GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved. Then, “Keep your hand up if you frequently refer patients with cancer pain to a psychologist?” That rings true to me. All hands go up. All hands go down.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

We talk about what is heart failure, particularly HFpEF, how we treat it (including the use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2’s), and how we should apply guidelines to individual patients, especially those with multimorbidity who are taking a lot of other medications. When I see a patient? Matthew, I get the lyrics.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So I think the first reason that we saw and felt the opportunity was ripe for updating was that some of us had come across some anecdotal examples of patients expressing some offense to that terminology. And I was asking this patient about if he had filled out an advanced directive. Is the patient in your descriptor?

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

What we did was ask clinicians earlier in the ICU stay for very sick patients to document prognosis, and for those who they thought would survive, to document six-month functional prognosis. Eric: And who are the patients including in this trial, again? Kate: These are very sick patients. And that’s it. Kate: Sure.

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Adapting Palliative Care Skills to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Patients With Serious Illness . And I remember being there and there was a patient who had seen inpatient and then subsequently outpatient who was so thankful in the weirdest in just this irrational way for having been diagnosed with liver cancer.

Illness 102

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 102

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. 11 , 13 Over time, GPs come to know their patients well.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family GP 130

BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

Chronic Disease Yes 35 (51.5) 276 (100) *Column % ** The P-Value was calculated by Chi-square test Suggestions regarding vaccination: 60.1% (n=166) of healthcare professionals considered COVID-19 disease as a threat to their health. 150 (54.3) p<0.001 Doctor 83 (65.9) 126 (45.7) 162 (58.7) Gender Female 101 (44.3)

Vaccination 40

Vaccination Healthcare Professional Healthcare Primary Care 40

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. And that’s critical. Eric: Yeah.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

And when she was here, she co founded the Golden Compass Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital for older adults living with HIV. And so the patients who had been admitted there to die, essentially most, if not all, got better and HIV became much more of a chronic condition. And I think patients too, don’t always people.

Primary Care 94

Primary Care IT Provider Clinic 94

Vida Family Medicine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Flu and COVID vaccines do not eliminate infections, but they can reduce the risk of infection and drastically reduce the risk of severe disease requiring hospitalization or ICU care. At Vida Family Medicine we are currently accepting new patients.

Preventive Care 52

Preventive Care Preventative Care Screening Vaccination 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Hospitals are hazardous places for older adults. These hazards include delirium, malnutrition, falls, infections, and hospital associated disability (which about ⅓ of older adults get during a hospital stay). 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. Annals of Int Med.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115

The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 2, 2020

When it comes to pandemics more broadly, the role of non-pharmaceutical interventions, like mask wearing, social distancing, and stay at home orders, must be recognized for their robust potential to reduce disease spread and burden. Hospitals Know What’s Coming. APM Research Lab. link] 07:00 Yong, E. 2020, November 13). The Atlantic.

Community 52

Community Internal Medicine Chronic Disease IT 52

Physicians News Digest

APRIL 17, 2025

We will leave no stone unturned in identifying the root causes of the chronic disease epidemic as part of our mission to Make America Healthy Again,” Hilliard said. One grant’s money is divvied up among other universities, hospitals, community nonprofits, and other government agencies, researchers said.

Vaccination 52

Vaccination Government Patient-Centered Hospital 52