Plum Health

OCTOBER 6, 2024

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. Concierge medicine is a healthcare model that offers patients personalized care, better access to their doctor, and a more proactive approach to managing their health.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Appointment Chronic Condition Patient-Centered 52

Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The film talks about some of the escape fires of healthcare, including non-opioid pain treatments, nutrition programs, strong doctor-patient relationships, among others. Melissa Boylan, MD, FAAFP Family Physician and Owner of Noreta Family Medicine ← Read Past Articles Here! minutes long. Have a good week! Read My Latest News!

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Primary Care Family Medicine DO 52

FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

That he is now being quoted in a blog post to discuss the relationship between medical device companies and their regulatory oversight body shows that some ideas really do have staying power. If you can establish a positive working relationship with the review team, you may conclude that FDA is a friend.

Relationship 64

Relationship IT Medical Management 64

Physician's Practice

JUNE 9, 2025

Financial Relationships with Pharmaceutical Companies (00:20:10)** Legal and ethical concerns for physicians with financial ties to GLP-1 drug manufacturers, including anti-kickback laws. Reynolds Published: June 2nd 2025 | Updated: June 2nd 2025 Article Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts. Adler, J.D.,

Management 52

Management Telemedicine Patients Insurance 52

The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

When determining if real estate should earn a place in your personal portfolio, consider a few statistics from Investopedia in an article titled Has Real Estate or the Stock Market Performed Better Historically? This article highlights some important concepts regarding the risks and benefits of real estate as an investment.

Management 52

Management Finance Individual Education 52

GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

And yet we’re also in a different place in diabetes monitoring and management. AlexSmithMD Additional Links: – Fingerstick monitoring in VA nursing homes (too common!) – Improving diabetes management in hospice – Continuous Glucose Monitoring complicating end of life care Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

Diabetes 74

Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Families 74

Edge Family Medicine

APRIL 10, 2025

Establishing a long-term relationship with a primary care provider can make a profound difference in how effectively your health is managed over time. Why Primary Care Relationships Matter A trusted PCP gets to know you — not just your chart. Over time, they become familiar with your health history, lifestyle, and concerns.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Relationship PCP PCP 130

GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Eric 16:36 Okay, Connie, I got one last question about your article. Within the VA , there’s a program called Whole Health, which is really about trying to engage patients in many different modalities for pain management and just self care. We’ll go in order of how we did your articles. Why is that? Eric 35:19 Yeah.

Specialization 119

Specialization IT Patient-Centered Medical 119

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary We recently published a podcast on palliative care for kidney failure, focusing on conservative kidney management. Today we’re going to focus upstream on the decision to initiate dialysis vs conservative kidney management. For example, with peritoneal dialysis and conservative management.

Management 116

Management Patient-Centered Patients IT 116

Plum Health

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Whether you’re managing a chronic condition, seeking preventive care, or dealing with an urgent health issue, primary care is the foundation of good health. It’s where you turn for regular check-ups, advice on staying healthy, and help with managing any chronic illnesses like diabetes or hypertension. What is Primary Care?

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Primary Care Doctor Mental Health IT 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

The following is a summary of “Bridging Gaps in LDL-C Management: Utilization of Lipid-Lowering Therapies, Gender Disparities, and the Impact of Cardiology Visits on Secondary Prevention,” published in the June 2025 issue of American Journal Cardiology of by Sedrakyan et al. of the final cohort achieved LDL-C levels below 70 mg/dL.

Consulting 52

Consulting Utilities Relationship Management 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. And I would say we weren’t doing training on symptom management, for example.

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. Pain Manag Nurs. Panelists BJ Miller and Naomi Saks have no relationships to disclose. Alex: I wonder when we talk about it, because we’ll have links to both Eric Cassell’s argument, and we mentioned another article from Tate.

IT 137

IT Families Family Physicals 137

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

In particular, we talk about Katie’s and Jesica’s paper in NEJM titled “ Juggling Two Full-Time Jobs — Methadone Clinic Engagement and Cancer Care ,” which described the difficulty in managing cancer pain and methadone for opioid use disorder. Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

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. Eric 11:13 And, Tyler, that’s why I loved your article at J Gym on bringing music and benefits to patients at the bedside. Eric 04:42 There was even less on GeriPal. Can you tell us?

IT 97

IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified 97

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. It was around helping communication, and really focused on our nursing manual, and particularly around these guidelines for assessing and managing symptoms.

Patient-Centered 122

Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 122

GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

And I just want to highlight, Jennifer has a great JPSM article that just came out. But at that time I was struck by how in that field, there wasn’t a focus or really interest in symptom management and support for patients and their families. Would you also just mind mentioning kind of the JPSM article too? Eric: 2010.

