Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

Patients describe symptoms, cycle patterns, and other health concerns. If necessary, physicians order lab tests through local partners. Some clinics even offer home-testing kits for convenience. Tia Health : Connects patients with licensed physicians online in minutes. Next, they may attend a video consultation.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found yourself asking that question after listening to a discussant on the podcast arrive at some unexpected diagnosis, only to have the biopsy or lab test prove them right. Some specific activities mentioned by the participants included patient-directed reading (e.g.,

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Khang Nguyen, MD, chief transformation officer of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, discusses how AI can increase clinicians’ joy in medicine and improve patient outcomes with Chris Grant, chief operating offer and executive vice president of Kaiser Permanente, The Permanente Federation, and host of the Permanente Medicine Podcast.

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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. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? hint: 80% can be done in advance by patients or caregivers) Why is it that some oncologists are resistant to conducting a geriatric assessment, yet have no problem ordering tests that cost thousands of dollars? Welcome back, William. John: Thank you.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

That screening influences kind of further treatment, actually, probably more importantly, patient outcomes. And it can cause harm because if you’re springing this test on someone, it actually could create a lot of anxiety. And when I asked the patient, well, what happened, the test was sprung on them. And then what?

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PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

Both the motor movements and characteristics of the seizure, as well as the duration, are really hard to assess in a patient’s home. Labs just aren’t necessary. And so even in complex febrile seizures, if the child recovers, EEG or MRI may be the only test, if any, that they need. Patients were partial.

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