Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MARCH 13, 2025

Last week, the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) was actively engaged in multiple discussions on health care policy, including Medical Assistance rate reimbursement, coverage for the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model and broader reforms to patient-centered care.

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PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. Government. PMID: 36948291. 2022 May 11;12(5):e059876.

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients. Government.

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FDA Law

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Next, on May 9, 2023 DEA, jointly with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), issued the First Temporary Rule , which extended the full set of telemedicine flexibilities regarding the prescribing of controlled medications through November 11, 2023.

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Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A few days back, a video went viral on social media in which a resident doctor (a doctor who is undergoing post-graduation / PG doctor) was shouting at the bystander of a patient. Nevertheless, PG doctors have to work 80 to 100 hours a week without any holidays and this tiring schedule does affect their physical and mental health.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 12: Our Land is Our Health: Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in Medicine Show Notes by LaShyra Nolen November 23rd, 2021 Summary: This episode is about the ways we can combat anti-Indigenous sentiments and actions in our efforts to promote anti-racism in medicine and public health.

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BMJ

JULY 17, 2020

Many Chinese expressed their disapproval of the many untrusted sources of information online while demonstrating a high level of trust towards the central government. Psychological health during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic outbreak. How to reduce the negative psychological impact MRSA isolation on patients.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Pearls Defining Structural Racism Structural racism is a term that acknowledges that racism is perpetuated beyond individual interactions and interpersonal racism, but is present in the systems and policies that govern our everyday lives. Stolen Breaths. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:197-199. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31130-9. Greenwood, Rachel R.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Take time to learn from your patients. Our patients are not just a list of problems. They are individuals who interact with environments that affect their health. She encourages us to see beyond these problems, and ask patients about their lives, challenges, and successes. Be curious.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. But why I decided to look at medical and mental health care and assisted living. So, that’s why we did this project, the Delphi panel, to say what really should be recommended for medical and mental health care in assisted living?

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PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. Government. Structured team approach to the agitated patient in the emergency department.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

In further contrast to the United States, MAID in Canada is almost entirely administered by a clinician, whereas in the United States patients must self administer. And importantly the patient has to have capacity and they have to be able to take the drug themselves. So being well and also potentially periods of dying.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding. Eric 29:36 Yeah.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

But, should we as clinicians care about the social lives of our patients? Are there meaningful ways of assessing loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings and connecting patients with interventions? And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

And I wonder if that is key in patients, people who are experiencing homelessness as well. A lot of the principles that are talked about in core topics in substance use health, I definitely do extend. It might have to do with a sensitivity around mental health. Government is not the 51st state.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

Ongoing reports from patients about anti-Asian hate experiences Should clinicians screen for Anti-Asian hate? This question, while providing an opportunity to talk about direct and indirect experiences, can be asked of all patients, and opens the door to conversations about anti-semitism, islamophobia, or anti-Black racism.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

So if you look at government websites about heat for example, it’s got a line of buttons across the top with affected populations, outdoor workers, athletes and older people are in there. So it’s just every single part of our life is affected and mental health issues. And then access to those. So we could go on.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

Today we talk with Margot Kushel about how we got here, including: That sense of powerlessness as a clinician when you “fix up” a patient in the hospital, only to discharge them to the street knowing things will fall apart. It was in the mid-nineties, and about half of the patients that we cared for in the inpatient service were homeless.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. And just going back to that patient, I’ll tell you, before I started this role, I would have probably looked at the handout box in our clinic and been like, oh, okay.

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Maine Academy of Family Physicians

JUNE 21, 2024

Topics on the AAFP agenda included: Improving Access to Primary Care for High Deductible Health Plans Enrollees - high deductible plans discourage patients from accessing primary to deal with problems such as diabetes and hypertension and delay care, leading to worsening health outcomes.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Care Ecosystem.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2023

A lot of compounding trauma occurs at the border that has potential downstream mental health implications for individuals and their families. Refer to Good Sanctuary Doctoring for Undocumented Patients for more information. Mark Kuczewski’s sanctuary doctrine toolkit that focuses more on the individual level.

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Doctors for America

JUNE 23, 2025

As a nonpartisan organization of thousands of physicians and medical trainees committed to health justice, we bear witness to the trauma these policies inflict on our patients, our communities, and the healthcare system as a whole. Find out more at doctorsforamerica.org and on X drsforamerica or Bluesky drsforamerica.bsky.social.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

” Hospitals that do stay afloat likely will do so by cutting services that are particularly dependent on Medicaid reimbursements, such as labor and delivery units, mental health care, and emergency rooms. ” By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit news service covering health issues.

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GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

So you plan on your geriatrician, older patients, getting it every year. And to be very fair, there was a study in 2013 in family practice, this would be important, I think for those who treat older patients. Monica: And the patient said, “I don’t like my doctor wearing masks.” So where are we?

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 17, 2025

Those changes — plus the firing of 1,200 agency employees as part of mass layoffs across the government — are alarming scientists and NIH workers, who warn that they will undermine progress in combating diseases and other threats to the nation’s public health. Now those places aren’t immune to the NIH’s terminations.

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