Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE We aimed to analyze regional variations in the assignment of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes to acute respiratory infections, seeking to identify notable anomalies that suggest diverse diagnoses of the same condition. Data were aggregated into age brackets.

Diagnosis 130

Diagnosis Diagnose Consulting Government 130

GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For the policy buffs and policy newbies out there, we hope this podcast is an essential primer to government in action. Because I know in the early 2000s, there was this whole thing about reporting estimation of GFR, let’s get the GFR in front of people so that we can diagnose CKD and that was the equation that was being used.

Complication 52

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding.

Individual 85

Individual Community IT Chronic Condition 85

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

And the hard part is, as a provider in palliative care, I actually have very little say of which hospice the individuals we consult to go to. As somebody who has been part of literally more non-profits than I can remember, non-profit governance structures is a pain in the ass. It feels somewhat random in some ways. Overall it was 3.1%

IT 113

IT Provider Patients Families 113

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed. In fact from the time he was diagnosed, he passed away within two and a half weeks. You can use it on one thing to either have government, individual providers, healthcare systems do one thing differently.

IT 99

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

And so in that context, knowing that there was going to be some evolution of policy in this area, that’s how I got involved consulting with members, trying to understand the situation better, that type of thing. And so now for March, 2024, the government still has said they’re planning to expand it for mental illness conditions.

Illness 144

Illness IT Medical Provider 144

GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

The results were that the chat bots got the diagnoses right and had an escalation strategy that was better than the doctors, as judged by blinded specialists reading the transcripts. You and I would listen to a suggested list of diagnoses and say, “That’s a reasonable idea. They had no idea. That’s a reasonable idea.

Electronics 139

Electronics IT Patients Healthcare 139