GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

I’m an internist, so when I hospitalize patients, 1 in 8 of my patients now takes pregabalin or gabapentin. You’re in the hospital right now, we can write you a taper, just mention to your doctor, mention to the team that you got this brochure and here’s even a suggestion for how to do it. 1 in 8 in the U.S.

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Specialization IT Patient-Centered Medical 119

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

And that’s true across the spectrum of care, but it becomes increasingly important when you think about people with multiple chronic conditions, who really do have to make some of these very difficult conversations and decisions. Including more hospital utilization or healthcare utilization, maybe cognitive impairment issues.

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

Dr. Akhila Reddy and colleagues study looking at converting hospitalized cancer patients from IV hydromorphone to PO morphine, PO hydromorphone, or PO oxycodone. So, every single [inaudible 00:05:10] there is per the table, in an equianalgesic relationship to one another. Pallimed post on “ Simplifying Opioid Conversions ”. Same ratio.

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IT Patients Individual Relationship 139

Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It's the first point of contact for all your medical needs, from routine check-ups to managing chronic conditions. Your ongoing appointments help foster a strong patient-doctor relationship , making it easier to discuss your concerns and receive personalized care. Regular check-ups ensure early detection of health issues.

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Clinic Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Chronic Condition 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

You can also listen to an audio interview with Alex and JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani about this study and the other RCT of default palliative care for hospitalized older adults with noncancer serious illness published in the same issue. Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose.

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Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 122

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

And in fact, as Alex mentioned in the intro, probably more than 20 years ago, Muriel Gillig asked me to help out with the geriatric modules at the Brigham women’s hospital primary care medicine sort of sessions. Because I also feel like we target people’s low sodium diets in the hospital. Alex 04:47 Probably was, yeah.

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Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. I knew them, I developed a relationship with them.

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89