GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

And it’s with this information from the geriatric assessment that we can really create interventions, and so that’s something that Alex and I strongly believe that we should move forward with. And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it.

Patient-Centered 129

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 129

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? If we move away from clinician referrals as the means by which people get access, how do we keep the clinicians engaged, and not enraged? Should we just use the referrals, whatever’s coming into us, whoever, whatever clinician decides. By diagnosis?

Consulting 99

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis Referral 99

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. This is something we’ve heard from people: that if you just bring it up every year as part of your routine physical, like, “Any concerns about driving?” I can get you guys that information. Those things do just accumulate with age.

Families 102

Families Family IT Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. Some more assessment also potentially some interventional around total pain, including spiritual suffering that actually may worsen physical pain. So there is this overlap. Eric: LaVera, I got a question for you.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And now when I think about the clinic at Duke, when we’re really running on all cylinders, we can get ourselves up to a five, six, seven week wait for a new palliative care referral. We did not just rely on a physical symptom measure, which many of our colleagues are doing. It’s not just about physical symptom management.

Patient-Centered 119

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

It was information about our ACP facilitator. Ideally the conversation would happen before, but also clinicians were able to make referrals to facilitators. So we have to collect what information we have available from Health Information exchange and electronic health records. We were agnostic on the timing.

Primary Care 79

Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 79

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

And it was really good for my mental and physical… Physical health, obviously, but mental health really. And that kind of prognostic information can be just as valuable, really, to patients and their families planning as time-based information. Get the hospice referral. Those kinds of things. Eric: Yeah.

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98