GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Emmy: But we know that physiologic changes with aging, like decreasing night vision and so forth, as well as medications, as well as medical conditions, can all affect whether you can drive. Somebody who’s older, maybe just diagnosed them with very mild dementia. They’re really not. Emmy: Yeah.

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Family Families IT Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care.

Primary Care 95

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 95

GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Devika Nair, who is a nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System. That includes many medical specialists, surgical specialists, many specialists and many other disciplines who are on our older adults team. Rasheeda, welcome to GeriPal.

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Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, for example, everyone who was diagnosed with an advanced or metastatic lung cancer had a prognosis on the order of months. And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. Stupid theory.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It could be in housing, it could be a standalone senior center, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling and nutrition education done by registered dieticians. I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. To Susan’s point.

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

But most people with dementia are initially diagnosed and medically managed in primary care, and they really desire clinicians to initiate these conversations but there are a number of really important barriers for these conversations taking place. There’s also education that goes with it, educating, like, what does that mean?

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Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 79

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

And that really is what prompted me to get certified as a sexual education provider. A lot of people, and we have some data to say that you might have distress, but sex is not one of the reasons for your distress when you’re first diagnosed. And then I subsequently entail, yeah, it was interesting.

Illness 130

Illness IT Physicals Patients 130

PEMBlog

MAY 9, 2024

Obviously, you should ask about immunization status and whether or not the child has any underlying medical or neurologic problems or developmental delay. And so briefly, let’s talk about that neurology referral and follow up. You’re providing education and reassurance to a worried family. You can do this.

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Illness Vaccination Family Families 59