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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

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. If swallowing is extremely painful and the fever is high, you may not have enough time to get to the ER safely without emergency transport.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

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) â„¢. Jessie: Exactly. Katie: Yeah.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

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.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

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.