Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Deana Hendrickson, 66, who provides daily care for three young grandsons in Los Angeles, sought an additional MMR shot, though she was vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella as a child, in case her immunity to measles had waned. . “I’m sort of hectoring,” she acknowledged.

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Barton Associates

JUNE 19, 2025

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 18, 2025

Dr. Fiona Havers , who led the CDC’s tracking of hospitalizations from COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), stepped down this week. She presented hospitalization data at ACIP meetings. families at risk of dangerous and preventable illnesses,” they wrote. ” The memo was obtained by The Washington Post.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Whether it be for chronic pain, for chronic illness, for companionship, simply to have a place to hang out for a few hours, or to get some food, we are often inundated with these patients at the most inopportune times. Several tan plastic bags (with a local market's emblem) occupied both his walker's seat as well as a maroon hospital chair.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Patients with documented mental illness or substance use disorders (SUDs) continue to encounter a mixed—sometimes starkly divergent—quality of emergency department (ED) care when they present with chest pain, abdominal pain, or other non‑psychiatric complaints, according to a patient‑interview study published in Health Services Research.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

There is robust data regarding the importance of patient connection and engagement in the hospital and clinic setting. Physicians can often literally meet patients where they are and address the broader social determinants of health, such as housing, education, and income, which significantly impact patient well-being and illness prevention.

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GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

But from our clinical work, many of us are familiar with people with dementia who experience sudden shocks to their health, think hip fracture, think hospitalization for pneumonia. And then when you see clinically patients coming into hospital, they’ll have, you know, they’ll be admitted for aspiration pneumonia.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 6, 2025

It’s home to many reputable healthcare employers, from private practices like the Physicians Alliance of Connecticut to major hospital systems like Yale New Haven Health. Residents can access top hospitals, vibrant communities, and many lifestyle amenities, including parks, museums, and restaurants.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

MARCH 20, 2024

At Logansport Memorial Hospital, we know how an unexpected injury or illness can impact your daily routine and quality of life. Ending up in the hospital can be scary and worrisome for patients and their families, and Eduardo Sanchez Castillo’s experience was no different. My foot was bad. Really, really bad. Just take it slow.”

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Session facilitator: Youssef Saklawi The goal of this series is to provide greater access to subspecialty, primary care, and internal medicine-adjacent specialty education for learners worldwide. Navila Sharif presents a case to Dr. Natasha Spottiswoode of a patient presenting for fevers and chills.

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Louisville Lectures

MAY 5, 2023

Boot Camp: PHASE TWO Or, Emergencies and Assessing Them This week, we will look at two highly anticipated videos, Electrolyte Emergencies by Dr. Eleanor Lederer and Assessing the Seriously Ill Patient by Dr. David Nunley. These lectures will be provided by the University of Louisville Internal Medicine residents.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

Then things started to get a little bit different… His chest x-ray had some peripheral infiltrates, and the emergency department providers ordered a CT scan. An essential part of the diagnostic process involves creating a problem representation (PR) and then trying to match that PR to a specific illness script.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

OUR ENTIRE FIELD of hospital medicine grew out of the need to innovate to address the growing complexities of inpatient medicine. For many of us, the emergence of medical scribes, both in-person and remote, provided a valuable solution, offloading documentation and allowing us to have more focused patient interactions.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 6, 2024

In recent years, one of the most intriguing shifts has been the rise of concierge medicine—a model that’s redefining how patients interact with their healthcare providers. As a concierge doctor, I provide an array of services that go beyond what most patients experience in a regular clinic setting. What is Concierge Medicine?

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When unexpected injuries or illnesses happen, it can be scary and overwhelming. The right care at Logansport Memorial Hospital At Logansport Memorial Hospital, we work to exceed the expectations of our patients – providing them with high-quality care, close to home.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital.

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PEMBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

every year, leading to emergency department visits and hospitalizations. However, this large study shows that probiotics do not significantly shorten illness duration, improve symptoms, or reduce the need for additional medical visits. Introduction Acute gastroenteritis affects millions of children in the U.S.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. It is also episode 4 in a 5 episode series focused on agitation in children and adolescents.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

For those with serious illness, sleep problems and insomnia are all too common. I think the classic example is somebody who just came out of the hospital, they’re put on these new medications because they were having problems in the hospital and now they’re home and they don’t need those anymore. Cathy: Yeah.

