Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary When treating heart failure, how do we distinguish between the expanding list of medications recommended for “Guideline Directed Medical Therapy” (GDMT) and what might be considered runaway polypharmacy? He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Whether you’re in Detroit , Corunna , Lansing , Royal Oak , or Van Buren , this clinic is offering comprehensive care that puts patient well-being first. Comprehensive Primary Care for Michigan Communities What sets this clinic apart is its comprehensive approach to primary care.

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Clinic Chronic Disease Management Primary Care Medical 52

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But, it’s also hard not to be bullish on the future of the field to see the consistent strides geriatrics has made in the last two decades in improving care for older adults. Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School.

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Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Because I don’t think we think about that so much in palliative care, but we do in geriatrics. But I believe before we start, somebody has a song request for Alex. Is it you, Emmy? Emmy: It is. Eric: What’s the song? Emmy: I just forgot the name of the song… [laughter]. Alex: Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen?

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IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

And so I trained as an epidemiologist before medical school, and started out studying prostate cancer. And in my medical training, becoming a primary care doctor, I realized that older adults, women and men were having a lot of these same symptoms. And so really am fascinated by tough medical decisions.

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Management IT Medical Patient-Centered 122

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Great to be back. I loved it.

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Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 95

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Keith per many reports, is the heart and sole of the hospice unit and oversees the Pastoral Care Workers. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program.

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Family Families IT Community 132

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome Joel Weissman, who is a health services researcher and deputy director and chief science officer for surgery at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Harvard Medical School. Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia.

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Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Completion of advance directives and billing codes for advance care planning as quality metrics. Links to a few couple items mentioned on the podcast: Objectives for Advance Care Planning. Eric: We’ve got a lot talk to about out around advance care planning and serious illness communication. Among other topics. Here we go.

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Illness IT Healthcare Patient-Centered 72

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

An end-of-life doula is a non-medical support person that provides a longitudinal relationship with aspects of medical, I mean, aspects of companionship, presence, holding space, some logistics, some practical help, decision making perhaps. But before we jump into that topic, John, do you have the song request for Alex? John: I do.

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Provider Illness IT Healthcare 117

GeriPal

JUNE 23, 2022

Mara Schonberg is associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. In the podcast she gives very practical advice with language to use, and references her decision aid, which is available on ePrognosis here. Mara keeps working at it, and the more she works, the closer we are to fine.

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Screening PCP PCP IT 99

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. As a general practitioner and primary care researcher, it was always fascinating for me to delve into the scientific literature to investigate this issue. Is that appropriate, or should it be the opposite? Over time, more trust develops.

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PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

The episode emphasizes thoughtful, individualized care in the context of rising vaccine hesitancy and declining immunization rates. So serious bacterial infection defined as any bacterial infection requiring medical intervention, but it may not invade sterile sites. Unfortunately. It’s getting more common. Interesting.

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Vaccination Illness IT Clinic 66

Physicians News Digest

APRIL 17, 2025

They were just about to crack open the medical records and see if it had worked: Were the group who received the videos more likely to follow through on vaccinations for their children? A KFF Health News analysis underscores that the terminations are sparing no part of the country, politically or geographically.

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