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Barton Associates
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There’s a lot that goes into running a healthcare facility , from managing patient care to ensuring adequate coverage around the clock. Relying solely on permanent staff can lead to periods of over- or under-staffing, as patient volumes fluctuate due to various factors: Seasonal illnesses (e.g.,
My Green Doctor
MAY 3, 2025
This financial predictability allows for better budgeting and resource allocation. – Reduced Operational Costs : Implementing energy-efficient technologies, such as LED lighting and automated energy management systems, can decrease energy consumption by up to 30%, leading to further cost reductions. 3 “Each U.S. 3 “Each U.S.
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GeriPal
JULY 28, 2022
GeriPal post on “fast food” style palliative care in chronic critical illness. Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. Additional links: Editorial on Areej’s study. Palliative care in lung and GI cancers. Transcript.
GeriPal
AUGUST 25, 2022
And yet, disenrollment from hospice, either due to patient/family revoking the benefit or stabilization of illness (extended prognosis) is remarkably high for people with dementia among some hospices. That trajectory was in increase from 2000 to say, 2010. As a nurse case manager in hospice, half of my patients had dementia.
GeriPal
JUNE 5, 2025
nursing homes grapple with serious illnesses, and roughly half experience dementia. The reason that you’re in a nursing home is because you have some mix of serious illness and multimorbidity, usually functional impairments. And so I tried to get her actually to pain management, and I couldn’t. Cognitive impairment.
GeriPal
APRIL 13, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. Eric: 2010 was so long ago, we barely had Amazon Prime then. I’ll give an example.
GeriPal
JUNE 22, 2023
So in 2010, there were about 150,000 incarcerated people in California. But when we look at people over the age of 55, 55 and older, we had about 11,000 in 2010, and now we have 18,000 people aged 55 and older. But now we have older people dying of older people illnesses. So we’ve gone from 150,000 to 100,000.
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