PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , Brad Sobolewski discusses advanced imaging in pediatric emergency care with Dr. Jennifer Marin ( jennifer.marin@chp.edu ) from UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. We know that nine out of ten children that go to the ER do not go to children’s hospital ERs.

Families 101

Families Family Hospital Patient-Centered 101

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

I didn’t know where they existed within the hospital. Eric 07:04 You actually created things like a curriculum for hospital medicine fellows in radiation oncology. And sort of a few years ago, we would sometimes see referrals a bit later than we would have liked. There really was very little. So I think education is key.

Patient-Centered 102

Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They weren’t hurt, they didn’t need transport, and we were seeing the same people over and over again. So it’s just a wide-opening lens that most of us never really get to see if we’re on the hospital-based side. ” Someone’s about to discharge from a hospital, we tell them they need to get grab bars.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

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 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.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

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? Katie: Yep.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136