GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

And so to them, the real frustrating part is they’re supposed to be treating people like it’s a one-time event the very first time, and the system of EMS is not designed to be longitudinal complex care, and yet that’s basically what we’re seeing happening. We’ll get four people done.”

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Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In recent years, pressures to decrease hospital length of stay and increase throughput, the rate at which patients are moved in and out of the system has contributed to a culture in many acute care environments where physical therapy functions primarily as a consultation service for discharge planning. Lynn: Oh, that’s cool.

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Patient-Centered Hospital Patients IT 132

GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

It was like kind of a co op with this common space that different groups could rent for events and meetings and things like that. We have recently, for our larger events, and even not as large events, we have people send us their stories. His lymphoma had relapsed, and palliative care was consulted to help with his symptoms.

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IT Community Patients Families 107

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. We have world class primary care, cancer care, palliative care. Eric 40:08 Okay, right after this podcast, I gotta go back to the inpatient consult service so you can see I’m focused on this issue.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare IT Community Illness 100

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

And that these serious illness conversations ought to involve more palliative care consultations, I think. Is there a role for the primary care doctor, for the anesthesiologist, for the consulting team, for … Eric: Integrative geriatrics. We’re available, palliative care. Alex: Mm-hmm.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. Lona: Yeah, no, I think, Thank you for the question. There’s a team now with them behind them making sure that they stay safe and held in our communities.

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Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. So they can be referred by their primary care doctor or to us. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy.

Families 132

Families Family IT Community 132

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:27 And we’re delighted to welcome for the first time, guest Bill Ander e ch, who’s a primary care internist and senior scholar in Sutter Health’s program in M edicine and Human Values, a program that he co-founded with a former UCSF faculty member, Al Johnson. So in some ways, it was an iatrogenic event.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98