Permanente Medicine

JUNE 3, 2025

Access is so important because that is the reason the patient signs up with health insurance is so that they can get care, whether primary or specialty. We have to get that right or else the patient [is] going to go to a different entity or a different insurance company. Let’s get this important cancer screening test done.

IT 52

IT Patient-Centered Patients Medical 52

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

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. So, I digress.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136