GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They didn’t feel connected to the people in their broader community.

IT 100

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 100

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

Ongoing reports from patients about anti-Asian hate experiences Should clinicians screen for Anti-Asian hate? question used to screen for domestic violence. It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality.

Mental Health 118

Mental Health Community Screening IT 118

GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Leslie Wharton is a leader in the 26,000 member grassroots organization Elders Climate Action , which organizes older adults to create communities engaged in making a difference at local, state, and national levels. Ruth: That’s not prevention, that’s screening. So yeah, we’re very focused on that.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare IT Education Community 130

GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

In terms of their risk, in terms of how we think of preventive health, as we think of screening, all of those things, I would turn around to the geriatricians and say, “Check your implicit bias. So the other part of that thing I would say is all of those things are true about the difference in rates between a community.

Mental Health 124

Mental Health IT Community Individual 124

Medical Xpress

JUNE 7, 2025

Most current PrEP users have commercial insurance, but Medicaid will be key for expanding access to lower-income communities. The company is working with governments and health groups in the U.K. Many people still face stigma or lack insurance coverage, which can limit access. Gilead says reaching underserved groups is a top goal.

Vaccination 64

Vaccination Insurance Medical Diabetes 64

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

So I thought… And I was doing this for the United States Preventive Services Task Force because we were looking at the evidence to what’s the benefit and harm of screening, and I had to look all over. Whereas with comprehensive dementia care, what you really need is a lot of the support that is delivered in the community.

Patient-Centered 126

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 126

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2023

These instances contribute to immense fear that can act as a deterrent from seeking care or engaging with any other helping professional institutions in the future–this goes for the individual(s) directly impacted and the people within their communities.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Provider Clinical Practice Clinic 52

GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

And their death rate was so high during Omicron because they had distrust to the vaccine and distrust to the government. We in the medical community would know it because our hospitals would be full of cardiovascular disease, of pulmonary disease, of other things. They had 30% vaccination rate among their elderly when Omicron hit.

Vaccination 100

Vaccination IT Hospital Management 100

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And I think that it was percolating in a lot of the palliative care community. ” And I could tell you that’s a lot for a government agency to hear. We were the highest utilizers of telemedicine in the whole UCSF health system at that time which we’re very proud of. We hear that all the time now. Go ahead Eric.

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 20, 2025

HHS has traditionally relied on panels of non-government experts to guide its work in prevention, and after the DOGE-driven cuts that resulted in the departure of 20 percent of its workforce , it needs outside help more than ever. Two of these panels have already been dissolved, and the remaining three are on life support.

Chronic Disease 92

Chronic Disease Diabetes Screening Vaccination 92