Physicians News Digest

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

According to the CDC , the onset of the 2024-2025 flu season has been marked by an unusually high number of cases. Among the most vulnerable groups, the elderly, young children, and individuals with pre-existing health conditions are experiencing severe complications.

Vaccination 52

Vaccination Emergency Room Complication Healthcare 52

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Eric: … you’re getting paid for individual encounters, not going to people’s homes, not being paid for all of the additional support that’s needed for comprehensive cancer care. Whereas with comprehensive dementia care, what you really need is a lot of the support that is delivered in the community. Diane: Yeah.

Patient-Centered 126

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 126

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. And then, the patient can bypass the emergency room entirely.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115

GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

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. But more and more patients end up in emergency rooms and ICUs and they’re unrepresented.

Patient-Centered 110

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 110