GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: Yeah, some of the thoughts I’ve had in thinking about this: we did not require communication, training and education of the clinicians. Eric: I think about it as the first one to address individuals’ curative therapy. We started pre-pandemic and very quickly it went to telehealth, so it was primarily telehealth.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And so we worked closely with a community advisory group who, through focus groups, told us how it was that black and white individuals with serious illness had wanted to be treated. The black individuals wanted to have a separate one from the white individuals. And resource utilization was very low in all the groups.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? Eric 17:06 Think like almost 50% of nursing home decedents utilize hospice, and that number has grown over the last two decades. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well. Eric 33:25 What about telehealth? Is that a black box?

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

This DEA is taking 6-months to consider how to move forward vis a vis restrictions and requirements for telehealth in a post-pandemic world. So we’re going to be talking about telemedicine, telehealth for people with serious illness. Now is the time to act, dear listeners! This is Eric Widera. Well, what do we do now? Eric: Yeah.

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