GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Consultations versus telehealth. We would make referrals to psycho oncology.

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? If we move away from clinician referrals as the means by which people get access, how do we keep the clinicians engaged, and not enraged? But definitely always had the bug to be the one to jump into the family meetings in the ICU, lead them. By diagnosis?

Consulting 99

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis Referral 99

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. So we see a lot of problems with symptom management, a lot of family conflict.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Eric: Well, what are the odds that two family members focus on a similar topic and do research together? laughter] Alex: We love the family theme. So one of the big pieces of this is that idea of a referral at a second time when they’re less overwhelmed and stressed to figure out what happened. It works really well for us.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

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. In many cases, the families were the victims of the crime. And we’ve really tried to serve that hospice mission of serving the patient and the family.

Family 132

Family Families IT Community 132

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Have you had a family history of substance use disorder? Even if the cancer gets cured, they’re not going to become their buprenorphine prescriber, the palliative care consultant. Should it just be referral to their PMD, who’s all, “Why are these people telling me to do all this stuff all the time? Should they?

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. 80% died exactly where they wanted to and 83% were reconnected to family or friends through a psychosocial support system that we put into place.

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Healthcare IT Community Illness 100