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

The Physicians Foundation

“Health systems and payers are asking primary care physicians to take on more — manage multiple complex conditions, answer patient emails, handle insurance administration, and provide mental health and social needs screenings,” said Christopher F. Koller, President of the Milbank Memorial Fund. As the U.S.

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How Your Emotional Health Impacts Blood Pressure

Imperial Center Family Medicine

Being aware of this intricate relationship is the first step to learning to control your emotions to improve heart health. It’s similar to revving a car engine for too long while staying still. The mind-body connection has surprising implications for blood pressure management.

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

GeriPal

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. How to screen for hearing loss. And honestly in undergrad I was like, “Engineering is really hard. Eric: And how do we screen for it?

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

Permanente Medicine

There will be clinician that uses AI to help out their practice, and there will be one that won’t basically, and that is the one that that will really be struggling to search through the database, looking for stuff that perhaps the AI can offload and allow them to actually truly practice meaningful relationship-based medicine.

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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.” . Because how that is approached can have lasting effects on relationships, unfortunately. Is there a screening tool that we can use, or just questions that you ask older adults around driving safety?

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston have no relationships to disclose. People are also using YouTube specifically, but social media as its own search engine. They’re this influencer. And so people are getting hooked into it, but on their own.

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Surfers play crucial role in beach safety according to study

Medical Xpress

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