Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

Weight loss programs for older adults also benefit from co-management by an interdisciplinary team that may include a geriatrician, an obesity medicine specialist, an endocrinologist, a registered dietitian, a bone metabolism specialist, a physical therapist and an exercise physiologist.

Management 52

Management Primary Care Physicals Telehealth 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

The intervention involved mailing medication-specific brochures to patients before their primary care appointments (click here for the brochure ). Within the VA , there’s a program called Whole Health, which is really about trying to engage patients in many different modalities for pain management and just self care.

Specialization 119

Specialization IT Patient-Centered Medical 119

GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. And so to develop that equation, they use the cohort of individuals and their data, their blood samples, creatine and other physical attributes.

Complication 97

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 97

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. And one person even called the system 75 times and that was just a light-bulb event for me. laughter] Carmen, welcome to the GeriPal podcast!

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. So kind of from a primary care point of view, the guys are doing okay. He’s in Boston. And Matt brought today’s topic to us.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Kate and Ashwin talked about their research on the prevalence of lifetime trauma and its association with physical and psychosocial health among adults at the end of life. So there’s an event or a series of events. So there’s an event or a series of events. I guess that’s an event.

IT 66

IT Patient-Centered Screening Patients 66

GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Physical therapy had walked with him that day and noted improvement compared to previous walks, suggesting that he should be discharged to a skilled nursing facility for rehabilitation on discharge. At the end of the day, I lamented that physical, occupational, and speech therapists aren’t more tightly integrated with palliative care teams.

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Patient-Centered Hospital Patients IT 132