A Country Doctor Writes

MAY 18, 2025

There, as medical director, I had a friend and ally in the behavioral health director, and both our departments underwent years of rapid growth. This was in part because we shared patients and patient experiences between our departments and had a bidirectional way of making warm handoffs. No counseling is offered.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Mental health and SUD bias impact the quality of ED care that patients with these conditions receive for physical health concerns, according to research. What the Patients Said According to the study, three key themes emerged: Negative encounters dominated. Systemic strain was obvious.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

CFHA represents thousands of professionals across the country who are implementing integrated care —the coordination of medical and behavioral health care in primary care and specialty settings. It provides immediate, non-stigmatized behavioral health support at the point of medical care, often in the same visit.

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

MARCH 12, 2025

Given the complex interplay among these functions, gathering patient perspectives on those core functions seems key to effectively operationalizing and measuring them. Patients experience primary care firsthand, offering valuable insights into the accessibility, scope, coordination, and continuity of services.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 19, 2025

In medical practice, vital signs have traditionally focused on four primary measurements , namely body temperature, pulse rate, breathing rate and blood pressure. These measure the basic functions of one’s body, helping clinicians assess the general health and recovery progress of patients.

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AMMD

MARCH 13, 2025

Brain fog is not a medical condition or a diagnosis. However, the causes of brain fog can sometimes be symptoms of a medical condition such as autoimmune disease, digestive issues, or thyroid disease. (5) These include our physical environment, jobs, relationships, traffic, and unexpected events. What’s behind it? Don’t worry!

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Mesa Family Physician

APRIL 24, 2025

Whether it’s your first pap smear or you’re wondering if you can have the test while on your period, this guide walks you through the essentials of women’s health checkups, how to prepare, and common questions many patients have. Many patients search online for variations like: Can you have a pap smear while menstruating?

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Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 12, 2025

On October 6, 2017, a van loaded with medical supplies departed from the Health Center, bound for the local airport. Sometimes, they push us to cross physical, emotional, or ethical boundaries—to reach those in need or to avoid being complicit through inaction. Key Principles for Success Center patient voice in every phase.

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The Health Policy Exchange

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Mobile health, or "mHealth" for short, describes technology that allows clinicians or public health professionals to monitor and/or deliver health-related messages to patients via cellular phones, tablets, or other wireless devices. Food and Drug Administration recently moved to regulate health apps that act as medical devices (e.g.,

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2023

Most patients who go to see a primary care doctor are concerned about improving their physical health. There are many factors that impact our physical health- genetics, environmental exposures, economic resources, and behaviors. However, one large factor in physical health that patients often ignore is mental health.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

Understanding Preventive Health Services: The Foundation of Wellness Preventive health services encompass medical care specifically designed to prevent illnesses, detect conditions early, and promote overall wellness. At Mesa Family Physicians, we believe that preventing illness is always better than treating it.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Patients with hidradenitis suppurative seek advice online, highlighting unmet needs in clinician-patient education regarding daily self-management strategies. For clinicians treating patients with HS, the findings may inform more tailored patient engagement. Patients inquired about general advice for managing HS symptoms.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

According to a recent study published in the J ournal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology , CDH remains poorly understood, yet has significant implications for AF prevention, and avoidance strategies may be highly effective, especially for patients whose AF is otherwise idiopathic. and “In which patients is it most effective?”

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Center for Family Medicine

JUNE 27, 2025

If the chronic pain stems from an existing medical condition, the doctor may refer the patient to a pain specialist. This medical professional can provide further tips or strategies for immediate and long-term pain management. Topical pain medication can provide more targeted relief, for instance, with arthritic pain.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications. When your doctor diagnoses you with high blood pressure, they will likely recommend medications and lifestyle changes based on your risk of complications.

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Imperial Center Family Medicine

JUNE 9, 2025

Read on for an overview of medications used to treat high blood pressure, along with lifestyle changes that can enhance the effectiveness of these medications. When your doctor diagnoses you with high blood pressure, they will likely recommend medications and lifestyle changes based on your risk of complications.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 18, 2025

Smith, a general internist and professor of medicine and psychiatry at Michigan State University, explains why our medical system consistently prioritizes physical over emotional health and presents some ambitious proposals for how to rectify this harmful disparity. In Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? and the suffering that they cause.

