GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. And yet, after assisting the older adult to their feet, the EMS providers would leave. So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program.

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Community Transportation IT PCP 116

The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Identify realistic solutions to drug policy reform that promote health equity among marginalized communities living in the United States. Screening for substance use and offering connections to treatment and community-based services are important strategies that clinicians can implement in their own practice today.

Community 52

Community Patient-Centered Mental Health Board-Certified 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. In their communities? With their regular providers? And really learning from them about what kinds of things healthcare might provide, that might be of help to them. It used to be a much more complicated model.

Patient-Centered 123

Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 123

Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 29, 2022

I care deeply about each and every one of my patients, and I do not want a difference in opinion to create a wedge in our relationship. The healthcare system must provide care in a just way so that those who need care have access to it. When I was a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine, I participated in their Ethics track.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Families Family Healthcare Professional 52

GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

Prognosis communication and the subtle ways we may communicate it without intention. Community-based palliative care networks . And I believe it needs the community. Raj: So in Kerala, because it started with the involvement of laypeople, we included the community in care because the existing system had no space for this.

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Community IT Relationship Healthcare 116

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

But then once it was open, started seeing a lot of other populations: not just our own hospital population, but a lot more just community members calling with concerns about driving. If they’re in a major car crash, they’re going to have more long-term complications probably than a 20-year-old would. Eric: Yeah. Eric: Yeah.

Families 102

Families IT Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. The social determinants of health and what community well being was a big part of. those experiencing homelessness).

Healthcare 102

Healthcare IT Community Illness 102

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Rather, most of us live and make decisions in relationship to one another. But once we realize that almost everybody makes decisions in the context of relationships. And so the family is there in much more of an advisory role rather than providing say, cognitive scaffolding that they might provide in supported decision making.

Families 98

Families Family Patient-Centered IT 98

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 22, 2023

At the Family Medicine office, I observed the close relationships fostered between Dr. Der Simonian and her patients. During this day I observed one medication abortion administration and two aspiration abortion procedures, the second of which was complicated by hemorrhage (which was swiftly controlled).

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Medical Student Family Medicine DO Patient-Centered 40

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

** Claim your CME credit for EP297 “The Nature of Suffering” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for the annual CME subscription ( cost is $100 for a year’s worth of CME podcasts ), you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose.

IT 137

IT Families Family Physicals 137

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

We are delighted to welcome Jane Euler, who is lead doula and co-founder of Present for You, which is a benefit LLC company that provides doula support at the end-of-life. And then second, I was someone who was a Parrot Head for years and years and it was just amazing how the community came together. Who do we have on with us today?

Provider 119

Provider Illness IT Healthcare 119

GeriPal

MAY 4, 2023

I wonder from a provider perspective, if you’re open to talking about your team. Patients that remind us of loved ones, patients that are often younger, really hard stories, complicated issues. Eric: Yeah. From a personal emotional perspective, what do you think makes it hard? Nick: Such a good question. It’s very fraught.

IT 83

IT Families Family Illness 83

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

Relationships are usually more complicated. We’re looking at community based organizations and we’re just going to keep synthesizing this to try and construct a picture of music in everyday life. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. There are lots of people involved. You’re coming back.

IT 98

IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified 98

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Alex and I did a study on over 2000 community dwelling older adults, and we found that over two thirds of people had geriatric conditions, these geriatric syndromes, and palliative care related problems like pain, difficulty climbing stairs. One of my good friends, Jerome Kim, is a community oncologist. Throw it in the trash.”

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 130

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

We covered some of our questions on the podcast, others you can ponder on your own or in your journal clubs, including: Maries tele/video palliative care intervention was tailored/refined with the help of a community advisory board. Eric 04:27 Yeah, I gotta ask about the community advisor. So I don’t want my Marin community to.

Consulting 64

Consulting Community Patient-Centered Families 64

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. So Tammie developed something called EPIC for Emergency medicine, which is a curriculum that was one of the first ways that I think palliative care got spread in our community.

