The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Diminishing Workforce: Primary care clinician shortages worsen access to care The number of primary care clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs), decreased from 105.7 Oregon also ranks highest in primary care spending for Medicaid (8.2%) and Medicare (6.4%). per 100,000 in 2022.

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Primary Care Chronic Disease Primary Care Physician Nurse Practitioner 52

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

Preventive Care Strategies That Save Lives in Mesa, Arizona Our experienced team of physicians and nurse practitioners at Mesa Family Physicians understands the unique health challenges facing our local community. Our Mesa physicians are experts at helping local residents balance health priorities with career demands.

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Family Physician Preventive Care Preventative Care Family 100

GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Alex 01:23 And we’re delighted to welcome DorAnne Donesky, who is a palliative care nurse practitioner at Queen of the Valley Medical center in Napa and professor emeritus at the UCSF School of Nursing. So that means that we all screen for every domain in our interactions. Michelle, welcome to GeriPal.

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Screening IT Family Families 121

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose. Katie, welcome back to GeriPal. Bragging rights. Alex: Yeah. Jessie, welcome back to GeriPal.

Illness 137

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 137

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

And so I tried to get her actually to pain management, and I couldn’t. Pain management wouldn’t come to the facility, and she was bedbound. And so it really got me interested in how we improve symptom management. Not just pain, but symptom management, then for people that are in a nursing home and that.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. If I remember correctly, I think the average was, people were screening positive for depression in this study. So, the training was largely around… It was different for the nurse. David: Exactly. Eric: Same thing, right?

Patient-Centered 123

Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 123

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

All right, and finally we have Yael Zweig, who is a geriatric nurse practitioner at NYU. And so there’s complexity in Understanding how each state manages this. So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. Joe 01:59 Ann Arbor. I’m excited.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 110