Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Four major themes emerged regarding clinical strategies for diagnosing and treating patients: patient history, use of ICD-10, application of the biopsychosocial model, and in-patient care. The majority (86%, n = 6) were under the age of 40, with 57% (n = 4) having been in practice for five years or less.

Clinic 130

Clinic Illness Mental Health Finance 130

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Anne Kelly: And I might add to what Anne just described in saying, I think part of the way we got to talking, getting to be able to engage the family is because we took some time to really improve our patient’s illness understanding. I’m not going to talk about finances. Eric: Lynn or Anne? I’m the doctor.

Family 98

Family Families Patient-Centered IT 98

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? We address the following questions with Nate: Has anything changed for the primary care doctor when diagnosing Alzheimers? But these tests were never designed to diagnose. Does a good history matter anymore?

Primary Care 97

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 97

GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Someone who’s healthy in their 60s and just got diagnosed with diabetes, yeah, they might benefit, if they have a very long life expectancy, to prevent that decline in kidney function. Those have a very, very long time horizon. Most of which, almost all of which were non-clinical, right?

IT 95

IT Clinic Screening Patients 95

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

I think part of this does stem from a clinical experience and also some of the theoretical models that have evolved around serious illness, you know, to think specifically about dementia. And so trying to think a little bit more about what could be driving some of those alterations in the trajectory for all kinds of serious illness.

Illness 63

Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 63

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

How is it financed and what comes next? If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115