Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care delivery was significantly impacted by COVID-19, with rapid deployment of telehealth after the United States’ national public health emergency (PHE) declaration in March 2020. In the years following the PHE, rates of screening for tobacco use decreased, particularly during telehealth visits.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Telehealth Community 130

GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. This was 2018 in AGS Orlando, and they did a song about when to stop screening for cancer for colon cancer. How to talk to patients about screening colonoscopies.

IT 64

IT Hospital Screening Patients 64

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. Who would/should be on that board?

Consulting 63

Consulting Community Patient-Centered Family 63

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Eric 03:25 So we have a lot to talk about, but I’m wondering if we can kind of take a big step back and just talk about the patient population that’s in nursing homes. Connie 06:18 So, I’ve been a clinician working in the nursing home since back in the 80s, and I saw a lot of patients that really needed palliative care.

Referral 78

Referral Nurse Practitioner Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Ruth: Very strong odor, devoid of furniture, broken screens … Eric: So it was the physical environment and … Ruth: Physical environment. I was like, how do you disseminate this knowledge out to these community nursing homes in rural Georgia so that people know about this? Eric: What does unpleasant look like?

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Family Families 60

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. And a lot of my patients at that time identified as older asian immigrant. One particular patient, I remember, he and his daughter were basically direct victims.

Mental Health 116

Mental Health Community IT Screening 116

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

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. Many patients benefited, not only those isolating due to covid, but also patients in rural areas, patients who are homebound, and many others.

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73