Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Utilization of action plans/rescue packs within our health system remains relatively limited. Objective: We hypothesized that an educational intervention led by population health managers would improve COPD exacerbation outcomes including ED visits and inpatient hospital admissions.

Utilities 130

Utilities Education Management Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Primary care is the foundation of any health care system. Primary care improves the health of communities and decreases health inequities. METHODS We used the 2019 Virginia All-Payers Claims Database to identify primary care physicians (PCPs) and the number of distinct patients seen by each physician.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care PCP PCP Primary Care Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To describe how primary care clinics have considered social needs in DM, and identify opportunities to support primary care clinics. Population Studied: Purposive sample of care team members (eg, physicians, social workers, diabetes educators, dietitians, community health workers).

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Successful implementation required the development of a scalable family history collection tool, the Genetic and Wellness Assessment (GWA) and Breast Health Assessment (BHA) tools; integrated pharmacogenomics programming; educational programming; electronic medical record integration; and robust clinical decision support tools.

Community 130

Community Patient-Centered Primary Care Electronics 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Here are some ways family physicians can collaborate with health care systems and community organizations to tackle food insecurity within Minnesota: Expand Food Insecurity Screenings: Train staff to use tools like Hunger Vital Signs and integrate food insecurity screenings into routine care.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Community Families Family 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 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.

Community 115

Community Transportation IT PCP 115

The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

From the moment you start post-graduate education (internship and residency), this is seen as a physician’s first ‘real job.’ According to the latest Medscape Physician Compensation Report for 2024 , the average physician salary was approximately $363,000 ($277,000 for primary care and $394,000 for specialists).

Finance 52

Finance Individual Education Healthcare Professional 52

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.

Patient-Centered 122

Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 122

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To assess dissemination and implementation of the Hmong Promoting Vaccines website within primary care clinics and school settings. Setting: 2 primary care clinics, 2 school-based clinics, and 2 school health education classrooms in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area with large Hmong populations.

Education 130

Education Clinic Community Primary Care 130

GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s very challenging from a hospitalist standpoint because I think there’s definitely a population of people who are not educated well about what are the outcomes when people go to subacute rehab, who benefits from that. We provide critical education. Sarguni: I hear what you’re saying and I struggle.

Patient-Centered 132

Patient-Centered Hospital Patients IT 132

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Kathleen 14:03 I mean, back to Cari’s, you know, what Cari was talking about, about financial barriers to palliative care services in the nursing home setting. Eric 14:32 So there’s financial disincentives for interdisciplinary palliative care teams. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

It was really at the level of the ED across 33 EDs in random order, and then tried to see if we could make a difference in healthcare utilization, primarily the primary outcome was admission to the hospital, acute care admission. Eric 08:45 Why did you choose that as a primary outcome? So let’s just start there.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: Yeah, some of the thoughts I’ve had in thinking about this: we did not require communication, training and education of the clinicians. Tom: Do you think they relayed that info to the primary care [inaudible 00:34:14]. I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. Eric: Okay.

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Whenever I take care of a patient, I see myself as a family practice doctor, but I’ve been a hospitalist, I’ve been a primary care doctor, and I’ve done palliative. At what point were you engaged with the patients either as a geriatrician, primary care, or a palliative care or hospice?

Provider 117

Provider Illness IT Healthcare 117

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

We were the highest utilizers of telemedicine in the whole UCSF health system at that time which we’re very proud of. And I think that it was percolating in a lot of the palliative care community. I think at least we like to think of ourselves as ahead of the curve. I want to be mindful of time. Each of you lightning question.

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73