Patient-Centered 78

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 78

GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

I was in clinic the other day working with a trainee, and we saw a few patients together, and they happened to be very healthy, community dwelling, older adults, quite active. You go into this community, perform this study, you leave. Eric: And it’s even more complicated, right? So I want to share a little anecdote.

IT 92

IT Patient-Centered Healthcare Patients 92

GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

On this podcast we talk about her paper in JAMA Internal Medicine which studied three hospitals that varied in the intensity of care they provided to seriously ill patients. And so one of the things that I felt as a resident was moral distress around some of the treatments that we provide near the end-of-life.

Hospital 126

Hospital IT Patient-Centered Patients 126

GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

So at least in my oncology community, I really didn’t have anyone guiding or supporting or mentoring me. But the palliative care clinicians didn’t have the time or opportunity to foster and develop a longitudinal relationship with patients and their families. So their practices were really collaborative and informed.

Illness 111

Illness Hospital Patient-Centered Patients 111

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

** Claim your CME credit for EP293 “What’s Up With MAID in Canada” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for CME, you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Eric: Yeah.

Illness 144

Illness IT Medical Provider 144

GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

This week we’ve invited three guests to share their stories about storytelling that’s written for healthcare providers. Then in the OpenNotes work that I do, I was hired to take something complicated like transparency and patients having access to their full records in medicine, and then making that something that the lay public understood.

IT 96

IT Patient-Centered Patients Healthcare 96

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

I feel like I recognize it when I see it, but I struggle to give a clear definition or provide effective ways to address it. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Eduardo Bruera has no relationships to disclose. Thank you for that gift to our community and to the patients.

Illness 134

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 134

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

It’s complicated, it’s messy. How does that defer from is it complicated grief, prolonged grief disorder? Eric: Is that the same as complicated grief? We say it’s about 4% of those who are bereaved, who are from community-based samples. Holly: Oh absolutely. Holly: They’re the same symptoms.

IT 100

IT Complication Relationship Specialization 100

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Having Your Own Long-Term GP Can Save Your Life Patients who choose a GP rather than a specialist as their primary care provider have a 19% 8 lower mortality and produce 22% 9 -33% 8 lower healthcare spending. You know your patients’ evolving story as well as their family, friends, coworkers, and the peculiarities of their local community.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family GP 130

GeriPal

MAY 1, 2025

Have been now a care provider for people with HIV for over 40 years. So it felt like it was being part of this huge kind of change in the whole environment and the whole experience of that community. Is that what you’re seeing as a palliative care provider now or. How did you get involved and interested in this topic?

Primary Care 96

Primary Care IT Clinic Provider 96

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

So take a listen and check out some of these resources for healthcare provider loss, grief, and wellness: Loss and Grief: Personal Stories of Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals. Eric: We’re going to be talking about loss and grief and the role of debriefing for healthcare providers. Craig: Thanks so much, Alex and Eric.

Healthcare Professional 103

Healthcare Professional Healthcare IT Relationship 103

GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley have no relationships to disclose. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

Families 108

Families Family Patient-Centered Patients 108

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

And that really is what prompted me to get certified as a sexual education provider. There is a patient caregiver relationship that evolves over time, and there’s less of a focus on intimacy in that relationship. So provide multiple sort of concrete examples of what you’re talking about. Sharon 15:21 Right.

Illness 131

Illness IT Physicals Patients 131

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

The reason I chose this song is because I’m currently working on bringing advanced care planning sessions to the Latino community. In our planning sessions, one of the biggest barriers to advanced care planning in this community is just talking about death. The intervention itself is very straightforward. This is what I do here.

Primary Care 80

Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 80

GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

And then maybe KN95s, FFP2s and KF94s, if you wear them, at least in physical science studies, if you’re inside in a crowded where Warrior stadium or something, that should provide you some self protection. People who had had long standing relationships with their doctors wanted to change doctors. Yes, good point. Eric: Yeah.

Vaccination 100

Vaccination IT Hospital Management 100