The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Between 2007 – 2019, Black individuals experienced a higher death rate for opioid overdose deaths than any other racial or ethnic group. These narratives have vilified individuals who would benefit from comprehensive, person-centered substance use treatment, rather than incarceration and other adverse harms.

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Community Patient-Centered Mental Health Board-Certified 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 5, 2022

This is the last of three episodes interrogating the relationships between race, place, housing, and health. Push back against individual narratives that blame individuals for systemic injustice. The Clinical Problem Solvers Podcast. Calac, Victor A. Push back against dehumanizing language. April 5, 2022.

Community 52

Community Patient-Centered Emergency Room Medical 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Panelists Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates have no relationships to disclose. So what we found is up to 30% of people would call 911 again for a fall, and of those calls, some people became very high-utilizers and so they would call 911 over and over again. All of these are factors that are on the individual level.

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Community Transportation IT PCP 115

The Physicians Foundation

MAY 20, 2025

At a time when chronic diseases remain the number one cause of illness, disability and death nationwide, it is critical for physicians to have the tools needed to support the collective health of individuals across the United States. As the U.S.

Chronic Disease 40

Chronic Disease Screening Transportation Patient-Centered 40

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. David: Similarly informed by my clinical experience, really, actually, beginning in residency when I took care of a lot of sick folks in the hospital, particularly those with cancer and heart and lung diseases like these. David: Yeah.

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Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 122

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. And then we had clinical decision support. What is a clinical decision support? Long overdue.

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Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Chaplains can do an assessment of the spirituality of the individual and then they use interventions that are part of their discipline and those interventions are tailored to the individual’s spiritual and religious needs of the person that they’re caring for. What were those spiritual domains? Is that your grandchildren?

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IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

An end-of-life doula is a non-medical support person that provides a longitudinal relationship with aspects of medical, I mean, aspects of companionship, presence, holding space, some logistics, some practical help, decision making perhaps. It sets space between us and the individuals we’re trying to take care of. John: Yeah.

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Provider Illness IT Healthcare 117

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And so we worked closely with a community advisory group who, through focus groups, told us how it was that black and white individuals with serious illness had wanted to be treated. The black individuals wanted to have a separate one from the white individuals. And resource utilization was very low in all the groups.

Consulting 63

Consulting Community Patient-Centered Families 63

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? And, you know, some, some relationship with hospice, some might not do many referrals at all to hospice. Some will have stronger relationships with hospice. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well. So that part we know and I.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. Eric 07:31 A clinical perspective, why is it important to test this stepped care model versus implementing more? Can someone describe for me what a stepped model is?

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

But from our clinical work, many of us are familiar with people with dementia who experience sudden shocks to their health, think hip fracture, think hospitalization for pneumonia. Sometimes people call them health shocks, but we kind of all, like, clinically, intuitively know what these things are. Has really changed.

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Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 73

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. Eric: Which is, so let’s say I am a provider, a healthcare provider taking, let’s say a nurse practitioner working in an older, a clinic that’s mainly caring for older adults.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89