Vascular Physician

APRIL 22, 2024

Whether you are showing signs of a vascular concern, have been diagnosed with a disease, or are striving to prevent a vascular illness from occurring in the future, a vascular ultrasound can give your healthcare provider a clear image of how well blood is flowing to the organs and tissues throughout your body.

IT 52

IT Diagnose Specialization Healthcare 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. So, we are not screening for substance use in cancer care, so we don’t get good estimates among people with cancer, which is really how we would prefer to ask the question. Katie: Yeah.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

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. And so we do have consultants who come in the building.

Referral 78

Referral Nurse Practitioner Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Katie: Yeah.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

So we looked at hospital referral regions, and we looked at high- and low- intensity regions. Ruth: Very strong odor, devoid of furniture, broken screens … Eric: So it was the physical environment and … Ruth: Physical environment. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. Ruth: Absolutely.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Family Families 60

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And I’m worried about all of us as healthcare workers, but particularly… And when I say particularly those in the hospital, because they are just tired. If they had a healthcare agent, then this would be better, right? And I think a lot of times when we get consulted, we’re asked for the outcome, right?

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

But in California where I practice medical aid and dying is legal and similar to other issues that are controversial in some places, many physicians do not prescribe or do visits for medical aid and dying consultations. And how are you going to know that when you’re just getting random referrals from teaching hospitals, for example?

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73