Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Health system innovations aimed at improving healthcare access are complex interventions that can have unintended consequences; hence the need for near real-time evaluation approaches which capture evolving contexts and impacts. We used web analytics to observe the effects of different recruitment strategies.

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Healthcare Referral Provider Utilities 130

Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 26, 2024

A family doctor is often your main healthcare provider tasked with everything from routine check-ups to chronic disease management. Tip 1: Do Research and Obtain Referrals Start your search by asking friends, family, and colleagues for recommendations. Choose a clinic close to your home or workplace to make visits more convenient.

Family Doctor 52

Family Doctor Family Families Board-Certified 52

Plum Health

MAY 22, 2023

As employees change their healthcare usage behavior, both primary and specialty care claims decrease. Easy access and relationship-driven care minimize long-term healthcare expenses and cut down on unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits. If you have a great relationship with your PCP, keep it! Sadly, up to 80% do not.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care PCP PCP Insurance 52

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2025

Read Patient Reviews Reading online reviews from other patients can help you learn whether a certain hormone doctor or clinic might be the right fit for you. Choosing a doctor who honors your insurance plan helps you control your out-of-pocket healthcare costs. While reviews are useful, remember to take them with a grain of salt.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Appointment Insurance Consulting 52

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Some of our healthcare systems are hard, and challenging, and I think that it’s time that we have a change. Some of our healthcare systems are hard, and challenging, and I think that it’s time that we have a change. Eric: Alex, we got a great show today on Dysphagia Revisited. Who do we have on with us today? Eric: Oh boy.

IT 124

IT Hospital Patient-Centered Individual 124

PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

(Blooms: Apply; Kirkpatrick Level 2 Learning) Evaluate the risks and benefits of ultrasound, CT, and MRI for common pediatric emergencies and identify appropriate imaging modalities based on clinical guidelines discussed in the podcast. Or is there something else going on here? Thanks, Brad, and thanks so much for having me.

Family 101

Family Families Hospital Patient-Centered 101

GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We have a discussion about the decision to remove race, a social construct, from clinical risk calculators (though I’m not 100% sold that race should always be removed – if removal is likely to worsen disparities for example – at least until a superior race-blind calculator can be developed). Alex: We have a very full house today.

Complication 97

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 97

FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

In general, EKRA prohibits, knowingly and willfully, soliciting, receiving, paying or offering kickbacks in exchange for referring to, inducing a referral to, or using the services of a recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory. 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 24(b) (emphasis added). 18 U.S.C. §

Lab Testing 52

Lab Testing Referral Individual Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Coaching is in. During the later stages of the pandemic, it seemed every other person, and particularly the junior faculty in our Division, were either being coached, in training to coach, or coaching others. When I was a junior faculty, coaching wasn’t a thing. We address: What is coaching? This is Eric Widera.

Board-Certified 110

Board-Certified IT Primary Care Referral 110

FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

In general, EKRA prohibits, knowingly and willfully, soliciting, receiving, paying or offering kickbacks in exchange for referring to, inducing a referral to, or using the services of a recovery home, clinical treatment facility, or laboratory. 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 18 U.S.C. § 24(b) (emphasis added). 18 U.S.C. §

Lab Testing 40

Lab Testing Referral Individual Patient-Centered 40

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Eric 00:42 So on this podcast, we’re gonna be talking about what every healthcare provider should know about radiation oncology. I’m sort of seeing them in clinic for consideration of palliative radiation, they have a lot going on. Emily, welcome to GeriPal. Emily 00:32 It’s good to be here. Evie, welcome to GeriPal.

Patient-Centered 102

Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Find out on this weeks podcast where we invite Joseph Greer, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson to talk about their recent JAMA article on Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer – A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial. But watch out! Who will emerge victorious? Alex 01:06 Yeah, go in person.

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Based on this surge in evidence, the American Society of Clinical Oncologists recently updated their guidelines for care of older adults to state that all older adults receiving systemic therapy (including chemo, immuno, targeted, hormonal therapy) should receive geriatric assessment guided care. Mazie, welcome to GeriPal. Alex: Thank you.

Patient-Centered 129

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

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. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The researchers recommended including community members in intervention design, healthcare systems, and policies. This message should be incorporated into counseling during routine clinic visits, especially for people recently diagnosed with HIV. The systematic review of peer-reviewed intervention was published from 2018 to 2023.

Mental Health 114

Mental Health Healthcare Professional Community Healthcare 114

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. K idney P al?

