Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she had to pay for it out-of-pocket. Some older people are really eager to be vaccinated. Kennedy Jr.,

Vaccination 52

Vaccination Illness Hospital Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

We could wear masks against Covid, but we couldn’t vaccinate against racism. And because of this encounter, this patient went to the emergency room twice due to having panic episodes that felt like heart attacks. Really, across the board, there was a spike, and it seemed to have, seems to have come down from 2022 to 2023.

Mental Health 116

Mental Health Community IT Screening 116

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

That’s focused on older adults who are too frail to get into clinic. In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. We relied on our clinical experience as geriatricians, that home-based primary care experience. Bruce: Sure.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115