PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

As many as 40% of these children will receive a chest x-ray (CXR) during their ED visit despite clinical guidelines advising most of these tests are low value. But it’s just a CXR right?

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Asthma Electronics Utilities Clinical Practice 52

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The diagnosis of a virus illness is generally made clinically with a history and clinical exam and does not require confirmatory testing. Messaging for patients and families When children have a viral respiratory illness, it is usually pretty self evident based on their symptoms e.g. runny nose, cough, congestion.

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Patients Illness Hospital Management 52

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

So we know the individual actually has a swallowing disorder at that point, whereas proactive care is having more of that multidisciplinary approach, where the speech pathologist is part of the care team, we’re involved at the time of diagnosis, or soon after, and we can start doing our assessments.

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IT Hospital Patient-Centered Individual 124

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And we have Scott Halpern, who is Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Director of the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center or Payer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. And in my nursing home practice, most people want to be DNR selective treatment meaning like no heroics. Good to know.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 126

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Social workers augment a team’s ability to provide whole-person care, often aiding to identify and meaningfully address the wide variety of challenges and unmet needs faced by individuals and families facing serious illness. What does this diagnosis mean to you? And sometimes social workers feel intimidated by it, too. Eric: Yeah.

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