GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, we spend the first half talking about a RCT simulation study of clinician verbal and non-verbal communication with a seriously ill patient with cancer. They were not touching the patient, and they were more likely to be looking at the nurse or the vital signs tracing than the patient or the family member.

Patient-Centered 111

Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 111

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

I think part of this does stem from a clinical experience and also some of the theoretical models that have evolved around serious illness, you know, to think specifically about dementia. And so trying to think a little bit more about what could be driving some of those alterations in the trajectory for all kinds of serious illness.

Illness 93

Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 93

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

The reason I chose this song is because I’m currently working on bringing advanced care planning sessions to the Latino community. In our planning sessions, one of the biggest barriers to advanced care planning in this community is just talking about death. I’m hearing family and caregivers. Eric 02:32 Great, Alex.

Primary Care 79

Primary Care IT Clinic Patient-Centered 79

GeriPal

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Our conversation covers: The current state of COVID Evidence for COVID boosters, who should get them, and preferences between Novavax and mRNA vaccines COVID treatments like Molnupiravir and Paxlovid Differences in COVID impact on nursing home residents and those with serious illnesses We wrap up with a “magic wand” question. The impact on.

Vaccination 127

Vaccination IT Patient-Centered Patients 127

GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Ill end this intro with a quote from Deb Grady in an editors commentary to our thought piece in JAMA Internal Medicine about this topic: Voice technology that creates a searchable database of patients every encounter with a health care professional? . You basically don’t even ask the family, you just stop the bleeding.

Patient-Centered 108

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 108

Doctors for America

MAY 13, 2025

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Medical Student 52

Medical Student Chronic Condition Patient-Centered Community 52

Physicians News Digest

APRIL 17, 2025

Many mirror the ambitions laid out in Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership,” the conservative playbook for Trump’s second term. One grant’s money is divvied up among other universities, hospitals, community nonprofits, and other government agencies, researchers said. Kennedy Jr. health care system and academia.

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Vaccination Government Patient-Centered Hospital 52