The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In medicine, it is commonly agreed that ‘to err is human’ Most healthcare professionals would agree that humans make mistakes. A study by Johns Hopkins in 2016 found that medical errors may potentially be the third leading cause of death nationwide. So yes, humans make mistakes.

Finance 52

Finance Individual Education Healthcare Professional 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

So it’s just a wide-opening lens that most of us never really get to see if we’re on the hospital-based side. I was like, “I have all these things I’m doing in the hospital to try to make people better and then I might be sending them right back to a big hazardous environment.” Alex: The Wayback Machine.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Today we discuss: Why the study was negative for the primary (hospitalization) and all secondary outcome (e.g. Tammie 03:04 Depends on how long they were pre-hospital. I think back in what, May 2016, you published a randomized controlled trial, first author, palliative care and the ED randomized study, cancer patients.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: It was done in 10 hospitals, 17 ICUs in Atrium Health down in North Carolina. Asking clinicians to document prognosis did not change the primary outcome of hospital length of stay or really any of the secondary outcomes, which I’ll get into. Also the same hospital system? I’m just stunned even writing that!

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

And then secondly, around some of our quality measures, there’s been differences found in multiple papers by many teams around hospice disenrollment, higher rates of hospice disenrollment in for-profit hospices, and higher rates of healthcare utilization. Because people, they go to the hospital, then they revoke.

Family 106

Family Families IT Patients 106

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

So I have thought about this for months, maybe years since your 2016, cycle blog, but we have picked Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen. I got one more lightning question, Janet, you’re at UCSF you’re caring for a patient in the hospital. Eric: And why Under Pressure. Eric: And we will have links to that.

Illness 102

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 102

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

So tiny, tiny, in a hospital bed. The specifics of how it does that depend on the population in which it’s implemented, and the outcome measure that is utilized. So when patients express a wish to die, that’s not just something that began in 2016 when legislation came into effect. So incredibly muscular person.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98