PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In fact, some Emergency Departments note that as many as one tenth of their patient volume is mental health. They carry existing diagnoses and are followed by outpatient mental health providers. Pediatric behavior and mental health is an epidemic, and one that is likely to get even worse.

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Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

And I remember being there and there was a patient who had seen inpatient and then subsequently outpatient who was so thankful in the weirdest in just this irrational way for having been diagnosed with liver cancer. They have poor pain, they have poor function, but you also can’t clearly make a diagnosis.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. So, for example, everyone who was diagnosed with an advanced or metastatic lung cancer had a prognosis on the order of months. Jennifer 04:25 I can take that on.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. 60% of all medical costs have nothing to do with your health diagnosis. This is reaching the highest utilizers with a wraparound suite of services. To Susan’s point.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier. They could have diagnosed him earlier. But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. So that’s I think diagnoses. But it was also later on in the disease. Diane: Yeah.

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