GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

I think what we are starting to find with antibiotics, especially in older adults, is with increasing duration as well as increasing dose, older adults are especially susceptible to adverse events associated with the drugs as well as other risk factors like C. difficile infections.

Complication 97

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 97

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

And so to them, the real frustrating part is they’re supposed to be treating people like it’s a one-time event the very first time, and the system of EMS is not designed to be longitudinal complex care, and yet that’s basically what we’re seeing happening. I had no idea that people were calling 911 that much sometimes.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? Eric 11:05 So is there a trigger or what’s your referral criteria for the outpatient clinic? The majority of these folks have some sort of encephalopathic event, so making sure that they have a person and that person knows their wishes.

Patient-Centered 109

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 109

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

If it’s continuing and it’s getting worse and maybe they have some swelling in the legs, there are some subtle findings on the echo, but really think for a second, could this be this really common cardiovascular condition, echocardiogram, maybe even a referral to a cardiologist? Eric 14:10 Yeah. A pill organizer, having family.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

And this is really traumatic event for his street family and the street community that he knew. As you can imagine, get referrals from healthcare workers, emergency departments, primary care, cancer care hospital, you know, internal medicine to our service. And that’s about half of our referrals.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare IT Community Illness 100

GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

I think what we are starting to find with antibiotics, especially in older adults, is with increasing duration as well as increasing dose, older adults are especially susceptible to adverse events associated with the drugs as well as other risk factors like C. difficile infections.

Complication 52

Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

So we have a list of various interventions like hospice referral, like more intensive treatment for blood pressure, more intensive treatment for diabetes, for dysglycemia, hyperglycemia, statins, bisphosphonates. So the time to benefit page is trying to make the mortality indexes link more closely to the time to benefit.

IT 95

IT Clinic Screening Patients 95