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4 Ways Temporary Medical Staff Maintain Patient Care

Barton Associates

Support continuity of care for patients with chronic conditions who require regular follow-ups. Reducing Burnout Among Permanent Staff Did you know that nearly half of physicians (45.2%) reported at least one symptom of burnout in 2023? Bring specialized skills that might be otherwise lacking among permanent staff.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

The number of nurse practitioners specializing in geriatrics has more than tripled since 2010, increasing the availability of care to the current population of seniors, a recent study in JAMA Network Open found. Their growth has bolstered primary care, and, like doctors, they can specialize in particular branches of medicine.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

He created fee for service, special fee for depression. And those people have a higher, not just dementia, but other multiple chronic conditions. So we came out with a report in March of 2023, followed it on the heels of a report that we had done in November, 2022. And I talked with Jürgen. It didn’t help.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. We’re moving back to an earlier time, in a way, in which the locus of care wasn’t in these highly specialized hospitals. Bruce: Where was this? Alex: This was in New York.

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