GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

Alex is a triple-boarded (palliative care, internal medicine, and psychiatry) assistant professor of medicine at Stanford. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

Illness 130

Illness IT Diagnosis Patient-Centered 130

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

We start each podcast with a song in part to shift the frame, taking people out of their academic selves and into a more informal conversation. Well, todays guests love music at least as much if not more than me, and they each make a strong case for music as medicine. I’m originally an ER physician.

IT 98

IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified 98

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

You know, most, most ERs admit, you know, far fewer than 50% of their patients. They go to observation and go home or just get discharged straight from the ER? But we felt like we want to give like the primary thing about clinical decision support is to give the provider information they don’t already have. Is that right?

Patient-Centered 78

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 78

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. By the time he got into us, the tumor grew, he had experienced, he was experiencing significant pain and so trauma, informed care and building a relationship with him was such a big part of the care. On bias and trauma as you.

Healthcare 102

Healthcare IT Community Illness 102

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

And the main topic of today is a paper in Annals of Internal Medicine , Maria first author, that addressed the tradeoffs between initiating dialysis vs continued medical/supportive management. Or is it just this lingering practice of starting dialysis early before really severe complications develop? It’s right there.

Management 117

Management Patient-Centered Patients IT 117