The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Individuals who believe that genetic differences explain racial differences in health outcomes are more likely to practice race-based medicine. In addition to a need for culturally competent interpersonal communication, health systems and structures must actively work to build trust with historically marginalized communities.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Utilities Hospital Internal Medicine 52

GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

And I spent the past couple years just collecting data from several hundred early palliative care patients and did a network analysis, which basically just looks at the Correlations between different constructs, whether they’re physical, emotional, social or spiritual. Sorry, Demoralization and chronic pain. Because we don’t.

Illness 109

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 109

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

laugher] Alex: And, so we put them together and I feel like there’s been a real coming together of the Geriatrics and Palliative care communities and sort of cross-fertilization between the two and efforts between the two. So, I’m super proud of being able to reach out to people in rural communities. Lynn: Great.

IT 127

IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 127

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. So how physically active the patient is, how much time they spend awake, how much they’re eating, how much care they need, that type of thing. Eric 05:50 Yeah. Kara 10:12 Yep.

Families 108

Families Family Patient-Centered Patients 108

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. Whereas with comprehensive dementia care, what you really need is a lot of the support that is delivered in the community. Diane: Which too many people do, Malaz.

Patient-Centered 126

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 126

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And the Ryan Haight Act I think was passed in 2008, which was in response to a young person who died of an opioid overdose. And I think that it was percolating in a lot of the palliative care community. And so as with many things, I think that plan by the DEA was put into place in response to something bad that happened.

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73