The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Okah is a family medicine clinician and NRSA research fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and she studies the association between the use of race in medical decision-making and beliefs regarding the etiology of disparities in health outcomes.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Utilities Hospital Internal Medicine 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

We address: Why is caring for patients with this overlap so hard? Inspired by Dani Chammass paper in Annals of Internal Medicine titled, Wishing for a no show we talk about countertransference: start by asking yourself, Why am I having difficulty? Who follows the patient once the cancer goes into remission?

Patients 73

Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 73

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. It is appropriate for all patient populations, and it is developed specifically for the palliative care and hospice populations. Why do this?

Families 106

Families Family Patient-Centered Patients 106

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

So, a family physician who does a geriatric fellowship would count as positive primary care yield, while a physician who starts training in internal medicine and ends up a gastroenterologist would not. and 3.6%, respectively, in 2008-09 to 14.3% in 2023-24.

Primary Care 90

Primary Care Community Primary Care Physician Family Medicine 90

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.” Care Ecosystem.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125