GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? And then, the family, her kids got together, my wife and her brother and sister got together and said, wait a minute, mom did not want this, right? She falls and breaks her hip. She has advance dementia.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. There was no conversation with the patient or the family about this. And the families were part of it, which is not what it was like in the hospital. Susan: Beautiful. They’ve had none.

Illness 110

Illness IT Families Family 110

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Eric: Well, what are the odds that two family members focus on a similar topic and do research together? laughter] Alex: We love the family theme. Wait, first of all, what’s the incidence of calling EMS for falls over almost a decade, I think like 2007 to 2016, and what happens to people afterwards? Katie: Awesome.

Community 116

Community Transportation IT PCP 116

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

And it’s very traumatic obviously for the family and all of that and the team really. Yeah, that’s a more complicated story. But yeah, it’s complicated. And so because you remember, board certification didn’t come around until 2007. This is what gets to be complicated for standardization.

Patient-Centered 78

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 78