Permanente Medicine

MAY 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 — The Permanente Federation has appointed Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA , to the National Permanente Leadership Team as executive vice president and chief quality officer and co-chair of the Kaiser Permanente National Quality Committee. million members. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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Appointment Board-Certified Patient-Centered Integrated Care 52

Reflections of a Grady Doctor

JULY 30, 2019

A man in a hospital gown shuffled past us, IV tubes dangling from his wrist and forearms. Hey--did you check a urine drug screen?" And the pharmacy record and his appointment history supported what he said. He denied any drug use and, on top of that, had prior screens that all were negative. Chest pain?" So I went on.

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Screening Patients IT Appointment 52

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. How to screen for hearing loss. He was an otolaryngologist and epidemiology person too, might have an appointment in geriatrics too. Is that right?

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

During these regular appointments, doctors conduct various tests and screenings to catch issues early. Your ongoing appointments help foster a strong patient-doctor relationship , making it easier to discuss your concerns and receive personalized care. They offer a walk-in option, meaning you don't need a prior appointment.

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Clinic Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Chronic Condition 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

You can also listen to an audio interview with Alex and JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani about this study and the other RCT of default palliative care for hospitalized older adults with noncancer serious illness published in the same issue. People had to be in the top 20th percentile of risk for being hospitalized or dying in the next year.

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Patient-Centered Illness IT Patients 122

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. So, we are not screening for substance use in cancer care, so we don’t get good estimates among people with cancer, which is really how we would prefer to ask the question. Katie: Yeah.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Eric 13:00 I also love that too, because even on our inpatient ballot of care consult service, whenever somebody says that they’re unrepresented or they don’t have a surrogate, we never believe that until we usually look up. Patient just got discharged from the hospital, just coming back from the skilled nursing facility.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109