Consulting, Diagnosis and Utilities

The Impact of a Health Professions Education Program on Concussion Management: A Multi-Methods Study of ECHO Concussion [Neurologic illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

ECHO Concussion was launched in 2019 to teach clinicians a comprehensive approach to concussion diagnosis and management. In terms of qualitative findings, clinicians were highly satisfied with ECHO Concussion, sharing that the program helped them stay on top of current evidence and better utilize resources and guidelines.

Management

Management Education Illness Chronic Condition

Understanding Growth Hormone Treatment via Online Care in Canada

Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

Some common culprits include: Hypothyroidism Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Menopause and perimenopause Insulin resistance Cortisol imbalances due to chronic stress Low testosterone in men These conditions can impact how the body utilizes energy, making it tougher to shed pounds—even with a healthy lifestyle.

Appointment

Appointment Telehealth Consulting Treatment Plan

You don’t need X-Rays to tell if a child is constipated

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Constipation is a clinical diagnosis and does not require testing, yet as many as 70% of children who are given a diagnosis of constipation in the emergency department have an abdominal x-ray completed. The diagnosis of constipation should be made based on a good history and clinical exam.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Diagnose Hospital Clinic

More than the rule of 2s: All about Meckel Diverticulum

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This nuclear medicine scan utilizes a radioactive tracer that is taken up by the gastric mucosa in Meckel’s diverticulum, thereby helping to identify its presence. Recognizing the characteristic features and understanding the differential diagnosis is crucial in managing patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Complication Consulting Management

You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The diagnosis of a virus illness is generally made clinically with a history and clinical exam and does not require confirmatory testing. The clinical utility of respiratory viral testing in hospitalized children: a meta-analysis. antivirals for influenza) or public health recommendations (e.g., isolation for SARS-CoV-2). JAMA Pediatr.

Patients

Patients Hospital Illness Management

You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Attention to any toxidromes, any abnormal vital signs or mental status, eye findings, and neurologic examination provide the greatest help in narrowing the differential diagnosis. Clinical utility of screening laboratory tests in pediatric psychiatric patients presenting to the emergency department for medical clearance. Ann Emerg Med.

Lab Testing

Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health

Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

So, the consult will come in and then we’ll do what we call a clinical bedside evaluation, where we’ll go and see the patient at the bedside. Eric: I also wonder, is it just the utilization review standpoint? So, if it’s a hospitalized patient, usually the referral will come through to the SLP service.

IT

IT Patient-Centered Hospital Individual

Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

By diagnosis? And palliative care was as a program was just growing at Penn moving from just consult hospice to actually having a team when I was training. I have never myself called a palliative care consult as a trainee because we didn’t have one. And I practiced both on the palliative care consult team and in the ICU.

Consulting

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis IT

Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction. Additionally, hydralazine is another agent that was previously utilized in pediatric hypertensive emergencies.

Hypertension

Hypertension Management Physicals Lab Testing

Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. Inborn errors of metabolism in infancy: a guide to diagnosis. And importantly, call a stat genetics consult for further guidance or management. References Jeanmonod R, Asuka E, Jeanmonod D. Pediatrics.

Consulting

Consulting Individual Families Family

Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

So for those of you listening via YouTube, here’s the live version for those of you who are listening on the podcast, you’re going to get my prerecorded version with lots of loops and I’m doing consultation with my new music teacher who’s a music producer in LA. Alex: So we’ll see what these come out like.

Illness

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients

End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Eric: When I try to think about what a doula does, should I call it a consult? Well, I’d agree, John, for palliative care ideally starts around the time of diagnosis. That’s where we have the largest evidence base for palliative care in the outpatient setting, in the setting of serious illness around the time of diagnosis.

Provider

Provider Illness IT Healthcare

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

GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Eric 12:11 And we consult psychiatry. There’s a Boguts case, a patient with anorexia who utilized medical aid and dying. But some of the nuance I would want to point out is that, like Brent mentioned, first of all, this is not a diagnosis. Like 80 to 90% of patients we see have a psychiatric diagnosis.

Illness

Illness Mental Health IT Patient-Centered

Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. If they get palliative care consult, they get one. Within eight weeks of diagnosis of advanced disease. Can someone describe for me what a stepped model is?

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital

Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So one that the primary outcome was supposed to be documentation, which it improved documentation, it wasn’t powered to actually look at any utilization or hard outcomes. That this is iterative from diagnosis to end-of-life, right? And I think a lot of times when we get consulted, we’re asked for the outcome, right?

Illness

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients

Primary Care Digest

The Impact of a Health Professions Education Program on Concussion Management: A Multi-Methods Study of ECHO Concussion [Neurologic illness]

Understanding Growth Hormone Treatment via Online Care in Canada

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You don’t need X-Rays to tell if a child is constipated

More than the rule of 2s: All about Meckel Diverticulum

You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

Who should get Palliative Care? Kate Courtright

Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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

Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

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