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Plum Health

MAY 22, 2023

Misconception #2: DPC Mandates a Switch in Primary Care Providers (PCP) Employees aren't required to change their PCP under the employer-sponsored DPC model. DPC can be offered as an optional benefit, providing a convenient, preventive care solution that removes the common deterrents to seeking care. Sadly, up to 80% do not.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

The breadth of services provided by modern day medicine is profound. hospital upwards of $240,000 over 5 years. hospital could save $240,000 per year.” The Aravind Eye Care System is a network of sophisticated eye hospitals and clinics in India. There are other steps that clinicians can in their practices and hospitals.

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

The company has expanded its palliative care services through partnerships with hospitals and other managed care providers, according to AccentCare CEO Stephan Rodgers. We deepen ourselves into the fabric of care and we make healthcare work for people who are seriously ill. Attendee 3: Oh. We are not an extra layer of support.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Choosing Wisely Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recommendations The Choosing Wisely Campaign Toolkit Expert Contributors Olivia Ostrow, MD Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada olivia.ostrow@sickkids.ca A negative test can also provide false reassurance. for bronchiolitis and 1.5% isolation for SARS-CoV-2).

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

The Choosing Wisely Pediatric Emergency Medicine Recommendations The Choosing Wisely Campaign Toolkit Expert Contributors Michele Nypaver, MD University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA michelen@med.umich.edu Jennifer Thull-Freedman, MD Alberta Children’s Hospital Calgary, Alberta, Canada Jennifer.Thull-Freedman@albertahealthservices.ca

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Recognize key diagnostic features that help differentiate Parvovirus B19 from other viral exanthems and systemic illnesses. These are a group of viral rash-causing illnesses that were originally numbered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries based on their order of description. Lets talk about the joint symptoms.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Garcia T, Florin TA, Leonard J, Shah SS, Ruddy RM, Wallihan R, Desai AP, Alter S, El-Assal O, Marzec S, Keaton M, Yun KW, Leber AL, Mejias A, Cohen DM, Ramilo O, Ambroggio L; Childrens Hospitals Initiative for Research in Pneumonia (CHIRP). It’s often accompanied by wheezing and or rails, and fever and illness are typically milder.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

However, FDA states that this exemption does not apply to corporate or hospital laboratories that employ licensed practitioners, and the agency says FD&C Act otherwise contains no exception or limitation for devices manufactured by laboratories. This comparison is misplaced.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 21, 2025

This article delineates the salient clinical features, associated complications, cost considerations, and risk profiles for each virus, thereby providing a framework for informed clinical decision-making. nausea, vomiting) occur more frequently in pediatric populations. References Boktor SW, Hafner JW. Updated 2023 Jan 23].

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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. COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. So this is a podcast going at the geriatricians and palliative care providers. Alex: Great story.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And that led to many specialists doing work and advancing their fields within their professional societies, providing guidance and so on for older adults. So transmission of other drug resistant organisms and C difficile to other patients in the hospital reduces if you control. Diff rates, for example at a unit level.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. I’m an internist, so when I hospitalize patients, 1 in 8 of my patients now takes pregabalin or gabapentin. We have staff that circulate between the hospitals and part of it is if the staff start to learn about it, there could be some contamination of your control.

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Tiny Physician

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Without even forming an enquiry committee, he was suspended for a few days by the hospital administration in order to satisfy the public. Even though doctors are in no way responsible for the lack of facilities in hospitals like lack of beds, delay in getting blood test results, delay in getting a slot for scanning, etc.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Rather they’re Ill, maybe they’re aging unsuccessfully, but never really resilient. How do you maintain successful aging, which is often free of disease or illness or disability? Anyone with neurologic illnesses, I think all of you know, too much socialization is like, stop. It is progressive. There is no cure.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A careful history and physical examination are ways that we as providers can “see what’s going on inside the head.” In general the current evidence, which consists of observational studies, notes that the likelihood of identifying abnormal head CT findings in a child following the aforementioned types of seizures is low.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

They carry existing diagnoses and are followed by outpatient mental health providers. Patients with psychosis caused by medical illness usually have abnormal vital signs, altered mental status, and impaired orientation with compromised intellectual function. Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Palliative medicine focuses on quality of life for patients with serious illnesses. Historically, palliative care has been predominantly provided in the inpatient setting, but there is a growing awareness that patients may also benefit from outpatient care. Results The patients in the SMC had a mean age of 71.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

Should we use Ozempic (if we can find it) in patients with serious illness, which often results in undesirable and profound weight loss? This hasn’t floated into our hospital systems yet, but at least in the real world, people are using these to make insulin dosing decisions without needing to poke their fingers. It maxes out.

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