GeriPal

MARCH 30, 2023

This week we’ve invited three guests to share their stories about storytelling that’s written for healthcare providers. And so, it’s about going live on stage in the medical audience, and everything from the whiteboard in the surgery room saying, “Here’s the lineup. The first guest is Liz Salmi. Eric: Lucky Strike.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary You may have heard of Area Agencies on Aging, but do you really know what they do or how they do it? What about State Departments of Aging or state master plans for aging? Do you know how these agencies fit in with programs like Meals-on-Wheels or other nutritional support programs? Susan: It is my anthem.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

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. Proposing the clinicians ask a simple follow up question to the usual “do you feel safe at home?” So here is a little bit.

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GeriPal

JULY 7, 2022

It’s also probably hurting your Room Rater score, which was a 10 out of 10. We discussed the nature of pain, what makes chronic pain different from acute pain, what’s the difference between proprioception, pain, and suffering, and so much more. Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But the consequences are real, from research funding dollars to health systems investment. . Since then there has been a lot of back and forth, with even a couple of podcasts from us, several JAMA viewpoints, and most recently a series of published replies from leaders in the field on why ACP is still valuable (see below for references). .

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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.” Malaz: I love it.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Algorithms using millions of direct observations of a persons behavior to provide an authentic portrait of the way a person lived? When Teva Brender and Brian Block first approached me about writing a thought piece about this idea, my initial response was, Hell no. You may be thinking the same. Or does it raise more issues than it solves?

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 108

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Diminished reimbursements from the state-federal health insurance program for those with low incomes or disabilities would further erode hospitals’ ability to stay open and maintain services for their communities — populations with more severe health needs than their urban counterparts. That’s closer to 50% now, he said.

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