GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

So I think we’re poised now with the guide model and with the evidence we have about healthcare utilization, impact on caregivers, course of dementia, comorbidity management and all of that. I heard this beautiful thing the other day, which was to an electronic medical record, I am not a whole person. But I don’t.

Screening 119

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. And so I thought about it a while, called, and sure enough, they brought him up to the emergency room.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

The idea was to create a robust community-based infrastructure that could help older adults succeed in their homes and communities, whether they were healthy, how to keep them healthy or they were at imminent risk of emergency room visits, hospitalizations, or nursing home placements. And then, the system responds in turn.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

I had fun trying to make a danceable version with electronic drums for the audio-only podcast. It’s both institutionalized racism where there are policies and practices by corporations, by government that create inequality. We do talk about healthcare policy. Maybe we’ll get some BTS followers to subscribe to GeriPal?!?

Mental Health 116

Mental Health Community IT Screening 116