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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

In the other corner, we have the young upstart, able to reach patients across vast distances when delivering palliative care, all in the comfort of wearing pajamas, we have telehealth delivered palliative care. Eric 01:08 On the other, we have the young upstart telehealth delivered palliative care. Consultations versus telehealth.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. In these cases, an urgent care clinic might be the best option since it offers same-day appointments, extended hours, and immediate treatment. This requires emergency treatment.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Kate: It was done in 10 hospitals, 17 ICUs in Atrium Health down in North Carolina. Asking clinicians to document prognosis did not change the primary outcome of hospital length of stay or really any of the secondary outcomes, which I’ll get into. Also the same hospital system? That’s when they got enrolled.

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Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

GeriPal

A lot of those symptoms of depression can also be attributed to different kinds of physical symptoms. So what’s amazing about these guidelines, so if you go to 12 different hospitals and ask them, “How are you managing psychiatric conditions and mental health concerns in the context of palliative care?”

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GeriPal Takeover! Nancy Lundeberg and Annie Medina-Walpole

GeriPal

So, you know, using telehealth companies to shuttle patients to neurologists who will, you know, prescribe the drug with questionable oversight. So Annie Since I was appointed timekeeper. So Tim Anderson did a wonderful study looking at hypertensive management in the hospital. Ken 19:41 Amen. It’s okay. And very frail.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

This DEA is taking 6-months to consider how to move forward vis a vis restrictions and requirements for telehealth in a post-pandemic world. So we’re going to be talking about telemedicine, telehealth for people with serious illness. AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Eric: Yeah.