Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. This is a serious sign of airway obstruction and requires immediate care.

ER 52

ER Telehealth Primary Care Doctor Appointment 52

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

And the same nudge, the withdrawal of life support nudge, also decreased the time to comfort care orders. But importantly, it did not change the frequency of comfort care orders. It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality. Emergency rooms.

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Caroline: I want to throw in a geropsych aspect, where this kind of Venn diagram between geriatrics, palliative care, nursing home care; as a geropsych consultant in over 100 nursing homes in three states, I found this issue all the time where the staff are just like, “This person with advanced dementia is pulling out their feeding tube.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Families Family 60