Today's Hospitalist

MAY 16, 2025

That’s when the health system turned to a company that provides a turnkey SNF-care program. That company, which is based in Detroit, focuses on providing post-acute care, complete with physiatrists and APRNs, as well as care managers and coordinators. Those data can provide clues that patients may be starting to struggle at home.

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Healthcare Patients Nurse Practitioner Hospital 91

StorytellERdoc

JULY 10, 2014

Lately, though, it seems the system meant to provide this care is being bogged down by questionable decision-making. Instead of providing emergent care, it seems I spend at least half of my emergency room time now playing doctor to chronic illnesses. To pain control issues. And our ER is not alone. Go right to the ER," she was told.

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ER Emergency Room Family Doctor Illness 100

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. Eric: And Susan?

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

One in 10 people with newly diagnosed HIV is an older adult. Have been now a care provider for people with HIV for over 40 years. And over that first 15 years, which was a very difficult time when there was no treatment at all available, everybody died and usually within months or a year or two of when they were diagnosed.

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Primary Care IT Clinic Provider 96

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Yeah.

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Patient-Centered IT Families Family 126