GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? And then, the family, her kids got together, my wife and her brother and sister got together and said, wait a minute, mom did not want this, right? She falls and breaks her hip. She has advance dementia.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

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? But if we’re going to have a family meeting, that’s a different circumstance. Amanda 20:21 I think family members are a lot of how we make formulations about how people are coping.

Illness 125

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 125

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. Our names were slightly off. And they were complete hallucinations. Alex: Go ahead Matt.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Patients Healthcare 99

GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

And so we simply asked clinicians, have you offered this patient and, or their family the option of care focused on comfort? Because it’s complicated and we don’t want to over complicate prayer listeners. Their family members want them to get out of the hospital sooner. If not, why not? And that’s key.

Patient-Centered 116

Patient-Centered Hospital IT Illness 116