PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? J Inherit Metab Dis 2007; 30:631. Government.

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Patient-Centered Mental Health Management Transportation 68

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

When we have a medication with up front harms and downstream benefits, it’s critical that we consider the time to benefit, or how long it will take an individual to benefit from a test or treatment. And so many older adults with diagnosis of osteoporosis have never received any therapy for it. See screenshot below.

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Clinic IT Patients Medical 68

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 126

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome Joel Weissman, who is a health services researcher and deputy director and chief science officer for surgery at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Harvard Medical School. Fifty percent have a diagnosis in their record of decedents have dementia. Did I get that right? Joel: Oh yeah.

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Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

Disruptive events are medical, surgical. And hospitalization for pneumonia is like a medical event. And maybe we’ll turn now from these medical and surgical events to start talking about social events. And that may include treatment, navigation, nursing care, personal hygiene, meal preparation, and medical decision making.

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Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 73