article thumbnail

Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Cause it’s tricky to just implement per se and say, hey, we’re gonna screen everybody, you know, use a population health approach or a age cutoff and just start screening everybody if you don’t have those next steps figured out as well. We didn’t have medications that were effective with a few side effects.

Screening 120
article thumbnail

Fever FAQs (contd.)- Signs, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Rao Doctor

In case you have missed it, click below to read- FEVER FAQ- Part 1 Fever Diagnosis: How is your health assessed? When assessing a fever, we doctors employ a systematic approach to ensure accurate diagnosis and effective management. Understanding the patient’s medical history is crucial for an accurate diagnosis.

Diagnosis 130
article thumbnail

Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Podcast with Dani Chammas and Brent Kious

GeriPal

They are recruiting for a Medical Director of Palliative Care Services to lead and grow innovative outpatient and inpatient palliative care programs. That’s how do we treat the mental health needs of patients with serious medical illness? But if I were to have posed that question to you in the medical.

Illness 102