Article ER Illness Provider 
Plum Health
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. In this article, I’ll walk you through why urgent care could be your best option when time is of the essence. No long waits like you’d experience in an ER.
Plum Health
OCTOBER 6, 2024
In recent years, one of the most intriguing shifts has been the rise of concierge medicine—a model that’s redefining how patients interact with their healthcare providers. In this article, I want to give you a clearer understanding of what concierge medicine is, why it’s gaining popularity, and how it might be a good fit for you.
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GeriPal
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary Communicating about a serious illness is hard. Last week’s podcast we talked about the challenge around miscommunication in serious illness. Sunita: Honestly, I’d be happy to provide the vocals. And I wonder, because I read that need part a lot in this article. Of course not.
GeriPal
MARCH 24, 2023
What is our role as hospice and palliative care providers in advocating for high-quality hospice care? Eric: We have an exciting podcast episode that stemmed initially from…we were thinking about this from a New Yorker article that came out around the hospice hustle and thinking about, where are we with hospice? Thank you, Anne.
GeriPal
MAY 22, 2025
Jenny Chen is a palliative care fellow at Yale who regularly sings for her seriously ill patients. And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected. Jenny 04:45 Like, the last article was, like, 10 years ago. I’m originally an ER physician. Eric 04:42 There was even less on GeriPal.
GeriPal
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
We also briefly mention Susan Wong’s terrific studies that found a disconnect between older adults with renal failure’s expressed values, focused on comfort, and their advance care planning and end-of-life care received, which focused on life extension; and another study that found quality of life was sustained until late in the illness course.
GeriPal
APRIL 28, 2022
Eric: I’m looking forward to talking about art and humor in palliative care and we’re caring for seriously ill patients. And a doc over in Spain named Monica Lalanda, who is an ER doc and also a cartoonist, reached out to me and said you don’t have to do this anonymously. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Nathan.
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