Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Have you ever found yourself in need of medical attention but overwhelmed by the myriad of clinics and healthcare options out there? This guide will help you understand the different types of clinics and services they offer, so you can make an informed decision about where to seek medical care. It's a common challenge many people face.

Clinic 52

Clinic Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Chronic Condition 52

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

I’m sort of seeing them in clinic for consideration of palliative radiation, they have a lot going on. I didn’t know where they existed within the hospital. Eric 07:04 You actually created things like a curriculum for hospital medicine fellows in radiation oncology. So you have the consultation.

Patient-Centered 102

Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This week, we talk about the other major palliative care trial of default palliative care consults for hospitalized older adults with COPD, kidney disease, or dementia, published in the same issue of JAMA. Panelists Kate Courtright and Scott Halpern have no relationships to disclose. and consulting for Papa Health.

Consulting 120

Consulting Hospital Patient-Centered IT 120

GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

More recently Sharon Kaufman ‘s book And a Time to Die described the ways in which physicians, nurses, hospital systems, and payment mechanisms influenced the hour and manner of patient’s deaths. Liz: Well, some aspects of this paper around clinical momentum and things around defaults and that sort of thing. Proud Mary.

Hospital 125

Hospital IT Patient-Centered Patients 125

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. Consultations versus telehealth. But watch out! Alex 01:06 Yeah, go in person.

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

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.

Patient-Centered 122

Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 122

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Imagine her hearing for the first time that you’re sick, that you’re hospitalized, that you’re in the ICU, and that you can’t make your own decisions? Rather, most of us live and make decisions in relationship to one another. And I’m worried that there may come a time when you have trouble making decisions for yourself.

Families 97

Families Family Patient-Centered IT 97

ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Representatives from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE), the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (APDEM) and the Endocrine Society joined for a portion of the meeting*. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Board-Certified Telehealth Government 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Panelists Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates have no relationships to disclose. So it’s just a wide-opening lens that most of us never really get to see if we’re on the hospital-based side. But what was really interesting is the transport to the hospital was actually going down in their system.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc. And they begin on today’s podcast with one clinical ask: everyone should be a generalist and a specialist. And just to name a few of the more of those from the book, this is on the clinical education and training chapter.

Screening 119

Screening IT Family Families 119

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. Sach Kale set up an outpatient clinic focused on substance use disorder for patients with cancer. Do you need to be an addiction medicine trained physician to start such a clinic (no: Sach is not). What do they do?

Patients 72

Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 72

GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As Thor notes, capturing patient stories has face validity as positively impacting the patients who share their stories and have them documented, and for the clinicians who get to truely and deeply know their patients in far greater depth than “what brought you to the hospital?” Within the VA it’s now at 70 VA hospitals.

Patient-Centered 115

Patient-Centered Illness Healthcare IT 115

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Today we discuss: Why the study was negative for the primary (hospitalization) and all secondary outcome (e.g. Why this study was a success due to the sheer size (nearly 100,000 patients in about 30 EDs) of the study, and the fact that, as far as the investigators know, all study sites continue to employ the clinical decision support tool.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

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 IT 136

GeriPal

AUGUST 29, 2024

Alex 01:24 And Elise Carey, who’s a palliative care doc and geriatrician and associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Gordon 25:52 I mean, I think that what I’d say, just in general, about our own clinical team’s emotions, is that what I try to think about? Holly, welcome to GeriPal.

IT 132

IT Illness Family Families 132

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. So those types of relationships, clergy, non family members, we talk about, I think cohabitating unmarried couples.

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients.

Family 112

Family Families Patient-Centered IT 112

GeriPal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Been in the hospital four times, vented, been told the story to her family, she won’t live. Tell me how your illness has impacted your relationships with others, your healthcare team, your family, friends, your beliefs, your values, your preferences. So those questions we ask when we’re doing a palliative care consult.

IT 105

IT Patient-Centered Healthcare Illness 105

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

And I think also some of the stuff we’ll be talking about, when it comes to communication, I mean, a lot of the clinical encounter is listening to the music. Tell me about the clinical enc… How do you think the uncanny valley fits into medicine and communication training and skills? What is the uncanny valley? Eric: Yeah.

