The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. Race and the Utilization of Security Responses in a Hospital Setting. 2008 Oct;100(10):1235-43. Orlando, FL.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Utilities Hospital Internal Medicine 52

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

But that just didn’t really resonate with what I saw clinically which was that there was lots of suffering both in the patient, their family and on the clinical team and just felt it was really this space where I didn’t have a lot of evidence to guide me. Don’t worry about their alcohol use or drug use. Give some pleasure.

Illness 102

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 102

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Malaz: I love it.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

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. We were the highest utilizers of telemedicine in the whole UCSF health system at that time which we’re very proud of. I think you’re a loving family doing the best you can.”

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73