Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

The United States doesn’t have enough doctors and the problem is only growing—according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) , the country is facing an estimated shortage of between 13,500 and 86,000 primary and specialty care physicians by 2036.

Private Practice 52

Private Practice Healthcare Internal Medicine DO 52

GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. What are the risks and rewards of new classes of medications? When I’m on nursing home call, the most common page I receive is for a blood sugar value. How high is too high?

Diabetes 73

Diabetes Management Patient-Centered Families 73

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

And I’m using these personal sound amplification products, these PSAPs for young adults who are in their mid twenties, transitioning off of their parents’ insurance, or they’re going to college and they no longer qualify for Medicaid as a child, and they don’t have hearing aids anymore.

IT 102

IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Their success is understandable : they offer a fast and easy method to check any skin conditions, typically for a fraction of the cost of a traditional healthcare appointment. Self-surveillance solutions, disease guides, educational apps as well as telehealth platforms appeared naturally in dermatology in the past decade.

Patients 111

Patients Healthcare Board-Certified Telemedicine 111

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

During my training, I didn’t receive much education about radiation oncology, and I’m not entirely sure what some of the terms mean (hypofractionated means fewer sessions, right?). I was really fascinated not only with the medical side of things, but some of the. So I think education is key. Anish 04:13 Yeah. Thank you.

Patient-Centered 102

Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

GeriPal

OCTOBER 24, 2024

David is a physician who wrote the book “ Stoned: A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” and gave a TED talk on “ A Doctor’s Case for Medical Marijuana ” that was watched over 3 million times. laughter] Alex 01:39 Material here for songs related to medical marijuana or marijuana in general. Eric 01:34 Yeah.

Medical 98

Medical IT Patient-Centered Healthcare 98

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. Certainly my bias is that healthcare professionals really do have a role in this discussion. They’re really not. Emmy: Yeah.

Families 102

Families Family IT Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

Today we largely focus on reasons for caution, including: We know almost nothing about psychedelics in older adults – only about 1% of patients in published trials were older adults, much less older adults with multiple chronic conditions, multiple medications, and frailty. Or is that your medications causing that? Or does it?

Patient-Centered 91

Patient-Centered Community IT Medical 91

GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Zachary: I mean, I did my med school and residency training in Louisville, Kentucky, and I had a second year med student lecture from Joe Rotella who was, I think the chief medical officer at Hospices at the time. This delineation of you can use the same medication for one indication without training.

Illness 102

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 102

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

As somebody who works in a nursing home, I can barely read a nursing home note anymore because if it’s on electronic medical record, it’s usually a bunch of check boxes, several pages. Then there’s workforce, so thinking about the education and training of the workforce and how do we enhance that. Jasmine: Technology.

Finance 95

Finance Board-Certified IT Provider 95

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Lastly, we discuss Katie’s paper on substance use disorder in an aging population and how one can incorporate the 5 Ms (ie, matters most, medications, mind, mobility, and multicomplexity) into a framework for age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Who do we have with us today?

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Alex 00:27 And we’re delighted to welcome S a ch Kale, who is a palliative care doc at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. But my medical training kicked in. Or they might, you know, they might sell their medication, which this population is also prone to. Who’s going to manage these medications?

Patients 72

Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 72

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

An end-of-life doula is a non-medical support person that provides a longitudinal relationship with aspects of medical, I mean, aspects of companionship, presence, holding space, some logistics, some practical help, decision making perhaps. That’s probably too medical. I’m using my medical brain. Jane: Right.

Provider 117

Provider Illness IT Healthcare 117

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

And assisted living doesn’t offer the same level of medical supportive services as nursing homes. That services need to be in the building, I think is an important one to talk about because people in nurses nursing homes do have a lot of medical issues. You know, they’re trying to give medication to a number of patients.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. I’ve been running a medical storytelling program called the Nocturnus.

IT 107

IT Community Patients Families 107

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Janet Abrahm is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care. I wanted to ask you about some medications that are sort of hot medications, that only palliative care experts seem to know a lot about. Eric: Can I ask?

Management 101

Management IT Patients Families 101

GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

Then, it was like, well, it does as well as, and now, better than humans passing the medical boards, passing the law boards, doing great on the SAT, all that stuff. maybe eight or 10 months ago, “Please write a prior authorization to the insurance company. ” Now, that of course is wacky. Bob: Yeah. Bob: Thank you, guys.

IT 139

IT Electronics Patients Healthcare 139

GeriPal

AUGUST 1, 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.

IT 116

IT Diabetes Chronic Disease Patient-Centered 116

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. It could be in housing, it could be a standalone senior center, home delivered meals, nutrition counseling and nutrition education done by registered dieticians. You go back home.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

And that really is what prompted me to get certified as a sexual education provider. We sort of set physicians, or I would say we set medical providers up a little bit when we say, you really should us ask, but then we don’t give them the resources or the sense of training about what to do next.

Illness 130

Illness IT Physicals Patients 130

GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Insurance companies. Healthcare provide. Healthcare companies. Eric 11:54 And also lots of other things we don’t even think about too revolve around this life insurance and whether or not how much you can sue your doctor or healthcare providers for depends if the patient’s still alive or if they’re dead.

IT 113

IT Families Family Patient-Centered 113

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. I had the tenacity and education to try to figure this out. But for other- Diane: And it’s on the medical side. Diane: Yeah.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

And we then did a bunch of work to develop medical criteria, to choose the right patients for hospital-at-home. And then, it did, finally, come to an end, but the hospital-at-home community was able to educate policymakers. What is it about my insurance, that does not cover me staying in this hospital?”

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115