Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective The Family Study, a randomized comparative effectiveness-implementation trial, evaluated three methods of capturing family history and providing care for individuals at increased risk of hereditary/familial cancers: 1) routine care, 2) brief online risk assessment, and 3) full (3-generation pedigree) online risk assessment.

Screening 130

Screening Patients Referral Families 130

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.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Community Families Family 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care providers in Canada face significant workload challenges, including managing prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests alongside patient visits. Outcome measures: Average number of prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests per encounters among primary care providers in Nova Scotia from 2007 to 2022.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Referral Provider Electronics 130

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.

Referral 98

Referral Utilities Individual Families 98

CDOCS

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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Families 52

Families Family Referral Management 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

family medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology) at an urban academic medical center in the Midwest. Intervention: LINK is a randomized controlled 2x2 factorial trial testing the effect of 2 distinct interventions on A1c: a 6-week culinary and nutrition education class and community referrals to address unmet social needs.

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Clinic Transportation Internal Medicine 130

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 5, 2025

At PACT Endocrinology, a referral isn’t required. Ask family and friends: If you have family members or friends who’ve been treated by an endocrinologist, ask them to recommend a good endocrinologist in your area. You might get referred to an endocrinologist if your condition is complex or difficult to manage.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Primary Care Insurance Diabetes 52

PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

Learning Objectives Demonstrate the ability to use shared decision-making strategies when discussing imaging options with families of pediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department. And how do we actually strike the right balance between obtaining essential diagnostic information and avoiding unnecessary imaging?

Family 101

Family Families Hospital Patient-Centered 101

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2025

Friends and family members who’ve seen a hormone doctor are another useful source of recommendations. Even if they don’t have the same condition as you, they can provide information about things like the doctor’s reputation or bedside manner. Review Their Credentials In Connecticut, hormone doctors are highly trained.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Appointment Insurance Consulting 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  2022;31(2):211-221. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2022.01.002

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Community Patient-Centered Hospital 52

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

APRIL 6, 2023

Doctors are required to take ‘informed consent’ from patients pre-op. I listened to the casualty doctors referral and expected to hear some gruesome boring story I had probably heard before. The family thanked him again and the boy left well. I learned alot about what actual communication of patients looked like.

Complication 52

Complication Patients IT ER 52

FDA Law

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The protocol should also include a plan for clinical referral and support services if any developmental problems are identified during the follow-up. It also describes all the relevant considerations as being on a sliding scale where some level of potential risk will trigger the need for and inform the design of long-term studies.

Clinic 64

Clinic Physicals IT Referral 64

Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

At Edge Family Medicine , we believe that one of the most powerful tools in healthcare isn’t technology — it’s trust. At Edge Family Medicine , we prioritize relationship-based care that supports your wellness every step of the way. Coordinated Specialist Referrals Your PCP is your guide through the larger healthcare system.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Relationship PCP PCP 130

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. Providers at New South Family Medicine and MedSpa can address the patient's deeper needs, rather than trying to rush through a hectic day full of too-brief appointments.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Family Families 40

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

I practice family and sports medicine as part of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group here in Fontana, California. I just listened to the one on national cancer care that we’re doing, which was very informative and pretty impressive. WM: Like you, I’m a family physician. AM: Thank you so much.

IT 52

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often the work of the certified driving rehab specialist is to assess the older drivers goals, assess prognosis for driving, and help the family navigate discussions around driving cessation (hmmm…sounds like an approach to family meetings). Were those people self referring, or family members calling you asking? Eric: Yeah.

IT 102

IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So my family is from Maui and were impacted by the wildfires, so I really appreciate this. Alex: How is your family doing? My family’s also from Maui. And her dad’s family, the Makekaus family, which is based in Lahaina, and we actually visited their grave sites there, when we were there a few years ago.

Patient-Centered 129

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. We would make referrals to psycho oncology. But watch out! Alex 01:06 Yeah, go in person.

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

In many cases, the families were the victims of the crime. If the community hospital isn’t able to provide a service like tertiary care, oncology care, they would get a referral to UCSF or wherever, just like anybody in the community. They can stroll out into… We have a beautiful garden space for family.

Family 132

Family Families IT Community 132

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 109

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. 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. Katie: Thanks for the opportunity.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? If we move away from clinician referrals as the means by which people get access, how do we keep the clinicians engaged, and not enraged? But definitely always had the bug to be the one to jump into the family meetings in the ICU, lead them. By diagnosis?

Consulting 99

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis Referral 99

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. So we see a lot of problems with symptom management, a lot of family conflict.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

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Referral 40

Referral Family Medicine DO Primary Care 40

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. What you did was you gave a family who’s in complete distress attention asking specific questions, not being afraid to go where it’s very painful to go.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Family Families 99

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. But the cancer specific databases just don’t have this information. Have you had a family history of substance use disorder? Most of our population has trauma. Katie: Yeah.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. Naheed, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare IT Community Illness 100

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families GP 130

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. They’re still engaging fully with their family and with the activities and the hobbies that they’re still able to do. Do we have any information on that, do you know?

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Whereas the home with the low rate of feeding tube use involved families in decision making. So we looked at hospital referral regions, and we looked at high- and low- intensity regions. There was a hesitancy to engage black families.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Family Families 60

GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

.” The assumption for most of these focus group members was that medicine is a business, that there are incentives that physicians and other clinicians are responding to that are not transparent, and that decisions are being made that are in the interests of the health system, not in the interest of the patient and family.

Illness 101

Illness Patient-Centered IT Nurse Practitioner 101

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. But once I got into medicine, I found myself attracted to the field of psychiatry.

Patient-Centered 98

Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

If it’s continuing and it’s getting worse and maybe they have some swelling in the legs, there are some subtle findings on the echo, but really think for a second, could this be this really common cardiovascular condition, echocardiogram, maybe even a referral to a cardiologist? A pill organizer, having family.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Alex 00:48 And we’re delighted to welcome back Josh Briscoe, who’s a palliative care doc at the Durham VA Medical center in Duke and blogs at Notes from a Family Meeting. And it was very clear, and she could now no longer recognize her family members. Who do you give informed consent to? Thaddeus 00:46 Thank you.

IT 87

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 87

GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

But we know from previous studies that a lot of older adults actually want this information, but might not feel comfortable bringing it up. So yes, it’s imperfect and we recognize that, and we’re always clinically making decisions that are based on imperfect information. Eric: Well, let me push you on that.

IT 95

IT Clinic Screening Patients 95

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Administration on Aging connecting you to services for older adults and their families California’s Master Plan for Aging New York’s Master Plan for Aging Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. We’re selling objectivity, information, independence and choice. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. I don’t know if we captured where the hospice referral came from. So the problem of, hey, look at us, we promise we’ll be helpful.

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119