GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

But there are times that a primary care physician or an internal medicine physician may make the referral. But in my practice it’s usually from another oncologist, typically a medical oncologist. Is it normally the oncologist who’s making the referrals to you or do they come from people outside of oncology?

Patient-Centered 103

Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 103

GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

And, you know, I really leaned in from my perspective as a primary care geriatrician to hearing from what my patients and their family caregivers are asking me for and asking me about, and they’re asking me about how they can prepare. Hillary: I certainly agree lots to think about. Hillary: So those all differ.

Community 96

Community IT Patient-Centered Primary Care 96

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Today, we talk with Bernie Lo, prominent bioethicist and practicing primary care internist, and Laurie Dornbrand, geriatrician at the IOA On Lok PACE, about the legacy of Nancy Curzan. They were seriously ill and had a chance to get to know. We use Bernie’s NEJM Perspective as a springboard for discussion.

Family 113

Family Families Patient-Centered IT 113

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. If its potentially unsafe, but has robust evidence, well thats most of the treatments we offer seriously ill patients! Ivermectin to treat cancer. Stem cell treatments. Chelation therapy.

Patient-Centered 79

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 79

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Alex: Recently you talked about the other trial, also with a nudge, and that was non-cancer, serious illness. I treat patients with acute leukemias and related diseases, so I kind of know some of this from my own clinical practice. Tom: Do you think they relayed that info to the primary care [inaudible 00:34:14].

Consulting 116

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 116

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. Which may not be necessarily traumatizing.

IT 67

IT Patient-Centered Individual Patients 67

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Eric 01:13 So we got a lot to cover today on sexuality, sexual health and serious illness. So we got a lot to cover on sexuality, sexual health, and serious illness. I think this is a topic we don’t talk about as much in the context of serious illness. So most of us in primary care, it’s probably even worse.

Illness 131

Illness IT Physicals Patients 131

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. In the primary care practices that received the advance care planning intervention, rates of advance care planning were higher (about double).

Primary Care 80

Primary Care IT Clinic Patient-Centered 80

Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 23, 2025

The proliferation of clinical practice guidelines of varying quality and conflicting recommendations has led to calls to systematically evaluate guidelines for their impact on patient outcomes. You need not be ill enough to be hospitalized or care about practice guidelines to suffer if AHRQ is eliminated for good.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Patient-Centered Primary Care Illness 52