Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 15, 2025

During the session, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians actively represented the interests of its members on a range of healthcare initiatives. To incentivize donations to these hospitals, the bill suggests creating a tax credit for individuals and entities to offset their state income tax liability.

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California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 14, 2025

However, for individuals who do not qualify for federal Medicaid funding—such as most undocumented immigrants—the federal government does not provide matching funds, even when those individuals meet income eligibility requirements. The asset limit for a household would be $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 per couple.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) adopted a resolution (policy guidance) in 2024 related to addressing food insecurity in Minnesota. Family physicians play a pivotal role in combating food insecurity, serving as trusted advocates for their patients and connecting them to essential food resources.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 10, 2025

This is referred to as NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) and is important for maintaining baseline metabolism and utilization of calories. For very sedentary individuals every step above 2,200 steps is beneficial. Some studies consider less than 5,000 steps a day sedentary and associated with poorer health outcomes.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 3, 2023

Genetic testing for hereditary cancers, such as breast, colon, pancreatic, and ovarian cancer, helps at-risk individuals understand their familial risk for these diseases and make informed decisions about next steps in care.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Administrative activities, including work related to caring for individual patients and clinic administration, may play a substantial role in understanding changes to primary care workload. Study Design & Analysis We used a screening questionnaire to purposively select interview participants.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The ESOGER tool is a telemedicine tool in the form of a telephone assessment questionnaire for individuals aged 65 and over. Study design: A qualitative descriptive study design was utilized. The tool was implemented and tested in four university-affiliated family medicine groups in Quebec, Canada from December 2021 to October 2022.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

MAY 1, 2025

We have the chance to support each other by breaking the stigma, utilizing local and federal resources, and better recognizing the signs and symptoms. If you have any questions or would like more information, contact the Center for Family Medicine. What is Mental Health? Your mental health matters.

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CDOCS

JUNE 30, 2021

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Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients. I’m a family physician by training. And I would remiss not to mention my wife and my family who might love and enjoy time with to travel.

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The Motivated MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The decision to rent or buy a home is the root of much anxiety in many individuals’ lives. I overhear individuals say things like ‘owning a home is the best investment you can make,’ and’ if you are renting, you are just ‘throwing your money away.’

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What should we use to screen individuals? Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. Well, because they’re hard on people with dementia and they can be very hard on families, and they’re a form of crisis.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In the wake of a hurricane as devastating as Helene, tens of thousands of individuals are likely filing claims, surely totaling billions of dollars. If our family were to evacuate for a severe weather event and return to find a completely destroyed home or town, what would that look like financially? Stay motivated! The Motivated M.D.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss. Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: A phenomenological approach was utilized. Experiences Are Individual: Participants had different overall experiences of living through the pandemic – ranging from "not so bad" to "truly awful", some having contracted COVID-19. virtual connections with family, friends, groups).

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. Race and the Utilization of Security Responses in a Hospital Setting. Orlando, FL.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Social workers augment a team’s ability to provide whole-person care, often aiding to identify and meaningfully address the wide variety of challenges and unmet needs faced by individuals and families facing serious illness. And so when you have that, that’s so good for the family. That’s so good for us.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Eric: Well, what are the odds that two family members focus on a similar topic and do research together? laughter] Alex: We love the family theme. So what we found is up to 30% of people would call 911 again for a fall, and of those calls, some people became very high-utilizers and so they would call 911 over and over again.

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Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As the 2025 legislative session swings into full gear, the Alabama Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has set its sights on a cadre of pivotal bills set to shape the healthcare landscape for years to come. These funds could be utilized for various purposes, including direct care, operational expenses, and facility maintenance or upgrades.

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The Physicians Foundation

MAY 20, 2025

At a time when chronic diseases remain the number one cause of illness, disability and death nationwide, it is critical for physicians to have the tools needed to support the collective health of individuals across the United States.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

And so, three years of seeing over and over people having really difficult end of life experiences in the ICU, not being able to advocate for themselves, a lot of trauma for their families, I just thought, we have to do better than this. I was really passionate about helping the people and also their families. David: Yeah. Eric: Okay.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

And yet, disenrollment from hospice, either due to patient/family revoking the benefit or stabilization of illness (extended prognosis) is remarkably high for people with dementia among some hospices. It’s really a pretty traumatic experience for a lot of patients and families. And I had a blast playing Take the Money and Run!

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. So, importantly, you may not have a positive family history.

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GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

We did another nudging trial where the deep default was for default palliative care consultations for high risk patients, and it significantly increased individuals who were receiving palliative care. We tested two different nudges individually and then we combined them. Their family members want them to get out of the hospital sooner.

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Moreover, as noted, the Guide was designed to highlight the differences in efficacy of various contraceptive methods but does not address the many other considerations that are taken into account by a woman and her provider when determining the best contraceptive to meet family planning needs. 300gg-13(a)(4).

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Chaplains can do an assessment of the spirituality of the individual and then they use interventions that are part of their discipline and those interventions are tailored to the individual’s spiritual and religious needs of the person that they’re caring for. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Within hours of recording this podcast, I joined a family meeting of an older patient who had multiple medical problems including cancer, and a slow but inexorable decline in function, weight, and cognition. We provide critical conversations with colleagues and families to coordinate transition planning.” Are there any tools?

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. It sets space between us and the individuals we’re trying to take care of.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And so we worked closely with a community advisory group who, through focus groups, told us how it was that black and white individuals with serious illness had wanted to be treated. The black individuals wanted to have a separate one from the white individuals. And my community and about my family and those kinds of things.

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BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

Family physicians and family health workers, considered reliable sources of vaccine information, have a unique position where individuals in rural and urban areas can access frequently, uninterruptedly, cheaply, and easily [2]. Individuals over 65 years of age at home Yes 23 (65.7) 62), and 82.6% (n= 228) were women.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It’s like how liberating it is to eliminate resentments, regrets and envy from our lives and how great it is in our clinical practice when we’re able to help families reconcile after an estrangement, how much relief that brings. So we have the intervention is a big part. Again, it’s not the only part. Karl: Okay.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

However, people need to understand what works best for them individually. Yes, both are important, but family, faith, work, money and the environment we create matter too. We follow ALL VACCINATION GUIDELINES set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Medicine! Learn more.","robots":"index","keywords":"skin

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

But definitely always had the bug to be the one to jump into the family meetings in the ICU, lead them. We all focused on studying the outcomes for patients and families of our intervention and then the processes to get there. Alex: It gets very local and individualizes as you were saying. The family meeting.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

The technology committee however, is interested in using technology and coming up with a new set of goals, priorities and preferences and basing the process on working with nursing home residents, care partners or family members if they’re involved. And the technology piece, so doing less with staff. Tell me about that.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Harvey is probably best known for his work in developing dignity therapy, a psychological intervention designed specifically to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as death approaches. Just an extraordinary cast of individuals who were really so incredibly inspiring.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? Kathleen 03:47 I think any of us who’ve spent any time in nursing homes have spent time working in a nursing home setting, have visited, had family members in nursing homes and looked around and seen the population there. That’s a big question.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

I am part of some other work in the ICU world looking at time-limited trials and trying to better define what those are, how we talk about them, how we talk about them with patients and families. Eric: I think about it as the first one to address individuals’ curative therapy. I’m just stunned even writing that!

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