Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: There has been a steady increase in pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for mental health. These visits are costly and preventable, representing a failure to address the mental health needs of children. vs. 29.5%, p<0.0001), and have lower proportions of people insured with Medicaid (44.9%

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Telehealth as an alternative to in-person health appointments gained prominence at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health institutions rapidly adopted video and voice consultations to limit viral transmissions. Also, telehealth can be a barrier to health equity, as it is sometimes limited to affluent populations.

Telehealth 130

Telehealth Consulting Hypertension Mental Health 130

Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

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Primary Care Preventive Care Preventative Care Primary Care Physician 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

And you could say the same thing about insurance companies. Insurance companies will pay for a lot of drugs that have really not a whole lot of evidence at a lot of costs. But to this day, I haven’t heard of an insurance company that’s willing to cover cannabis. Aren’t they asking you, what are you doing, mom?

Medical 98

Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 98

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

So for those of you listening via YouTube, here’s the live version for those of you who are listening on the podcast, you’re going to get my prerecorded version with lots of loops and I’m doing consultation with my new music teacher who’s a music producer in LA. Alex: So we’ll see what these come out like.

Illness 102

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 102

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We could look at cancer registry linked with… Like, I see here Medicare type big data sets, but then you have to rely on insurance claims and that’s going to underestimate SUD when most people aren’t getting treatment and it’s a tough nut to crack. I think- Eric: I was going to say that. Katie: Yeah. Jessie: Right.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

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. It’s like a long, I don’t know, almost like a quarter-mile centipede with legs, and the legs are the housing units, the medical units, inpatient mental health.

Families 132

Families Family IT Community 132