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 109

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Carmen: Nice.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. No pressure.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

Gertz, MD, MACP, Chair, ABIM Hematology Board The Hematology Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of ABIM policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on May 2, 2025. A representative from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) joined for a portion of the meeting*.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Government Community 40

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . In contrast to geriatrics, the evidence base for palliative care lagged clinical growth, in part because palliative care has no centralized “home” at the National Institutes of Health. By diagnosis? By prognosis?

Consulting 99

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis IT 99

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

I don’t practice clinically in outpatient settings, and often the folks I’m seeing are there for other kinds of issues. Because I don’t think we think about that so much in palliative care, but we do in geriatrics. But I believe before we start, somebody has a song request for Alex. Is it you, Emmy? Emmy: It is.

IT 102

IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

And my wife went to over, I want to say, 20 concerts. Eric 00:58 Have you been to a concert? Nate 00:59 I went one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and I’m so glad I did. I loved it and this was his favorite song and so I wanted to do it. Alex 01:07 And Bruce Springsteen did a stage dive. We were talking about this before. Nate 01:11 Very healthy man.

Primary Care 95

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 95

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

He’s a medical director of H ebrew S enior L ife outpatient clinic at Newbridge. Alex 04:07 A heart failure clinic playing in the background. Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. He’s in Boston. Parag 01:06 Thank you.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. Our first guest is a repeat guest.

Complication 52

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Practical strategies to overcome these barriers and enhance care. No problem.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Practice-PC is an intentionally interprofessional and cutting edge year-long group continuing education course in palliative care for working professionals from all disciplines, in the Bay Area. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. First, the lyrics, that’s the main reason why I chose it. The theme is death. LaVera: Yeah.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Afterwards, we chat with the prison’s chaplain, Keith Knauf. Did I get that close?

Family 132

Family Families IT Community 132

GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

As Alex Lee says on our podcast today, all prognostic models will be wrong (in some circumstances and for some patients); our job is to make prognostic models that are clinically useful. As Sei Lee notes, the argument for developing prognostic models has won the day, and we increasingly use prognostic scores in clinical decision making.

IT 95

IT Clinic Screening Patients 95

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary I hear the word dignity used a lot in the medical setting, but I’m never sure what people mean when they use it. You’d imagine that as a seasoned palliative care doc, I’d have a pretty good definition by now of what “maintaining dignity” or “loss of dignity” means, but you’d be sadly wrong. Harvey: I feel welcome.

Patient-Centered 98

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 98

GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Why is this different from clinical communication skills? Earlier this year palliative care was the correct response to the following clue on the game show Jeopardy: From a Latin word for “to cloak”, it’s the type of care given to seriously ill patients to provide comfort without curing. So what do we do about it? Transcript. Marian: I do.

Illness 101

Illness Patient-Centered IT Nurse Practitioner 101

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Now when I say variation, I’m not talking about small little clinically questionable variations. This study explored nursing home organizational factors and staff perceptions that are associated with the variation in care for residents with advanced dementia. Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Caroline. Caroline: Thanks, Alex. Thanks, Alex.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Families Family 60

GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

I was part of a writing group that wrote clinical guidelines for VSET for voluntarily stopping eating and drinking. Eric 00:13 And Alex, who do you have with us today? Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today. Hope Wechkin brought this topic to us. Thank you, Hope, for bringing a topic to us. We love it when our guests suggest things.

IT 87

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 87

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. They are therefore the foundation of every healthcare system.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Families GP 130

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary If palliative care was a drug, one question we would want to know before prescribing it is what dose we should give. Give too little – it may not work. But before we jump into that topic, Jennifer, do you have a song request for Alex? Jennifer 01:20 I do have a song request for Alex. Saw them play a couple times.

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary You may have heard of Area Agencies on Aging, but do you really know what they do or how they do it? What about State Departments of Aging or state master plans for aging? Do you know how these agencies fit in with programs like Meals-on-Wheels or other nutritional support programs? Susan: It is my anthem.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. Outcomes are typically assessed from available records. We are delighted to welcome Jennifer Wolf f , who is a health services researcher and gerontologist and professor at Johns Hopkins.

Primary Care 79

Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 79

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Sharon Bober, clinical psychologist at DFCI, notes that clinicians can get caught in an anxiety cycle, in which they are afraid to ask, don’t ask, then have increased anxiety about not asking. Clearly this issue is important to patients. Is that an issue for you? I’m happy to talk about it at any time.” This is Eric Widera. Ra ra ra ra.

Illness 130

Illness IT Physicals Patients 130