Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

However, few studies have evaluated preconsultation tools targeting older adults and healthcare professionals. Objective: This study compared the perspectives of patients and providers using ESOGER, a novel multidimensional assessment tool for older adults.

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BMJ

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Value, challenges and practical considerations when designing, conducting and analysing a longitudinal qualitative study in family medicine | Family Medicine and Community Health (bmj.com). While it is being increasingly used in applied health research, it is relatively underutilised in family medicine. the COVID-19 pandemic).

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Some healthcare occupations, such as certified nursing assistant (CNAs) have high turnover rates, making it difficult to meet demand. The demand for healthcare professionals spans a wide range of specialties, including primary care physicians, registered nurses, mental health counselors, and much more.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 17, 2025

If you’re already waking up refreshed and energized throughout the day—keep doing what works for you. However, most physicians will admit they’re running low on sleep, whether it’s due to intrinsic or external factors, or choices within their control. Let’s apply these proven sleep hygiene tips to our own lives.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. The emergency room has become a pressure cooker, and healthcare professionals are paying the price. The Warner Bros.

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Barton Associates

MAY 15, 2025

So, as summer heats up, what are the best states for travel healthcare positions? California California is a great place for adventure-seeking healthcare professionals looking to combine work and play. We currently have many locum tenens jobs open in California—from family practice, to pediatrics, and more.

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My Green Doctor

JULY 2, 2025

Here we suggest steps that healthcare managers and clinicians can take to protect their patents. We hope you will discover resources to share with your family as well! The EIB developed a first-of-its-kind tool to quantify how climate hazards like heatwaves, floods, and poor air quality will drive up healthcare demand across Europe.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

is now 60 or older, leading to a greater need for healthcare professionals. To meet this need, local initiatives like CT Health Horizons are working to train professionals and improve care in the region. Nurses: Nurses work as part of a team to provide care and support, and educate patients about health conditions.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Incarceration negatively affects the physical and mental health of people who are incarcerated as well as their family members and loved ones, and limits access to healthcare before, during, and after incarceration. All healthcare professionals will have patients who are directly or indirectly impacted by the carceral system.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Severe emphysema even alienates family members as the patients relegate themselves to the length of their oxygen tubing and suffer through an acquired mutism from conversational dyspnea. Patients and families slowly realize the limitations caused by the irreversible loss of pulmonary reserve. Emphysema is a slow killer.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. It often takes some trial and error and working closely with your healthcare provider. A variety of blood pressure drugs with various mechanisms are available.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Effective blood pressure management requires taking the appropriate medicine as prescribed by a healthcare professional and implementing appropriate lifestyle changes. It often takes some trial and error and working closely with your healthcare provider. A variety of blood pressure drugs with various mechanisms are available.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

First, to meet protein needs, patients can be counseled to include 30 grams of high-quality protein sources at each meal. I envision primary care clinicians playing an important role in assessing the individual needs of the older adult patient and helping them access essential elements of the care plan.

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Sound Physicians

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I was born and raised in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Toronto with my family. I interacted with Sound clinicians during my residency, and seeing the impact they had on the patients and hospital leadership was inspiring. I saw how they approached problems and put out fires. What keeps you at Sound?

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Plum Health

MAY 19, 2023

Plum Health DPC has a primary care solution designed just for you: Embrace the Benefits of Direct Primary Care Direct Primary Care is a membership-based healthcare model that emphasizes a direct relationship between patient and doctor. Ready to transform your healthcare experience?

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Center for Family Medicine

MAY 14, 2025

A study in rheumatology found that osteoarthritis patients taking curcumin reported significant pain relief and improved function. Consulting a healthcare professional is crucial before beginning any new regimen. Symptoms can vary in intensity and often include joint pain, redness, and morning stiffness.

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Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

One way to increase access to care to patients who need it—especially those who live in rural areas with a higher shortage of healthcare professionals—is for current physicians to take locum tenens positions. Why become a locum tenens physician?

