GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Not the most common circumstances that people with serious illness face where attention and understanding of what my goals and values are. Alex: And, they were talking about how they were so annoyed because they felt like they got called so frequently by companies trying to sell them electronic wheelchairs. Alex: Okay. Eric: All right.

IT 126

IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 126

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? We think there are some cases, certain kinds of illnesses or conditions or operations, where people have the surgery and never get out of bed again. What does it mean for functional status, symptom management, location of care? Eric: Yeah.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77