BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By Paul Amendola, Executive Director, VecnaCares Reference: Bartlett L , Avery L , Ponnappan P , et al, Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000845.

Patient-Centered 40

Patient-Centered Provider Clinic Patients 40

GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. Alex: First three words would be, family and history and diversity. Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Anne: Is there a movement? I love them.

Community 101

Community IT Individual Patient-Centered 101

GeriPal

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Instead, what if your surgeon told you that the operation she was discussing could help with only 4 things: live longer, feel better, prevent disability, or obtain a diagnosis? Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Justin Clapp, who is assistant professor of anesthesia and critical care and medical ethics and health policy.

IT 128

IT Families Family Patient-Centered 128

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

Disruptive events are medical, surgical. And hospitalization for pneumonia is like a medical event. We focus on function and mortality because these are outcomes that really are important to patients and families. And maybe we’ll turn now from these medical and surgical events to start talking about social events.

Illness 93

Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 93

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Within eight weeks of diagnosis of advanced disease. So I don’t know how clinically meaningful that week difference was to families. And it’s a lot easier to calculate prognosis likely from, you know, the labs and the medical record than it is to, like, get patients to stomp onto a survey about quality of life.

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

Mike Rabow shares his award winning poem about coming out to the world about his diagnosis with multiple sclerosis. . We talk not only about reading poetry, but also writing poetry, and using poetry in medical education as a healing modality. Links to Redwing’s poetry workshops: Food for Thought Poetry for Resiliency.

Patient-Centered 93

Patient-Centered IT Community Illness 93