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Medicare Annual Wellness Visit: What Is It?

Boulder Medical Center

Unlike a routine physical or sick visit, the AWV focuses on health risk assessment, screening, and prevention—not diagnosing or treating new or existing conditions. A Medicare Annual Wellness Visit is a once-per-year appointment covered by Medicare Part B. The post Medicare Annual Wellness Visit: What Is It?

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Drinking the Disease: Arsenic Exposure in Well Water from the Perspective of Patients and Providers [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Despite recommendations for routine screening, this is rarely done. Population Studied: Midwestern clinicians within the specialties of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics (671 clinicians); and all Midwestern adult patients aged over 18 years (257 000 patients). Arsenic cannot be seen, tasted, or smelled.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

GeriPal

MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Alex 00:30 And we’re delighted to welcome Alison Huang, who’s a primary care doc and researcher and professor of medicine, urology, and epi-biostats at UCSF in the division of General Internal Medicine.

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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

Our first guest is Emily McDonald, who’s a physician in general medicine and epidemiologist and Associate professor at McGill. It seems very easy to prescribe medicines, and we do that very well. Eric 00:04 And Alex, we ve got another deprescribing super special with us today. We’re still working on this issue. Here we go.

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You don’t need labs or CT scans in children who have recovered after a simple febrile or first time seizure

PEMBlog

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

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How to Prepare for Your Preventive Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

Unlike appointments that address specific illnesses or injuries, preventive care visits focus on screening for potential health issues, assessing your overall wellness, and helping you establish healthy habits before problems develop. Evidence-based screening tests based on current medical guidelines, your age, and risk factors.