The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Identify realistic solutions to drug policy reform that promote health equity among marginalized communities living in the United States. Screening for substance use and offering connections to treatment and community-based services are important strategies that clinicians can implement in their own practice today.

Community 52

Community Patient-Centered Mental Health Board-Certified 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. They created a seamless link between this Community Partnership program and 911 calls for falls. Eric and I enjoyed talking with Carmen and Katie about this innovative and common sense approach to addressing falls in the community. What can we do as a community?

Community 115

Community Transportation IT PCP 115

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Jerry: Probably for the reason a lot of people go into geriatrics, close relationship with grandparents, volunteered to work in a nursing home as a high school student, just felt really good about being around old people and not having a problem with it. Eric: Yeah, I love just creating the community of people who are passionate about that.

Board-Certified 91

Board-Certified IT Community Medical Student 91

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest hosts Lynn Flint and Anne Kelly have no relationships to disclose. But when we have people in rural areas of California, so we don’t know our clinical site, we go from San Francisco all the way to the Northern California border, super rural areas. Lynn: Great.

IT 126

IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 126

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Why this study was a success due to the sheer size (nearly 100,000 patients in about 30 EDs) of the study, and the fact that, as far as the investigators know, all study sites continue to employ the clinical decision support tool. And then we had clinical decision support. What is a clinical decision support? Long overdue.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I’ve known you since we did PSAP together, I think, back in 2007 ish. Jane 23:25 Which is, you know, I have had a few different kinds of leadership roles, and one was, as clinical director for our clinical service at Dana Farber and Brigham and women’s, overseeing the clinical operations for our whole fairly large group.

IT 111

IT Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered 111

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

But from our clinical work, many of us are familiar with people with dementia who experience sudden shocks to their health, think hip fracture, think hospitalization for pneumonia. Sometimes people call them health shocks, but we kind of all, like, clinically, intuitively know what these things are. Has really changed.

Illness 73

Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 73