Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. That’s where urgent care comes in—a middle ground that’s convenient, affordable, and effective. What is Urgent Care?

ER 52

ER Primary Care Primary Care Doctor Mental Health 52

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

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. Essentially a primary palliative care intervention of sorts. What is a clinical decision support?

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

While we like to think about how our goals and preferences will influence what that life looks like, including whether you will get potentially burdensome interventions, your fate is probably influenced more by factors like where you live and what nursing home you happen to end up in. . Eric: And Alex, we got a full house today. Ruth: Sure.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Family Families 60

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We had, since the late seventies, a home-based primary care program. That’s focused on older adults who are too frail to get into clinic. And we would provide ongoing longitudinal care to them in the home, much like the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors programs, and other programs like that. Bruce: Sure.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115