Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

At its core, the technology utilizes sophisticated speech recognition to transcribe a conversation in the exam room or at the bedside. By removing the need to constantly look at a screen or type notes, we can be more present and engaged, fostering stronger therapeutic relationships and improving patient satisfaction.

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Patient-Centered Telemedicine Clinic Electronics 52

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. How to screen for hearing loss. Association of Sensory and Cognitive Impairment With Healthcare Utilization and Cost in Older Adults. Is that right?

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IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This week, we talk about the other major palliative care trial of default palliative care consults for hospitalized older adults with COPD, kidney disease, or dementia, published in the same issue of JAMA. Panelists Kate Courtright and Scott Halpern have no relationships to disclose. and consulting for Papa Health. Scott: Yes.

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Consulting Hospital Patient-Centered IT 121

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Panelists Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates have no relationships to disclose. So what we found is up to 30% of people would call 911 again for a fall, and of those calls, some people became very high-utilizers and so they would call 911 over and over again. I had no idea that people were calling 911 that much sometimes.

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Community Transportation IT PCP 115

The Clinical Problem Solvers

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Screening for substance use and offering connections to treatment and community-based services are important strategies that clinicians can implement in their own practice today. One example that is presented involves the complicated relationship between the United States and Chinese immigrants and farmworkers in California.

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Community Patient-Centered Mental Health Board-Certified 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. If I remember correctly, I think the average was, people were screening positive for depression in this study. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. David: Exactly. Eric: Same thing, right?

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Patient-Centered IT Illness Patients 122

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

And so we do have consultants who come in the building. And usually it’s simply for a consultation. And, you know, some, some relationship with hospice, some might not do many referrals at all to hospice. Some will have stronger relationships with hospice. But we, we do a lot of, a lot of care in the facility.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78