GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

The intervention involved mailing medication-specific brochures to patients before their primary care appointments (click here for the brochure ). Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. Eric 16:36 Okay, Connie, I got one last question about your article. We’ll go in order of how we did your articles.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Here are some more resources we’ve discussed in the podcast Dani’s NEJM article on coping: “ Should I Laugh at That? Coping in the setting of serious illness. Coping in the setting of a serious illness about a patient encounter you had with somebody who used an. Should I laugh at that? So you just published not too long ago.

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Edge Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Safety – Reduces exposure to contagious illnesses. Mild illnesses such as colds, rashes, or minor infections. Secure TeleVisits through our patient portal for seamless online appointments. Accessibility – Ideal for patients in rural areas or with mobility challenges. Medication refills or adjustments. Need to schedule a visit?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Eric: And Alex, we’re going to be talking about substance use disorder and serious illness and aging, with three amazing experts. Eric: So, before we jump into the topic of substance use disorder in aging and serious illness, I think someone has a song request. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore what makes primary care essential, how it differs from other types of care, and what you should look for when choosing the best primary care provider in Michigan. It’s where you turn for regular check-ups, advice on staying healthy, and help with managing any chronic illnesses like diabetes or hypertension.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. In their communities? With their regular providers?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved. Today we talk with two psychologists who are deeply invested in addressing psychological aspects of care for people living with serious illness. That rings true to me. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Start by reading this article by Sean Morrison, Diane Meier, and Bob Arnold in JAMA , and this response from Rebecca Sudore, Susan Hickman, and Anne Walling. Assigning a surrogate decision maker is important for everyone, including those who don’t have serious illness. Where does POLST fit in with this debate? This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

On today today’s podcast, we are joined by guest host and UCSF geriatrician Ashwin Kotwal as we welcome Dr. Tisamarie Sherry (Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Behavioral Health, Disability, and Aging Policy (BHDAP) , appointed by the Biden administration). So this point led us to select these articles.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I love this series of articles because each presents a component of a practical, patient-centered approach to patient-surgeon communication and decision making, and language surgeons (and surgical trainees) can start using in their next patient visit. I adored this article. Alexis, welcome to GeriPal. Alexis: Thanks for having me.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

This topic came up with Bernie published an article in New England Journal called Deciding for Patients Who Have Lost Decision-Making Capacity Finding Common Ground in Medical Ethics. You write about this, you’ve written this New England Journal article, you’ve written past articles. What words to use?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Today we talk with experts Janet Ho, Sach Kale, and Julie Childers about opioid use disorder and serious illness. Eric 00:51 So we’re gonna be talking about caring for people with serious illness and substance abuse. Who has a song request for Alex before we talk about substance use disorder and serious illness?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Find out on this weeks podcast where we invite Joseph Greer, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson to talk about their recent JAMA article on Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer – A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial. What do we do with that? This was a tremendous undertaking.

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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. And then the process of having a guardian and then trying to have that guardian ultimately removed is a difficult one for a patient who’s seriously ill.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

For example, there was one article that we reviewed for Jags where it asked great questions, they gave great prompts, and ChatGPT answered great questions about antipsychotics and gave a list of references to back up ChatGPT’s assertions. Five minute appointments. Our names were slightly off. They were made-up, cited references.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Eric: I’m looking forward to talking about art and humor in palliative care and we’re caring for seriously ill patients. We have all made mistakes in the language we use, the words we use and sometimes, in palliative care or in care of people with serious illness, that puts us in jail. Nathan: Hello, excited to be here.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

And then the family tells me they can’t keep an appointment, they can’t manage their finances. Eric 18:39 Yeah, I do worry a little bit because I recently had a primary care appointment. Most of the public wants to have access to treatments and interventions that might help them forestall a devastating illness.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So you, Jennifer, probably have, like, the most cited, probably should be the most cited randomized controlled trial of palliative care and lung cancer patients that everybody, every palliative care article I’ve seen, whether or not it works, always includes, it was outpatient palliative care in lung cancer patients. All of this is.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Dealing with conflict in caring for the seriously ill: “it was just out of the question” JAMA 2005. Is it getting to a doctor’s appointment? You can have a housekeeper; you can have a pool boy… Eric: And in one of your articles… Lee: … or pool girl. Journal of Patient Experience. Transcript.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Eric: We’re going to be talking about telemedicine for those who have serious illness, and this came out of a recent publication Carly did in the San Francisco Chronicle titled Telemedicine Helps People in Pain, Don’t Take That Away. So we’re going to be talking about telemedicine, telehealth for people with serious illness.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

A podcast producer and director emeritus of WOUB Public Media zeroed in on our article about restless doctors, sharing his thoughts on X: This must be Trump and Kennedy’s idiotic plan to make American Healthy Again… [link] — Tom Hodson (@thodson) May 29, 2025 — Tom Hodson, Athens, Ohio Oh, Canada Welcomes American Doctors!

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