GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

So we measure things like hospitalizations and ed visits and the like, and those data are a bit weaker, but they’re also, you know, I think they need to be contextualized in what, why we would even want to reduce hospitalizations right. I don’t have access to change the levers of government. Why would we want to?

Screening 119

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

AlexSmithMD (still on Twitter at present). Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. I mean, people who used to be in hospitals are now with quicker DRGs. So, the top two were that assisted living communities, in those communities the resident should be present during assessment and care planning.

Community 97

Community IT Mental Health Medical 97

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

He had a 14 month recovery in hospital and rehab and continually asked to have life sustaining treatment suspended so that he could be allowed to die. So she bled a lot and finally called for help and was transferred to the hospital, where she started crashing in the trauma room. She didn’t die in the hospital.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

And so I was really thinking about why are some of my people that are hospitalized doing better than others? I’m wondering, you talked about that patient who was really isolated and coming to the emergency room. .” I’m ageist as a geriatrician that I like older people as I always say, not the younger folks.

IT 99

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

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 that’s critical. Eric: Yeah.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The way we were treating him with dementia in the hospital, the way we talked about him, that he’s not there. Malaz: … to restrain them in the hospital. Over 90% of the room. So what that means is I take care of you just in my clinic, just in my hospital. And I was terrified. Diane: That’s what happened.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125