The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 18, 2021

Focus on the Community While the health sector is where illness and ailments are often treated, a person’s health largely manifests outside of the health sector and is impacted by their community and environment. Harvard Medical School Primary Care Blog. 2009 Jun;101(6):501-12. 2009 Jun;101(6):513-27. Directors).

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Community Medical Individual IT 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. And I think that there is room for shortening the duration if your patient is non-immunocompromised and not severely ill. Eric: That’s pretty impressive.

Complication 97

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 97

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

He looked very ill. We are doulas for those with serious illness and those at end-of-life, just a longitudinal relationship, nonmedical support to provide presence. We do conversations on goals of care and advanced care planning as well. This is the non-medical part of someone being ill. This is not that.

Provider 119

Provider Illness IT Healthcare 119

GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. And I think that there is room for shortening the duration if your patient is non-immunocompromised and not severely ill. Eric: That’s pretty impressive.

Complication 52

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

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? I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. No difference in their primary outcome. I went into emergency medicine to act.

Patient-Centered 78

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 78

PEMBlog

APRIL 4, 2025

They excluded children with complex chronic illnesses like sickle cell disease, congenital heart disease, immunodeficiency, trach vent, et cetera, and they also excluded kids with an ill appearance or hemodynamic instability during that encounter. And if they’re ill appearing about a one in 25 or 4% chance of meningitis.

Vaccination 68

Vaccination Illness IT Clinic 68