Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

In fact, most sore throat symptoms resolve in three days for 60-70% of patients, according to March 2025 UpToDate, an evidence-based clinical decision support system used by healthcare professionals. Paramedics can provide life-saving treatment on the way to the hospital.

ER 52

ER Telehealth Primary Care Doctor Appointment 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Then wages and benefits, so ensuring competitive wages and benefits for the nursing home workforce, empowering the certified nursing assistant, increasing and improving recruitment and retention of the workforce. Of course, we acknowledge that there needs to be more pay, better pay and better benefits across the board.

Finance 95

Finance Board-Certified IT Provider 95

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Jessie: Exactly.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Joel: The Brigham and Women’s Hospital likes me to say that too. Alex: And the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. And she was rushed to the hospital. Did I get that right? Joel: Oh yeah.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Joe 22:08 So just to piggyback on that, the protocol stipulated that the monthly visits would be administered by either, you know, board certified specialty training palliative care physician or an advanced practice provider. So you’d have to make a solid argument to get it through a review board. Eric 30:15 Great.

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

We covered some of our questions on the podcast, others you can ponder on your own or in your journal clubs, including: Maries tele/video palliative care intervention was tailored/refined with the help of a community advisory board. Who would/should be on that board? And so we decided that we needed to bring palliative care there.

Consulting 63

Consulting Community Patient-Centered Family 63

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? So it’s, you know, nursing homes are part of the healthcare sector, but they’re also part of the social care sector in the same building. And then there’s also some financial benefit for the patient as well if they have to pay for room and board.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

I am there with individuals who are dying. On the other hand, part of it is making amends and so I’ve just found suitable for the board, God willing, I’ll go home in a couple months and the governor will let me go home, and then I can continue doing what I do out there trying to help my community be better.

Family 97

Family Families IT Board-Certified 97

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Brooke Calton, who is a palliative care physician and faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and is also newly the Medical Director of palliative care at Devoted Health. Because pre-pandemic, right, there was issues with you had to be boarded in the state, right?

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Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73