GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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? They know what their dog’s name are sometimes, which we don’t even have from a primary care level, and so that’s kind of a fascinating lens of opportunity.

Community 115

Community Transportation IT PCP 115

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? And I came to the now I think naive conclusion that fixing and avoiding complications was the secret. They were more likely to have a major inpatient surgical complication. She falls and breaks her hip.

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. And man, I still remember those sessions, some of the most powerful learning experiences of my career as a palliative care doctor. Susan: Beautiful. Was before the Medicare hospice benefit. Eric: Yeah.

Illness 109

Illness IT Family Families 109

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Yeah, that’s a more complicated story. But yeah, it’s complicated. So I guess the bigger question I’m going to turn to you, Tammie, on this is that we actually had Yale Shanker and Bob Arnold on to talk about primary palliative care intervention and oncology in infusion clinics. And it was like 29eds.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77