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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

It's the first point of contact for all your medical needs, from routine check-ups to managing chronic conditions. During these regular appointments, doctors conduct various tests and screenings to catch issues early. No more googling "ER near me" in a panic; you can get quick and competent care at an urgent care center.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

GeriPal

We then walk through how we should screen for anxiety and how we should think about a differential. I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. And they’re like, now we want them out of the ER, but they won’t leave. Brianna 00:41 Thanks.

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

GeriPal

I’m originally an ER physician. I’d been doing ER medicine for over a decade when I went back to palliative fellowship. You might see me on the TV screens next year. You know, actually, Eric, I want to tell you, actually, about a different patient, if you don’t mind, instead of Mr. A. At a standstill in rooms.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

In terms of their risk, in terms of how we think of preventive health, as we think of screening, all of those things, I would turn around to the geriatricians and say, “Check your implicit bias. They didn’t go to the psych ER again. The psych ER was still open, and they spent money. We spend money in healthcare.

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

GeriPal

Darrell: And so I’d set up in conjunction with our emergency room team and our hospitalist, a 24/7 screening process for, at the time, anybody who’s over 65. The hospitalist didn’t want them screened, didn’t want to have any discussions with goals of care. The screening process is obviously shifted.