Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

JUNE 17, 2025

Pulmonology is a medical specialty that focuses on the respiratory system, including the lungs, airways, and other organs involved with breathing. Doctors who specialize in pulmonology are called pulmonologists. Bring a list of all the medications you’re taking, including nonprescription drugs. What Is Pulmonology?

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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. However, medications can be adjuncts to non-pharmacologic means to help keep agitated children safe from harm. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Although this revolution has been brewing for years, the past few months marked a major change , as algorithms finally moved out of the specialized labs and into our daily lives. Current medical AIs only process one type of data, for example, text or X-ray images. However, medicine, by nature, is multimodal as are humans.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

A year ago we did our first “Deprescribing Super Special”. 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. That’s huge! Right, Alex?

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

JUNE 2, 2025

At the Physicians Alliance of Connecticut, we have an ongoing need for professionals in a wide range of roles, from entry-level support staff to seasoned medical professionals. Entry level roles typically don’t require education beyond a high school diploma or GED. Completion of a medical assisting program is required.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 27, 2025

Healthcare administrative assistants manage crucial administrative tasks in medical offices. As a healthcare administrative assistant, your day-to-day tasks may vary depending on the needs of the medical office. Typical responsibilities include: Managing front desk operations, including greeting patients and answering phones.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary We have a special extra podcast this week. The company has expanded its palliative care services through partnerships with hospitals and other managed care providers, according to AccentCare CEO Stephan Rodgers. Transcript Eric: Hey, GeriPal listeners, this is a GeriPal special episode. Eric: Yeah.

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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. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 27, 2025

2413 ( Senator Mann ) creates a new assessment on hospitals to increase Medical Assistance reimbursement rates. SENATE EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE S.F. 1354 ( Senator Boldon ): On Wednesday, March 19, 2025, the Senate Education Policy Committee heard S.F. This will trigger a special election in District 6.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. Diamond was caught in a fairly common coverage snag: People who have group health insurance when they become eligible for Medicare sometimes find themselves on the hook for their medical bills because their group plan stops paying.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in clinical settings, medical education, and biomedical/epidemiological research to responsibly recognize and address the harms of racial inequality. These factors include a high-protein diet, muscle mass, creatinine generation, and certain medications.

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ABIM

JUNE 17, 2025

Reau, MD Dr. Reau is ABIM Board Certified in Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology, specializing in viral hepatitis. She is currently Associate Director of Solid Organ Transplantation and Section Chief of Hepatology at Rush University Medical Center. It’s a much more practical and manageable way for me to maintain certification.

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together. Collaborative Care in the Identification and Management of Psychosis in Adolescents and Young Adults. Pediatrics 2021; 147.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

JULY 10, 2025

It was often confusing for me to figure out how to be a good “clinician-caregiver”—a son, clinical psychologist, and medical educator savvy about healthcare and our fragmented, complicated healthcare system. In contrast, other family members disdained and disregarded my knowledge.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Okay, now I'll admit I've done a horrible job of keeping up with the blog lately especially given that this is only my fifth post of the year, but today is still super special for me. I was originally told that as a premedical student and single mother with low stats, that I would not make it into medical school.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

How, then, can any physician find the time to research individual companies and make educated decisions on which publicly traded businesses are undervalued? Here are a few reasons: Overwhelmingly, index funds have lower expense ratios because they are passively managed. We simply cannot. There are not enough hours in the day.

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The Motivated MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

I am using our weekly blog posts to create a future book that hopefully will apply to medical trainees and early career physicians looking to build generational wealth, get out of debt, and take control of their financial lives. Housing Aside from educational debt, housing is commonly the largest expense we will make in our lives.

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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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The Motivated MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As many learn throughout their medical training, we are often relocated every few years. Four years in medical school. Far too many people, medical trainees and physicians alike, succumb to the false narrative that you need to own a home to build wealth, and that is not true. This can help build your credit.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

A special thanks to Dr. Cristina Tarango, director of the Hemophilia Treatment Center at Cincinnati Children’s and Lisa Littner, Project Manager at Cincinnati Children’s who helped me research and write this post. Patients on emicizumab will have it listed on their medication list. How to know if a patient is on it?

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

But more importantly, when I looked at your appendix, Dr. Rosielle the Institute of Safe Medication Practices says, you should never have order sets or charts or anything where one drug name is very close in proximity to another drug name, particularly if they sound alike. Delighted to be here. Honestly, I can calculate that. Is that right?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast, Stephanie Rogers, who’s a geriatrician and medical director of UCSF’s, age-friendly health systems. So that’s one, this patient-centered geriatric assessment and management approach. Kellie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Great to be here.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

JULY 7, 2025

The $321 billion spending plan, which will take effect July 1, closes a projected $12 billion deficit primarily through delayed cuts and borrowing from various state special funds. Despite a tight budget year, CAFP Secured key funding victories. Notably, the Reproductive Justice Freedom Fund was preserved.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Pregnant with her second child, she schleps a backpack instead of a traditional black bag to carry a laptop and essential medical supplies — stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and pulse oximeter. “It’s also often the family member or the person helping to manage them.” ” In 27 states and Washington, D.C.,

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

See the discussion on the Special Consideration IMG (International Medical Graduates) Pilot Pathway below.) Special Consideration IMG Pilot Pathway* In August 2024 , the ABIM Council proposed a pilot model for exceptionally qualified IMGs pursuing accredited subspecialty fellowship in the U.S.

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PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

This podcast episode hosted by Brad Sobolewski ( @PEMTweets ) and co-authored by Dennis Ren ( @DennisRenMD ) is all about age-appropriate non pharmacologic management strategies for agitated children. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

This is now being reviewed by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which oversees ABIM. Johnson, MD, FACP, FIDSA , Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs, led a discussion with the Infectious Disease Board on community practice in the specialty to create a more inclusive understanding of its role and scope.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Today we talk with DorAnne Donesky, Michelle Milic, Naomi Saks, & Cara Wallace about the notion that we should revolutionize our education programs, training programs, teams, incentive structures, and practice to be intentionally interprofessional in all phases. Michelle 01:22 Thanks for having us today. DorAnne, welcome to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 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

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. And the song is entitled medication.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Management of chronic pain in the elderly: focus on transdermal buprenorphine. We got some really special guests with us. Zachary: I mean, I did my med school and residency training in Louisville, Kentucky, and I had a second year med student lecture from Joe Rotella who was, I think the chief medical officer at Hospices at the time.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 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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PEMBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Learn how to recognize and manage cases in the emergency department, ask the right questions to uncover inhalant use, and provide critical resources for prevention and support. Formulate effective strategies for identifying, managing, and preventing inhalant misuse in pediatric patients. References Perry H, Burns MM. Ganetsky M (ed).

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 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

MAY 8, 2025

So in our trial, because of security reasons, we are required by Health Canada to store the substance in a special secure area in my office. And those of us who work in palliative care are more familiar with the 5ht3 receptor, which we use for nausea management. So medication adjustments. James 01:34 Yeah, right on.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. But at that time I was struck by how in that field, there wasn’t a focus or really interest in symptom management and support for patients and their families.

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