The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

One example that is presented involves the complicated relationship between the United States and Chinese immigrants and farmworkers in California. Dr. Jordan then questions the utility and continued operation of methadone clinics, especially as the United States largely moves on from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 5, 2022

Push back against discussions that homelessness is caused by substance use or mental health problems. Calac, Victor A. Push back against individual narratives that blame individuals for systemic injustice. Push back against dehumanizing language. Disaggregated data on homelessness is vital.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

It used to be a much more complicated model. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. As a nurse, how challenging would it be to do eight hours of training and jump into this complicated world? David: We used the VA specific care assessment needs score, which- Eric: Oh, the CAN score.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

We invited Dani Chammas , a palliative care physician and psychiatrist at UCSF (and a frequent guest to the GeriPal podcast), as well as Brent Kious , a psychiatrist at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, focusing on the management of severe persistent mental illnesses. Eric 00:51 And Alex, who do we have with us today?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And resource utilization was very low in all the groups. Eric 14:24 So it’s hard to improve resource utilization for these people where some of them didn’t sound like the sickest of people admitting them to the hospital, but all had some type of serious illness. So absolutely, it is complicated. Yael 24:49 Yeah.

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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? They’re looking at difficult outcomes, utilization outcomes, right?

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