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Doctors for America

JUNE 26, 2025

. – On June 18, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender minors to stand, upholding a discriminatory policy that denies medically necessary care to a vulnerable population. They send an unmistakable message that queer and trans lives are disposable.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Weight loss programs for older adults also benefit from co-management by an interdisciplinary team that may include a geriatrician, an obesity medicine specialist, an endocrinologist, a registered dietitian, a bone metabolism specialist, a physical therapist and an exercise physiologist. Structured exercise programs can help in both regards.

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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. Current Responses: Necessary but Insufficient Medical organizations have responded with advocacy efforts and public campaigns.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The availability of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device has significantly impacted its management; whether it would be a useful tool to engage patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) type 2 in their care, is unclear. Gaining insight on disease perception of this group would be helpful.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Walking into Room 33, my next patient, who had come to the ER complaining of cough and cold symptoms, seemed just as I had expected. He appeared relaxed on his medical cot, lying back at 45 degrees, facing the room's door, his legs comfortably extended in front of him and his gown tied correctly behind him. Another cough.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

MARCH 24, 2025

Healing doesn’t always follow a straight path—and for patients facing chronic or non-healing wounds, the journey can be long, emotional, and uncertain. At Logansport Memorial Hospital, our Wound Care team is committed to walking alongside patients during every stage of that journey, offering advanced treatment options with a personal touch.

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The Medical Futurist

MAY 18, 2025

Assisting surgeries, disinfecting rooms, dispensing medication, keeping company: believe it or not these are the tasks medical robots will soon undertake in hospitals, pharmacies, or your nearest doctor’s office. Instead of a human, however, they used a mannequin designed for medical training.

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Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. They have remained independent and committed to caring for patients as a small practice, all the while introducing new ideas and setting new standards in Michigan’s Great Southwest.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

One of the largest problems in our ER, it seems, is that there is a subset of patients who visit us on a routine basis. Commonly known as "the regulars," these familiar faces are sprinkled throughout our day between all our other patient visits. It seems like most of these patients simply exist in our society without participation.

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 16, 2025

When dealing with chest congestion, it’s important to understand potential warning signs, as well as what type of medical care to seek for them. F or higher, chest pain, or blood in your saliva, you should consider seeking medical attention for chest congestion. You should never ignore chest pain or chest soreness with congestion.

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AMMD

APRIL 9, 2025

Medication use can also have a detrimental impact on your gut. If you’ve taken antibiotics or acid-reducing medications for a long time, you likely have a microbiome imbalance. Stress , medication, and candida can slow gut motility. Do you have gas, bloating, or stomach pain that doesn’t seem to be going away on its own?

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Dr. Fontana: Nearly all physicians in practice, including pediatricians, are encountering patients with MASLD and are uncertain how to triage those at risk for progressive liver disease versus those with benign mild liver steatosis. MASLD is the leading reason for referral to a hepatologist in many US medical centers.

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Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 24, 2025

(NEW) TLDR at the bottom* We are looking at your investment in your own well-being with the emphasis this go round on physical health. Progress is about small, consistent steps over time—just like we remind our patients. To date, we reviewed a helpful lifestyle change framework. Also, take a deep breath. Sound familiar?

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Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

One of the most rewarding parts of being a primary care physician is when I am able to work with a patient to help them find answers to unexplained symptoms they have been dealing with, sometimes for years! As a result, doctors often end up referring the patient somewhere else if they do not immediately know the answer.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

It’s “going to streamline it in some incremental ways only,” Dr. Adam Gaffney , a critical care doctor and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, told NBC News. Starting next year, if a patient switches insurance plans while getting treatment, the new plan must honor the old plan’s prior authorization for at least 90 days.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

But these early systems often struggled with complex medical terminology and the natural flow of conversation. 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. The result?

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Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Primary care physicians take it upon themselves to get to know patients in person, which helps them attend to their needs. Preventive Care Primary doctors can offer preventive care to their patients, which typically includes check-ups and screenings to prevent them from contracting illnesses.

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Myriad Genetics

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We went through the pediatrician, the physical therapist, and none of those people brought up carrier screening. 3 In 2021, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics issued guidelines recommending that expanded carrier screening, including 113 conditions, be offered to all patients planning a family.

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Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

Routine follow-ups ensure treatment is working, symptoms remain stable, and medication doses stay accurate. Register and Share Medical History You’ll fill out forms with past diagnoses, medications, lab results, and symptoms. You can discuss side effects, lifestyle challenges, or questions about medications.

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Rao Doctor

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

A fever, medically known as pyrexia, is characterized by a temporary elevation in the body’s temperature. Fever can be triggered by various factors, such as infections, inflammatory conditions, or reactions to medications. It is essential to monitor the duration and intensity of a fever, seeking medical attention if necessary.

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