GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? And I came to the now I think naive conclusion that fixing and avoiding complications was the secret.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

In particular, she reminds us that when we think about the most challenging of our patient encounters, they almost always involve a complex psychosocial dynamic, and this has received far less attention than communication and symptom management issues. . There was no conversation with the patient or the family about this.

Illness 109

Illness IT Families Family 109

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 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

And it’s very traumatic obviously for the family and all of that and the team really. It was like this patient is on hospice and call the case manager to figure out how the patient ended up here. Yeah, that’s a more complicated story. But yeah, it’s complicated. Corita 10:59 No, it was rather simple.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77