Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. ORs were similar for the three consecutive years 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Diabetes ER Medical 130

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

That put me in the emergency room. And then in 2018, when adult use was allowed in California, I think it gave people more permission, but the stigma is still there. We were trying to treat the side effects of one medication, and I ended up on polypharmacy at a pretty young age and ended up with serotonin syndrome.

Medical 100

Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 100

GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

I want to say like 2017, 2018, something like that. So at least in my practice, that’s often how this has happened, unless these conversations have taken place beforehand, either in the emergency room or with primary care providers. It was amazing. It was really, really crazy. Alex: When did he die? Julien: Four years ago.

Patient-Centered 96

Patient-Centered Patients IT Hospital 96

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And so the definition of advance care planning really switched in, I think, 2017, 2018, there was kind of a United States definition and then an international consensus definition. And then three weeks later, you’re in the emergency room and somebody else talks with you for a little while. What are your values?

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

They rushed to the emergency room, fearing a dangerous bowel impaction. Since the drug trial started in 2018, some of her adult patients have begun living independently, getting into college, and starting jobs — milestones that once felt impossible. She said the impact she’s seen is life-changing.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered Emergency Room Insurance Patients 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

The Right to Try Act, signed by President Donald Trump in 2018, entitles patients with terminal illnesses to try experimental drugs, but it does not obligate insurance companies to pay for them. But Schrift’s insurance company refused to pay.

Insurance 52

Insurance Patients Behavioral Health Services Diagnose 52