Illness 101

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 101

GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Alex: And joining us via Zoom, we have Charlotta Lindvall, who is a palliative care physician researcher who studies the intersection of natural language processing and communication data at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, where she also works in clinical informatics. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Charlotta. Charlotta: Thank you.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Patients Healthcare 99

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

And so they’re in there for a very short time, couple weeks, get a little bit stronger and transition home after a hospitalization. And so we do have consultants who come in the building. And usually it’s simply for a consultation. Some will have stronger relationships with hospice. So that part we know and I.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

You did a rural tele-palliative care consultation study. Marie 03:08 So, living in Alabama, which is our palliative care desert in the south, there were no palliative care services in any of the small rural hospitals. And so the video consult was what became the mode. NCP guideline, standard consultation.

Consulting 63

Consulting Community Patient-Centered Family 63

GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

So for those listening to the podcast, this is a clown looking very sad and what looks like a hospital administrator. And the hospital administrator says, “No, the hospital definitely values your contributions to the interdisciplinary team. What are your thoughts about using humor to convey ideas, thoughts, clinical work?

IT 145

IT Hospital Patients Illness 145

GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

We’ll discuss three recent clinical trials involving patients with serious illness, joined by our guests James Downar , Ali John Zarrabi , and Margaret Ross. Alex 00:33 Our next guest is Margaret Ross, who’s a clinical psychologist and researcher at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. I love that.

Illness 107

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 107

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Alex 00:26 And we’re delayed to welcome Amanda Moment, who is a palliative care social worker at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The clinical trials and the this and that. Potentially harmful elements of that coping mechanism for your relationship with your four year old. Dani, welcome back to GeriPal.

Illness 125

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 125

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Are there meaningful ways of assessing loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings and connecting patients with interventions? The Listening “EAR” approach that simplifies assessment of loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings, and other practical pointers.

IT 99

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary As far as weve come in the 50 years since Balfour Mount and Sue Britton opened the first palliative care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec, have we lost something along the way? I was trained in the hospital where it started, and we were trained to be bedside nurses. Sue 01:26 Thank you.

IT 104

IT Patient-Centered Family Families 104

GeriPal

MAY 4, 2023

We talk about why it’s so hard with Abby Rosenberg (chief of PC at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Nick Purol (clinical social worker at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Daniel Eison (pediatric PC doc and co-host of PediPal). But when I have, I find that they’re often some of the hardest patients to care for. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Abby.

IT 83

IT Family Families Illness 83

GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It’s that mixture of intimacy and vulnerability, of shared clinical experiences, that fosters a sense of belonging. Alex 00:40 We’re delighted to welcome Alexis Drutchas, who is a palliative care doc at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and co founder, also of the Palliative Story Exchange.

IT 107

IT Community Patients Family 107

GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

We need to strike it from our vocabulary and leave sort of a gap in the clinical vernacular about how we talk about life-sustaining treatment. I have never had a patient come into the hospital and say, Doctor, regardless of what you do, do a little CPR that’ll make me feel better. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith.

Illness 136

Illness IT Patient-Centered Family 136

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

** Claim your CME credit for EP293 “What’s Up With MAID in Canada” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for CME, you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Bill, welcome back to GeriPal.

Illness 144

Illness IT Medical Provider 144

GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. Years and years ago, the first few years as an attending physician, I was consulted to take care of a gentleman with metastatic esophageal cancer. Ivermectin to treat cancer. Chelation therapy.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 77

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Alex 00:34 We are delighted to welcome back Jennifer Tem e l, who is a thoracic oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Eric 07:31 A clinical perspective, why is it important to test this stepped care model versus implementing more? If they get palliative care consult, they get one. Jennifer 00:44 Thanks.

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

APRIL 11, 2024

This podcast was initially sparked by Josh’s “Note From a Family Meeting” Substack post titled “ Ambivalence in Clinical Decision-Making ,” which discussed Bryanna’s and Jenny’s 2022 article titled “ Two Minds, One Patient: Clearing up Confusion About Ambivalence.” Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

Patient-Centered 128

Patient-Centered IT Patients Consulting 128

GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

And you say, “Okay, that’s fine, but can it really … What about a real live clinical situation?” I think we’re getting closer to real live clinical situations, not just answering a test. That is the first clinical use case. Bob: It’s not bad. Alex: That’s pretty amazing.

IT 139

IT Electronics Patients Healthcare 139

GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Betty Ferrell has no relationships to disclose. Alex: We are delighted to welcome Bryanna Moore, who is a philosopher and bioethicist, and she’s at the University of Texas Medical Branch where she also directs the clinical Ethics Fellowship. Jenny: Good to be here.

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Consulting 119

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley have no relationships to disclose. First time on the GeriPal podcast, Liz Lilley, who’s a surgeon and faculty in surgery at the Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Liz 00:32 Thanks.

Family 106

Family Families Patient-Centered IT 106