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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

adults lacked a usual source of care in 2022—marking the highest level in a decade, despite historically high rates of insurance coverage during this period. Yet, despite its pivotal role, primary care remains underfunded and undervalued—placing immense strain on our healthcare system and limiting patients’ access to critical care.

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Bathrooms “R” Us

Physician's Practice

Reynolds Blog Article The small details, like restroom cleanliness, shape patient perceptions and impact healthcare experiences in practices. This may cause you to question the airline’s attention to details like engine maintenance or losing passenger’s luggage. 60: Strategic planning with Stephen A.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. And nurses and other healthcare practitioners knew nothing about it. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Our patients stay with us for just a really long time and longer than any other health insurance. Patients nowadays have evolved, so our ability to build and engineer AI systems to help people help themselves is going to be the future. By the way. The second thing is really around patient self-service.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Their success is understandable : they offer a fast and easy method to check any skin conditions, typically for a fraction of the cost of a traditional healthcare appointment. At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . Eric: But before we jump into talking to your patients about driving retirement cessation, let’s talk about what is the role of the healthcare professional in this at all? OT programs). Emmy: Yeah.

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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. Eric: So Isaac, is the actionable item change in US healthcare system financing? Plain and simple.

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