Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. It also covered related pain management and physical therapy after she returned home to New York City. The bills totaled more than $100,000.

Insurance 52

Insurance Patient-Centered Government Provider 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. I don’t have access to change the levers of government. They’re dedicated, committed, they’re there for their patients and they understand it’s really important.

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. The patient case. I think the theme is more saving someone’s life and the regret that follows.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

But, should we as clinicians care about the social lives of our patients? Are there meaningful ways of assessing loneliness and social isolation in clinical settings and connecting patients with interventions? Has kept me interested, the patient experience and the older adults in the community, their experience.

IT 99

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. And she had started this practice following her mental health patients as they got older, and invariably over decades of her practice, her practice became an assisted living practice, because all of her patients ended up moving into assisted facilities.

Community 97

Community IT Mental Health Medical 97

GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

Ongoing reports from patients about anti-Asian hate experiences Should clinicians screen for Anti-Asian hate? This question, while providing an opportunity to talk about direct and indirect experiences, can be asked of all patients, and opens the door to conversations about anti-semitism, islamophobia, or anti-Black racism.

Mental Health 116

Mental Health Community Screening IT 116

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Care Ecosystem.

Patient-Centered 125

Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125