Doctor On Demand

APRIL 16, 2025

This may mean you’re not getting enough oxygen, which can cause serious complications. Virtual visits can diagnose colds, flu , or allergies and help you manage symptoms at home. Am I at risk for complications due to my medical history? Receiving treatment quickly can make a life-saving difference.

Medical 52

Medical Board-Certified Asthma Telehealth 52

33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

It’s the physics of physician bandwidth: You can’t add something without taking something away. This thread from a 2015 post illustrates how varying needs of a child with ulcerative colitis call for different ways to connect: Take Luke, a school-aged child with moderate ulcerative colitis complicated by sclerosing cholangitis.

Patients 75

Patients IT Provider Family Doctor 75

GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Physical therapy had walked with him that day and noted improvement compared to previous walks, suggesting that he should be discharged to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation on discharge. At the end of the day, I lamented that physical, occupational, and speech therapists aren’t more tightly integrated with palliative care teams.

Patient-Centered 132

Patient-Centered Hospital Patients IT 132

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

And then when I did residency in internal medicine first, there was just a lot of focus on a lot of heroic management in the ICU that didn’t always appeal to me without thinking about what the morbidity might look like. I think we’re probably managing sicker patients on the floor. Julien: It’s a good question.

Patient-Centered 96

Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 96

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

You get me with one-finger-chords on the guitar if you’re watching on YouTube (best I could manage). So we’re going to be talking about this complicated topic that a lot of people have differing opinions to and potentially very strong opinions, medical aid in dying. So being well and also potentially periods of dying.

Illness 144

Illness IT Medical Provider 144

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

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. God, it must have been like 2015, 2016. I don’t know how our patients manage that. Alex 05:48 I guess we didn’t do hospice specifically. Eric 05:50 Yeah. Kara 10:12 Yep.

Families 106

Families Family Patient-Centered Patients 106