Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Weight loss programs for older adults also benefit from co-management by an interdisciplinary team that may include a geriatrician, an obesity medicine specialist, an endocrinologist, a registered dietitian, a bone metabolism specialist, a physical therapist and an exercise physiologist.

Management 52

Management Primary Care Physicals Telehealth 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

I point this out a lot more nowadays to the resident teams that consult. If the consult is for “code status,” I always ask them, take a look at your past conversations. It’s such a physical act, showing just how strong doctor’s moral resolve is to save a life. But we gave it as an option. Sunita: I know.

Illness 136

Illness IT Patient-Centered Family 136

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. You know, we found that 64% of the people we cared for never went to the hospital or ER. How do you actually physically find them if that’s the case? He had overdosed due to a combination of alcohol and street drugs.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare IT Community Illness 100

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

So in some ways, it was an iatrogenic event. There was also a second event in that the pressures chosen weren’t the ideal ones. I mean, obviously nobody fed her the pill with the intention of choking her, but it wasn’t like suddenly she had another event out of the blue because she had a bad heart. Eric 46:49 Yeah.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98