article thumbnail

Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

Permanente Medicine

Consolidation of hospitals, medical groups, and health plans are occurring throughout the United States,” said Dr. Koh. Most transactions are largely focused on size, scale, and finance. Hospital Model of Care: NWP will work with TPMG on the Hospital Model of Care and Telecritical Care, a virtual care program for patients in the ICU.

Medical 52
article thumbnail

How Doctors Can Save More and Do Less

The Motivated MD

For the better half of 2024, I have been periodically writing posts that are individual articles that double as potential chapters to a future book. I have coined this content series Doctor Money: A Personal Finance Guide for Physicians , as this is my current working title. This is the same for personal finances.

Finance 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

JAGS 2024 Nursing Home Palliative Care Referral Process, Barriers, and Proposed Solutions: A Qualitative Study. And so they’re in there for a very short time, couple weeks, get a little bit stronger and transition home after a hospitalization. So it’s both a facility and a patient incentive to transition from the hospital.

article thumbnail

Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Hospitals are hazardous places for older adults. These hazards include delirium, malnutrition, falls, infections, and hospital associated disability (which about ⅓ of older adults get during a hospital stay). How is it financed and what comes next? Annals of Int Med. Annals of Int Med.

Hospital 115