GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it. ” Whether it’s referrals that need to be made, or whether they’re specific actions that the person at home needs to take, like a home safety change. Drugs has to do with polypharmacy.

Patient-Centered 129

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? If we move away from clinician referrals as the means by which people get access, how do we keep the clinicians engaged, and not enraged? Should we just use the referrals, whatever’s coming into us, whoever, whatever clinician decides. By diagnosis?

Consulting 99

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis IT 99

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

They want you to recognize their pain, not just their physical pain, but their trauma that they’ve experienced as a, as a, as a result of being on the streets. As you can imagine, get referrals from healthcare workers, emergency departments, primary care, cancer care hospital, you know, internal medicine to our service.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare IT Community Illness 100

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. So I mean, I had referrals from as far as Canadian Arctic North, of people who were interested in doing dignity therapy. That the wish to… Eric: Complicated. Harvey: Complicated. As one patient told me, “Breathing is redundant.”

Patient-Centered 98

Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

Don 13:50 Well, you know, I think one of the issues, though, when you ask about prevalence data, especially, say, in the oncology world, not only does it matter about how you ask the questions, but because it’s such a complicated topic, people may infer very different things as to what you’re talking about. Sharon 15:21 Right.

Illness 130

Illness IT Physicals Patients 130

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And it was really good for my mental and physical… Physical health, obviously, but mental health really. And I think the advanced planning debate is really a question of, how do we help this very complicated situation? Get the hospice referral. So if you are sick, I really encourage you, just take the time off.

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

But the process of implementing this project across two big health systems in our area was very complicated and had its share of both challenges and rewards. Ideally the conversation would happen before, but also clinicians were able to make referrals to facilitators. The intervention itself is very straightforward.

Primary Care 79

Primary Care IT Clinic Patient-Centered 79