GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

Nadine: I would argue, insurance doesn’t agree, that anyone with diabetes should be on a CGM at least initially for behavior modification. It has to do with movement and food in a lot of ways- Tamryn: Physical activity, nutrition, dietary changes. Eric: Maybe everybody who gets admitted in a nursing home, just boom, CGM.

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Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Family 73

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Often when there’s a cognitive concern, it’s a family member that is calling saying, “I just want to make sure my mom should still be driving after this happened, or after this diagnosis.” Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. Those things do just accumulate with age. Emmy: Yeah.

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IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

We really like the community doctors to know, so those of you listening, that our patients, they’ve lost their physical freedom, but they have autonomy in terms of their medical decision-making just like anybody else. You can choose comfort-focused care or you can choose to continue chemotherapy.

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Family Families IT Community 132

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

So this is about two and a half, three years out from leukemia diagnosis. It sits at the intersection of emotion, interpersonal, physical, psychological, cultural. All guests agree that clinicians feel they need to have something they can do if they open Pandora’s box. And I said, sure. We haven’t really talked about this.

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Illness IT Physicals Patients 130

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. But what happened when we finally… When he did get the diagnosis, it all fell into place. That never happens in CMS and other health insurance. Diane: Huge.

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Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The other way to think about who’s eligible… I talked about coming at this from a diagnosis point of view, people with certain conditions that you need to be hospitalized for. Just think about something like a nurse visit, a nursing visit, or a physical therapy visit. Bruce: This is, Ghostbusters, basically, a ham radio.

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Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115