GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often when there’s a cognitive concern, it’s a family member that is calling saying, “I just want to make sure my mom should still be driving after this happened, or after this diagnosis.” Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion. Is this our role?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

But in reality, given workforce shortages and just the challenges and the resources necessary to be able to provide early integrated palliative care from the time of diagnosis of advanced cancer, the model simply is not implementable, at least not in our current state with our available infrastructure and resources. Eric 10:25 Great.

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Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Five minute appointments. Now actually suggesting perhaps that you missed a diagnosis that you should have considered? I think the AI can allow for that complexity but still provide some guidance. Alex: Yeah, that means you could see more patients, right. Eric: Yeah. Dr. Smith, I believe you missed an emotional cue.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Our field really lacks specificity in the terms that we use, and I think we really don’t know how chronic cancer pain, let’s say, a few years out from that initial diagnosis differs from, let’s say, chronic low back pain. And Katie, as an advanced practice provider, is much better than I am at explaining how this works.

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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 NIA and further funded this coordinating center that we call Clin-STAR.

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Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

But, you know, I’ve talked to a lot of palliative care providers, a lot of people caring for people with serious illness. Like if a person has an issue, struggle with alcohol, I’m not their alcohol provider, but I may be their opioid provider. First one responds gets the first response.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Instead, what if your surgeon told you that the operation she was discussing could help with only 4 things: live longer, feel better, prevent disability, or obtain a diagnosis? It can help prevent disability, or it can make a diagnosis and that’s it. Wasn’t that the Provide Your Opinion, Don’t Hide It?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

I wish they were just a diagnosis. And I was aware in the room that at the appointment when he was mad at the system, I could have sat with that forever. And I think limiting the visits really triggered a deep sense of abandonment in him from a provider that he felt attached to. Dani: Totally. Formulations are fluid.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Within eight weeks of diagnosis of advanced disease. That’s a lot of appointments that we have to account for over time. So at our cancer center, we have physicians, advanced practice providers. So, for example, the intervention visits had to be delivered by a physician or advanced practice provider.

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