Blood, Sweat, and Tears

MAY 24, 2022

Sister N pointed to the screen with a blood pressure reading of 180/110. We booked a follow up appointment and he was on his way home. But I was glad no one needed referral. The phone rang, a referral from a clinic so I left to take the call. The gentleman was in pain, wet, irritated and his frustration was growing.

Referral 52

Referral Community Patients Specialization 52

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

When you put in that referral, how do we make sure that that patient walks out with the specialty appointment versus phone tag. Let’s get this important cancer screening test done. They’ll also pen the rheumatology referral. We’ve been enhancing that and we share that with the other markets.

IT 52

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Analyzing the Health and Retirement Study, she found 60% of older adults screened positive for depression in the last year of life (related study here ). We saw that around 60% of people were screening positive for depression in the last month before death. Or is it that I’m just not screening? That’s a lot.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 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

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Who do you think we should be screening and how should we be screening them for these symptoms? Well, so I guess it depends on what you say screening. That screening influences kind of further treatment, actually, probably more importantly, patient outcomes.

Primary Care 96

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 96

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

When you think about getting your groceries, going to doctor’s appointments, going to religious services, if that’s important to you. Is there a screening tool that we can use, or just questions that you ask older adults around driving safety? We and many others have tried to come up with a short, validated screening tool.

IT 102

IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And so one of the patients that we mentioned in that article is a gentleman who lived four hours away who was unable to come to chemotherapy appointments because his pain was so debilitating once we gave him not a huge amount of opioids, he was actually able to come get chemotherapy and then live for much longer. What state are they in?

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73