Illness 110

Illness Hospital Patient-Centered Patients 110

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Panelists Elissa Kozlov and Desiree Azizoddin have no relationships to disclose. Because often what we hear from patients, “I do a lot of pain management research,” but mood comes up in that a lot, is that, “Oh, I don’t want to talk to my doctor about this.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

MAY 18, 2023

Eric: And in the article that’s being published in JAGS, you have multiple tables. I feel like geriatricians have a, maybe it’s more of a hate/hate relationship with NSAIDs right now. Ruining the patient doctor relationship because you get into a fight about what anti-coagulants should be on.

Medical 97

Medical IT Patients Clinic 97

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

I, for example, had one patient, I remember during my fellowship, I was in geriatrics clinic and had a very well read patient who came in and was reading a New York Times article, I think in the well section at one point. And so there’s complexity in Understanding how each state manages this. They have an advance directive.

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Why the field is moving away from prescribing methadone to bupenorphine; how to manage patients prescribed methadone for opioid use disorder who then develop serious and painful illness – should we/can we split up the once daily dosing to achieve better pain control? But that was my take home from Danny’s article.

Patients 73

Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 73

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I’d also like to give a shout out to a recent ACP article on HFpEF with an outstanding contribution from Ariela Orkaby, geriatrician extraordinaire (we also just did a podcast with her on frailty ). ** This podcast is not CME eligible. But again, mindfulness, I think, is a big issue, and that’s how I counsel. Eric 19:32 And I love this.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

But if you want to learn more, check out these links: The report by NASEM titled “ The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality ” The website for the Moving Forward We will also link to the JAGS articles co-authored by seven committee members that focus on specific recommendations of the NASEM report when they get published (stay tuned).

Finance 95

Finance Board-Certified IT Provider 95

GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. In this podcast, we cover a great deal of ground, including: Early challenges Dr. Raj faced in pain management: access to opioids, corruption, a system that doesn’t see addressing suffering as a priority.

Community 115

Community IT Relationship Healthcare 115

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? Like, how do we help ourselves maintain psychological integrity in the face of the stressors that we have to manage? That’s how I managed without screaming at my 4 year old who was coping.

Illness 125

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 125

GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

So we’re going to have a link to the article that you published in JAMA IM titled The Hospital Culture and Intensity of End-of-Life Care at Three Academic Hospitals. And it was amazing just seeing the differences in how end-of-life care is managed at those three institutions, which were all a subway right away from each other.

Hospital 125

Hospital IT Patient-Centered Patients 125

Edge Family Medicine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Baseline for Chronic Disease Monitoring If you’re managing chronic conditions such as diabetes or hypertension, physical exams allow us to monitor key health indicators and make necessary adjustments to your treatment plan. At Edge Family Medicine , we prioritize early detection to provide timely care and prevent complications.

Physicals 130

Physicals Family Medicine DO Chronic Condition 130

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So I will say that it’s challenging, because we don’t have, unlike City of Hope, we don’t have a big team like they do of geriatricians and palliative care physicians, who can screen these older adults or help with management. ” There’s a great article, I have to say, it’s one of my favorites in JCO.

Patient-Centered 129

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

In particular, she reminds us that when we think about the most challenging of our patient encounters, they almost always involve a complex psychosocial dynamic, and this has received far less attention than communication and symptom management issues. . There was a Stanford article talking about you as a pioneer in this field.

Illness 109

Illness IT Families Family 109

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. Is there a true relationship with that? Our names were slightly off.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Patients Healthcare 99

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. And so I tried to get her actually to pain management, and I couldn’t. So basic pain management goals of care conversations.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

And it kind of made its way into medicine probably around, I’m going to say the 50s after there was a fairly interesting Time Life article that was published. And when that article went to print, it just went ballistic. So when they do meet it, how are you going to be in relationship to it? Gordon Alwasa. I always get.

Illness 107

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 107

GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

We discuss an article they wrote about PULET for the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, including: What makes a PULET a PULET? Why did you even decide to write this article? That could include a robust home care plan to manage his symptoms. Key ingredients are both potentially unsafe and low evidence.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 77

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 ). I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work.

Provider 117

Provider Illness IT Healthcare 117

GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Yes, it means to cloak, but theres more Whole-person-care Total pain Healing as a process distinct from the deterioration of the body Sympomatologists The patient and family as the unit of care Our guests referenced many articles on this podcast, linked above and below. I loved the relationship that we developed and the fun we had.

IT 104

IT Patient-Centered Families Family 104

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest hosts Lynn Flint and Anne Kelly have no relationships to disclose. The ones who are publishing interesting articles are easy as we knew MAID is always going to be a controversial topic. Alex: And, it means pain management. Eric: That was the SAT answer.

IT 126

IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 126

GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

He spent a long time as hospice medical director and he founded a national model of care that many of our listeners will be familiar with, AIM, which stands for the Advanced Illness Management program, which has influenced CMS policy. And I get to play a Bob Dylan song that’s been on my bucket list to learn. It is very active here.

Illness 128

Illness IT Diagnose Medical 128