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From Numbers to Names: How Concierge Care is Redefining the Doctor-Patient Experience

Concierge Choice Physicians

Wayne Lipton, CCP Managing Partner ​America’s trust in medical professionals is dwindling, according to Gallup’s annual professions rating , dropping from a high of 67% in 2021 to just 53% in 2024. Time constraints and pressure on physicians, leading to a decay in the doctor-patient relationship, have eroded trust.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

These individuals may become unrepresented, meaning they lack the capacity to make a specific medical decision, do not have an advance directive for that decision, and do not have a surrogate to help. How should we care for unrepresented individuals in inpatient and outpatient settings? He died in 2024.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. So, I love how tailored and individualized it was, and that’s what this process evaluation is really showing us, so far. Lyndsay: I think a couple of reasons.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Laurie Dornbrand has no relationships to disclose. Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

GeriPal

That’s a lot of appointments that we have to account for over time. It’s about establishing a relationship and rapport. And that’s where a lot of hospice referrals happen for these individuals when they’re really declining and they get discharged with, with hospice. This 2024 is the year of AI.

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AI for surrogate decision making?!? Dave Wendler, Jenny Blumenthal-Barby, Teva Brender

GeriPal

Or, to phrase the question for 2024, Can AI do better? And really they’re trying to understand what reasonable quality of life can this person expect to achieve and just agonizing over those decisions, over every individual decision. After making decisions, many surrogates experience regret, PTSD, and depressive symptoms.