ER, Families, IT and Specialization

Helium-Filled Dreams

StorytellERdoc

JULY 2, 2014

I asked him about his family. Over my numerous years as an ER doctor, I have met people that I never would have had the fortune, or misfortune (as some would say), to otherwise meet. And yet, he was without a supportive family. It was she who got me to volunteer for my first Special Olympics as a teenager.

Specialization

Specialization ER Families Family

A Decade of Blogging!

Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Okay, now I'll admit I've done a horrible job of keeping up with the blog lately especially given that this is only my fifth post of the year, but today is still super special for me. Headshot from this year that I forgot to post lol It's my 10th blogiversary, y'all! Looking back, it has literally taken a village though!

Medical Student

Medical Student IT Medical Individual

Corona Together

StorytellERdoc

MARCH 18, 2020

Gone are the carefree smiles, the uncomplicated daily lives, and the thought that we and our families are immune to unexpected death. Friends and family have asked me my thoughts on Covid-19, maybe believing I have some special information simply from being on the front lines. We are all scared. We feel helpless. Use it wisely.

ER

ER Illness Physicals Provider

The Power Of A Nurse

StorytellERdoc

MAY 7, 2020

She doesn't want to be late for her family reunion. She sits down on the cracked leather chair in front of her computer, wishing for the world she was sitting at a picnic bench with her family instead. My family practitioners' and specialists' nurses, always greeting and treating me with a big smile. This is the life of a nurse.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Families Family Patients

Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. For others, this piece, while painful to read, gave voice to what they have been feeling over the last decade – hospice has in some ways lost its way in a quest of promoting profit over care. JAMA Health Forum. Is it you, Ira? Eric: Great.

IT

IT Provider Patients Families

Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

This is not highly scripted orchestral music, people, its Jazz. -S And I was fortunate to record an episode of my medical mixtape with Tyler at the w hich meeting were we at, Tyler ? Tyler 01:12 AHPM. We were in Denver. Alex 01:15 AHPM. So check that episode out. Check all the episodes out. It’s a terrific podcast, Tyler. Welcome, Tyle r.

IT

IT Patient-Centered Patients Board-Certified

Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Graphic Novels. Graphic Medicine. I’m not sure what to title this podcast but I’ve been looking forward to it for some time. Heck, I’m not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

IT

IT Hospital Patients Illness

Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

Consider it a supplement to what you remember from Biochemistry and the instructions on the family’s laminated care plan sheet. My special guest podcaster, Emily Groopman, is an actual Pediatric Geneticist in training and we hope that you will find this episode useful. So, importantly, you may not have a positive family history.

Consulting

Consulting Individual Families Family

RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

primary palliative care interventions seem to fail, whereas specialized palliative care interventions have a relatively robust track record of success. You know, most, most ERs admit, you know, far fewer than 50% of their patients. They go to observation and go home or just get discharged straight from the ER? They got feedback.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients

Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. So has a special resonance for, I think, a lot of people who are Tragically H ip fans.

IT

IT Community Patients Families

Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex. Bill 01:52 I do. Bill 01:53 Alex asked me for a song that was resonating in my head at the time, and it would be Guy Clark’s song, T he Cape. Eric 02:01 Why guy Clark’s the Cape? Bill 02:03 Oh, it’s a long story. I’ll make sure. Here we go.

Patients

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital

Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

How has the history of redlining and the federal tax subsidy of wealthy (mostly white) people in the form of a mortgage interest deduction contributed to racial inequalities in homelessness? What can we do about it? What are the highest yield interventions and policy changes? What should we call it – homeless or unhoused? Eric: I love this.

Mental Health

Mental Health IT Community Individual

What Lessons Have We Learned from the First COVID Surges? Jim Wright & Darrell Owens

GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Lucky, Jim and many others like him were willing to come on to our podcast those first several months of the pandemic and share their experiences and lessons learned caring for COVID positive patients and their family members. . That was his literally his life during those spring months of 2020 and it scared the hell out of me. .

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Patient-Centered Vaccination Emergency Room

Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In addition to discussing these outcomes, we also discuss: The history of the hospital-at-home movement. The practicalities of how it works including who are good candidates, where does it start (the ED?), what happens at home, do you need a caregiver, what happens if they need something like imaging? How is it financed and what comes next?

Hospital

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT

Primary Care Digest

Helium-Filled Dreams

A Decade of Blogging!

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Corona Together

The Power Of A Nurse

Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison

Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

Sweet! A Metabolic Disorders focused podcast episode

RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

What Lessons Have We Learned from the First COVID Surges? Jim Wright & Darrell Owens

Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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