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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

I joined SCPMG straight from residency in 2006. So it’s not uncommon that many patients start to ask certain questions and I’m like, did you happen to consult with Dr. Google before coming to see me? When you put in that referral, how do we make sure that that patient walks out with the specialty appointment versus phone tag.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. Michele: Thank you for having me. Eric: And you’re also the medical director of the hospice unit here. Michele: Yep.

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