The Direct Doctors Difference

MARCH 19, 2021

The Providence Journal conversely, ran a much more balanced assessment article. Every time large health organizations merge or consolidate, the purported benefits are advertised far and wide: continuity of care will improve, costs will go down, quality of care will go up and the health ecosystem will dramatically change.

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Permanente Medicine

JULY 8, 2025

My articles would’ve gotten a lot longer, but not necessarily any better. Can you imagine if you change your financial consultant every two years and they based your performance of your portfolio based on that last year? Well, what would’ve happened? And unfortunately, fee for service medicine is quite similar to that.

Patient-Centered 52

Patient-Centered IT Relationship Patients 52

GeriPal

JULY 3, 2025

This episode is a must-listen for those navigating the evolving landscape of cancer care, and asking not just how we treat cancer, but how we support people who are living with it. Survivors of care. Several great articles about this. Alex 31:21 Great workforce issues. Tremendous workforce issues. Eric 31:28 Shoemaker.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On the other hand, there is a concerning side, described in this Guardian article titled, I’m a life coach, you’re a life coach: rise of an unregulated industry. Eric: … in geriatrics as a primary care doctor? Eric: We’ll have a link to one of those articles. Eric: The Guardian article.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

In today’s podcast we talk with surgeon Samir Shah and Health Services Researcher Joel Weissman about a pair of JAGS articles they published on the outcomes of high risk surgery and advance care planning among persons with dementia. We’re available, palliative care. Eric: Yeah. Alex: Mm-hmm. Last question from me.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. And so the article focuses on the work of these three men who were mostly gang involved and did something really bad when they were young. Michele: Yep. Eric: A few years?

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Check out the Pub Crawl GeriPal post for more info, and follow #HPMParty on Twitter to keep us as we crawl! ** In the last several years, I’ve seen more and more articles about end-of-life doulas ( like this NY Times article from 2021 ). John: I am what I am, which is a family practice doctor. It just depends.

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