Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Have you ever found yourself in need of medical attention but overwhelmed by the myriad of clinics and healthcare options out there? Navigating the healthcare system can be daunting, especially when you're unwell or caring for someone who is. Building a relationship with your primary care doctor should be a priority.

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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. Plus , check out some home remedies that could help you feel better quicker.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Alex: And we’re also delighted to welcome Diah Martina, who’s a palliative care doc and physician researcher in Indonesia, who wants to start a podcast in Indonesia about palliative care, and she’s primarily observing today and also attending the ASCO GI conference here in San Francisco. Welcome to GeriPal, Lyndsay.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The many arguments, theories, & approaches across settings and conditions are explored in detail in the book they edited, “ Intentionally Interprofessional Palliative Care ” (discount code AMPROMD9). Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. There were trip hazards, loose carpets, some people were hoarders. And yet, after assisting the older adult to their feet, the EMS providers would leave. Their job was done. It’s not surprising that the number of repeat calls for falls is alarmingly high. Alex: I think this is a first.

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GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Alex 00:41 And we’re delighted to welcome Noelle Marie Javier, who goes by “she” “her” and is a geriatrician and palliative care doc professor, newly minted – c ongratulations – And a clinician educator at Mount Sinai in New York City. Jace, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Noelle Marie 01:19 Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

AlexSmithMD Links: Papers on AI and palliative care and concerns about bias: [link] [link] Comparison of machine learning vs traditional prognostic methods based on regression: [link] Other links on the issue of AI and racial or ethnic bias: Are Robots Racist? I’m sure this is a subject we will return to, given the rapid progress on AI.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Eric: We got a ton to talk about with you, Kate, about palliative care research into it. Also the daughter of Tim Quill, well known in palliative care. How did you get interested in palliative care research and the stuff that you’re doing right now? I was always critical care bound since medical school. Transcript.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: The problem is we communicate late, we share prognosis late, we elicit goals and values late, so all the time while they’re in the ICU getting prolonged intensive care, we don’t really know that we’re providing goal concordant care, so we wanted to nudge it a little upstream. I’m just stunned even writing that!

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

And so as you think about the conditions that mean that you need care and support in a nursing home, it’s easy to see why many of us feel that palliative care, there are a lot of palliative care needs of nursing home residents just because of the nature of the conditions and reasons that got you there. No problem.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

We’re both in my mind, and I’m biased, great team players, the palliative care team, the chaplain is a great, everybody’s super. So I’ve always worked in coronary care units and cardiac step-downs. Eric: And probably, you didn’t have to twist Alex’s arm for a Neil Diamond song. Here we go.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Jessie, last time we had you on in 2017, we asked you the question, should palliative care fellowship training include management of chronic pain? I got this.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Today, we talk with Bernie Lo, prominent bioethicist and practicing primary care internist, and Laurie Dornbrand, geriatrician at the IOA On Lok PACE, about the legacy of Nancy Curzan. Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. I really don’t know life at all.”

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

We also touch briefly on topics discussed in prior podcasts such as loneliness and federal responses to the pandemic in relation to long-term care. It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. How to make your voice heard and get involved.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

What makes palliative care for people experiencing homelessness challenging? What is unique about the practice of palliative care for people experiencing homelessness? We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. Today we discuss: What is the best terminology?

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. Today we focus on an intervention , published in JAMA, that gave emergency clinicians basic palliative care knowledge, training, and skills. They got a decision support tool that identified hospice patients or those who might benefit from a goals of care discussion.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Maybe I can turn to both of you about how you got interested in thinking about decision-making and surgical care for those with dementia. Really, a smart and caring woman. So, that was maybe 20 years ago at this point and it really got me down the road thinking about advance care planning, end-of-life care, and similar consequences.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. The instructor, Fran Cook , gave all the students a survey without explanation.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Afterwards, we chat with the prison’s chaplain, Keith Knauf. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

Rhymes with mullet (On the podcast we debate using the French pronunciation, though it sounds the same as the French word for chicken). We discuss an article they wrote about PULET for the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, including: What makes a PULET a PULET? Key ingredients are both potentially unsafe and low evidence.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. But before we jump into that topic, John, do you have the song request for Alex? John: I do. It’s Jimmy Buffett’s song, Bubbles Up. You were a what?

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

This came from a JAMA IM study that Ruth just published, the Advanced Study of Association of Nursing Home Organizational Culture and Staff Perspectives with Variability in Advanced Dementia Care. Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Caroline. Caroline: Thanks, Alex. I know it’s a mouthful. It’s exciting to be here. Thanks, Alex.

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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. Louise, welcome back to GeriPal. Bill 01:52 I do.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

Skepticism on the ability of predictive models to transform healthcare Consolidation of EHR’s into the hands of a very few companies, and potential for the drug and device industry to influence care delivery by tweaking AI in ways that are not transparent and already a sort of magical black box. .” Bob: I’ll give it a try.

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By John Scott Frazer, Glenn Ross Frazer Reference : Frazer JS , Frazer GR, Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e001143.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Before we do, I think, Joe, you have a song request for Alex. Joe: I do. I would like to hear Space Oddity and it’s because I can’t imagine being more lonely and isolated than being in a tin can orbiting around the earth by myself and just how comforting it is even to hear that scratchy little voice from ground control. Joe: Right.

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