The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 14, 2025

She is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief and Chair of the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Simon, MD, MPH , is Boston’s inaugural Chief Behavioral Health Officer, appointed by Mayor Michelle Wu. He 2023 Apr;21(2):166-7. Brent DA, Goldstein TR, Benton TD.

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ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a cosponsoring board for geriatric medicine, which means physicians certified by ABFM who have completed accredited training can also qualify for the Geriatric Medicine Certification Exam administered by ABIM and obtain ABFM Board Certification in Geriatric Medicine.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Direct primary care offers you and your family top-notch health care, and so much more.like a high patient and provider satisfaction with an improved quality of care. Providers at New South Family Medicine and MedSpa can address the patient's deeper needs, rather than trying to rush through a hectic day full of too-brief appointments.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

You can also listen to an audio interview with Alex and JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani about this study and the other RCT of default palliative care for hospitalized older adults with noncancer serious illness published in the same issue. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. He died in 2024. So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples. Is that fair?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. They’re still engaging fully with their family and with the activities and the hobbies that they’re still able to do. While everyone says we should be doing this to the best science available, every hospital has a different interpretation of that.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Alex 00:26 And we’re delayed to welcome Amanda Moment, who is a palliative care social worker at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Somebody shouts at my front Desk staff because they’re pissed off about their appointment time. I said, you know, I don’t usually start my appointments in laughter.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Have you had a family history of substance use disorder? Eric: What matters most is spending the few remaining days, weeks, or months with their family, maybe not having them trek for the entire afternoon to get their methadone. Most of our population has trauma.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Alex 00:34 We are delighted to welcome back Jennifer Tem e l, who is a thoracic oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. That’s a lot of appointments that we have to account for over time. Eric 26:47 How soon after from a hospitalization, all. They’ve been in the hospital twice in the last six weeks.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

And I wonder, now, was this 2024 version sort of a redo? I wonder if you could suggest an empathetic conversation that I could have with her that would not sugarcoat the idea that she has cancer, but do it in the most supportive possible way, and taking into account that she’s got a family and she’s got young kids?”

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Or, to phrase the question for 2024, Can AI do better? You basically don’t even ask the family, you just stop the bleeding. Are you encountering family members who are just, like, at a loss for what to do and tortured it? After making decisions, many surrogates experience regret, PTSD, and depressive symptoms.

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