Sound Physicians

MARCH 12, 2025

With the absence of intensivists on the ground in these community hospitals, the question becomes how to treat these patients where and when they need care. Our tele-ICU program , which is part of our critical care specialty, has brought meaningful and much-needed intensive care to remote communities for the past five years.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Many rural and community emergency departments lack access to pediatric specialty care physicians. So, when an acutely ill child is seen in one of these facilities, they are typically transferred to regional pediatric centers for more comprehensive care.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . It is a heavy load and yet I think all of us here think that it can be lighter when there are supportive programs and community engagements in place. And that’s why we need this community support, I think. Transcript.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

We really spent a lot of time helping the clinicians see that a patient’s illness, understanding and prognostic awareness was just as important as their pain scale, their pain score. The patient refuses to ever talk about the fact that this illness could take their life. Lynn 37:39 I was in the hospital.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

One positive change that came about was the lifting of restrictions around the use of telemedicine. Clinicians could care for patients across state lines, could prescribe opioids without in person visits, could bill at higher rates for telemedicine than previous to the pandemic. The pandemic was horrific in many ways. Joe: Right.

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