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East Cary Family Physicians

OCTOBER 20, 2023

At East Cary Family Physicians, we believe that knowledge is power. In this blog, we’ll explore the importance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, focusing on early detection, prevention, and the vital role of regular screenings in women’s healthcare. The average risk of a woman in the U.S.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

MAY 17, 2023

If you struggle with sleep difficulties, consider implementing relaxation techniques or consulting with a healthcare professional. Remember, everyone’s journey is unique, and it’s important to be patient and kind to yourself. Maintaining good mental health is essential for our overall well-being.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

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. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it? If so, how do we screen and who do we screen?

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 8, 2021

My Estie Classic Fit lab coat looks super professional and tailored to my body, and I receive compliments every time I wear it. Any healthcare professional would benefit from some Medelita gear, so head over to their website and treat the physician in your life. Happy December! Can you believe Christmas is only 17 days away?!?!

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. You wrote about how when it comes to talking about patients with dementia, they’re rarely portrayed as resilient. Summary Transcript Summary. What would it take to transform dementia care?

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. And we invited Tamryn Gray from the Dana Farber joins us to ask insightful questions, including: What blood sugar range should we target for patients in the nursing home or hospice?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

My take home from this is that while the most preferred explanation for deprescribing statins and sedative-hypnotics is one focused on the risk of side effects, we also need to individualize it to the patient and the medication that they are taking. Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome a wonderful group to talk about deprescribing.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Attendee 5: That we are so integrated into the very fabric of healthcare that it’s a no-brainer in every single discipline because you know what? Palliative Care the Next Generation: How the Service May Grow and Evolve AccentCare , a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, is another example. Eric: Yeah.

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FDA Law

AUGUST 16, 2023

Prior to the CytoDyn letter in 2022, OPDP issued a Warning Letter in 2021 to CooperSurgical for a DTC video entitled “Paragard: Family Planning During the Pandemic” which failed to communicate ANY risk information. The claims are (presumably) not made to patients and each had context that described how the data was interpreted.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Insomnia. We’ve all had it. Lying in bed at 2 am staring at the ceiling, getting anxious every hour that you’re not falling asleep as you have a busy day coming up. Insomnia sucks. Chronic insomnia sucks even more. For those with serious illness, sleep problems and insomnia are all too common. singing) Eric: Wonderful.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. Think about the last time you attended a talk on communication skills or goals of care discussions. I’m guessing not. Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Meg.

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

I just thought there was so much we could learn and offer from every sense, from the clinical point of view, from the family point of view, from prevention, from treatment, epidemiology, et cetera. Kristine, do you have a song request for Alex? Kristine: Well, I did have a song, but I was negligent at giving it to him. Alex: Recollection.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Regular visits to your primary care physician at Mesa Family Physicians provide opportunities for early detection of potential health issues before they become serious problems.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 29, 2024

It feels nearly impossible if you add another degree of difficulty, whether it be a crying interpreter or a grandchild from another state who shows up at the end of a family meeting yelling how you are killing grandma. That’s a hard enough task, given that most of us have never had any communication skills training. Gordon 02:02 I do.

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

I want to respond to the many strong emotions and fears expressed by many of my patients regarding the recent Supreme Court decision overturning of the Roe v. I try as much as possible to avoid political and polarizing topics with my patients because I recognize that we all have different beliefs, and that is okay.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Along the way we address: Is this degree of slowed cognitive decline meaningful to patients or care partners? Eric: So patient narrative storytelling, independent of what we call it, I’d like to turn to both of you and just how you got interested in this as a subject. Summary Transcript Summary. Transcript. Here we go.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Interprofessional palliative care has a ton of great authors, an inter professional list of amazing authors. Show me your scars.” Scars, really? I’ve been there. You probably have too. On the one hand, I don’t think interprofessional teamwork needs to be scarring. It’s starting to feel like nothing’s gonna stop us now.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. Is it you Lyndsay?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary You know when you walk out of a patient’s room and have that sense, “This isn’t going to go well.” The patient is sick and getting sicker, and refuses to let you talk with family or other members of her inner circle. Should you stop at “no?” That’s a huge amount of news all at once.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

First, a clinician’s thoughts must be encoded into words, then transmitted often via sounds, and finally decoded back to thoughts by a patient or family member. Patient Values: Three Important Questions-Tell me more? Simple, right? What else? Hello, goodbye by the Beatles. Eric: Why did you pick that, Don? Alex: (Singing).

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