspect of doctoring. It was a call to reimagine, reinvent and reinvigorate primary care.

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Primary Care Insurance Diagnose Screening 130

Dignity Health Medical Foundation

MAY 28, 2025

May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month, a reminder to focus on understanding and managing this common condition. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, often has no symptoms, making it a silent threat to your health.

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Education Hypertension Management IT 52

Mere Mortal MD

MAY 25, 2025

As the patient goes down the pathway, all types of caregivers on both sides-therapists, doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, case managers, dieticians–hugs are given out like candy. Why I continue to learn and educate myself. It’s the day when one of these long-term patients is finally walking out the door.

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The Health Policy Exchange

MARCH 26, 2014

In the mid-1990s, the American Medical Association confidently predicted that the penetration of managed care would lead to a large "physician surplus" and convinced Congress to cap the number of graduate medical education (GME) positions subsidized by the Medicare program.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 26, 2025

Being told you have pre-diabetes can feel overwhelming, but there’s good news: food is one of the most powerful tools you can use to manage your blood sugar. In this post, I’ll explain what pre-diabetes really means and how eating balanced meals can support your body in managing blood sugar more effectively. What is Pre-Diabetes?

Management 52

Management Diabetes Family Medicine DO 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Systemic barriers like patient panel management and practice autonomy also impede OMT implementation. Addressing these challenges requires streamlining scheduling processes, enhancing physician training and referral networks, increasing patient education and awareness, advocating for practice integration, and empowering physician autonomy.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Describe primary care clinicians’ perspectives about managing hypertension in Black patients and assess the use of the 5 A’s Behavior Change Model (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, and Arrange) and shared decision making (SDM) processes.

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Hypertension Primary Care Management Nurse Practitioner 130

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it. As your trusted healthcare providers in Mesa, Arizona, we’re committed to helping you understand and access the preventive services that can keep you and your family healthy for years to come.

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Preventive Care Preventative Care Family Physician Screening 100

Concierge Choice Physicians

JANUARY 28, 2025

“Managing heart health often requires a level of trust between a doctor and patient, something can take time to build. He completed his Internal Medicine training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital from 2015-2018 accompanied by a focus in Medical Education. The patient decides what’s right for them.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Assess our current metrics and financials Educate ourselves more about Value-Based Care* (categorize as a skill gap strategy and use steps above). Consider what change management framework I want to use. However, we are going to change that, and we will turn those obstacles into strategies with brainstorming. Strategy - flip it. "I

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

In the past decade, advancements in technology have revolutionized the way diabetes is managed. The daily grind of monitoring blood glucose levels, adjusting medications, and managing complications can be exhausting. With all this progress comes a significant issue burnout for patients and clinicians.

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Diabetes Healthcare Professional Nurse Practitioner Healthcare 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Many of these patients are clinically complex and receive care from multiple professionals—which creates unique management hurdles. Even within practices, some staff members may not be aware of which patients require more proactive management due to multiple chronic conditions. Communicate clearly with appropriate non-clinical staff.

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Chronic Condition Patients Management Primary Care Physician 59

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 2, 2025

Defining DTx Digital therapeutics deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions driven by high-quality software programs to prevent, manage, or treat a medical disorder or disease. DTx, is a classic case of the “it’s complicated” relationship status. But this isn’t just a novel concept.

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Healthcare Professional Patients Management Medical 69

Dr. Zaar

JUNE 1, 2025

Managing Type 2 diabetes requires more than just medication—it demands a long-term partnership with a skilled healthcare provider who understands your individual needs. Choosing the right diabetes doctor can make a major difference in how effectively your condition is managed, your quality of life, and your long-term health outcomes.

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Diabetes Board-Certified Management Internal Medicine 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Physicians can often literally meet patients where they are and address the broader social determinants of health, such as housing, education, and income, which significantly impact patient well-being and illness prevention. Connect patients with local resources such as food banks, housing assistance, and mental health services.

Chronic Disease Management 52

Chronic Disease Management Community Education Chronic Disease 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

This mixed-methods study compared baseline characteristics between study arms using chi-square tests and t-tests. In contrast, 30 practices opted for the virtual CGM initiation service, and none (0%) had a DCES. A significant association was observed between DCES presence and implementation choice [X 2 (1, N = 62) = 11.046, P < .001].

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Diabetes Family Physician Referral 52

Plum Health

JUNE 9, 2025

Donovan Ogboh is a board-certified family medicine physician with a dedicated interest in preventive care, sports medicine, pediatric care, women’s health, and the ongoing management of chronic conditions. Ogboh is certified in Botox offering aesthetic treatments as part of a holistic approach to overall wellness and confidence.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 15, 2025

Most cases (82%) were managed entirely within the practice. Analysis of 500+ urgent GP visits in Germany shows most cases were handled in-office, often driven by fear, distress, or a need for reassurance. Of these, 275 cases (53%) were classified as acute, 170 (33%) as not-acute, and 70 (13%) as emergencies.

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General Practitioner GP Telemedicine Primary Care 52

Doctor Rachel

JULY 21, 2019

I need to be alone and in nature—with less of the civilized world I manage on the regular (e-mail, texts, social media, phone calls, and traffic) and more birdsong, trees, flowing water and sky. Education/learning opportunities 11. It was just what I needed. The redwoods, rivers, mountains and ocean all speak deeply to my soul.

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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. This podcast episode hosted by Brad Sobolewski ( @PEMTweets ) and co-authored by Dennis Ren ( @DennisRenMD ) is all about age-appropriate pharmacologic management strategies for agitated children. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876.

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Management Patient-Centered Finance Transportation 89

Rao Doctor

APRIL 29, 2025

How Sprouts Help to Improve Your Health Boosting Your Nutrient Intake and The Key to Better Nutrition In my last article, I talked about how to grow sprouts , their different types and some educational videos on this topic and in this we learn how sprouts enhance your health for a even better life.

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Individual Chronic Disease IT Hypertension 130

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 22, 2025

Those goals could include reaching a healthy blood pressure, lowering your cholesterol levels or managing complications associated with diabetes. Regular physical activity: Exercise is an important part of managing diabetes because it helps your body use insulin more effectively, which can help you control your blood sugar.

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Treatment Plan Diabetes Consulting Management 52

East Cary Family Physicians

JULY 11, 2022

Being educated on a healthy lifestyle and how to control one’s blood pressure is important so that you can understand the steps you can take to better your health. Manage Stress: Though there is no proven causational link between stress and high blood pressure, stress hormones in excessive quantities can be damaging to your health.

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Management Diabetes Education IT 52

PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

This podcast episode hosted by Brad Sobolewski ( @PEMTweets ) and co-authored by Dennis Ren ( @DennisRenMD ) is all about what we should consider when boarding children in the ED for mental health reasons. It is also the final episode in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents.

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Mental Health Management Patient-Centered Illness 98

Louisville Lectures

JANUARY 25, 2019

After, she discusses management and Ace Board questions. She completed medical school at Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, her residency at Saint Vincent Hospital, and her fellowship at the University of Michigan. She then presents its diagnosis and evaluation as well as various causes.

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