Physician's Weekly

JUNE 26, 2025

The emergency room has become a pressure cooker, and healthcare professionals are paying the price. series The Pitt has drawn praise for its unflinching portrayal of the ED, including a widely discussed episode in which a patient’s family member violently assaults a nurse. The Warner Bros.

Emergency Room 59

Emergency Room Healthcare Physicals Healthcare Professional 59

GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

So on today’s podcast we invite four brilliant individuals to talk about their perspective on how to change how we as a society and health care system partner with individuals with dementia. She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief.

Community 101

Community IT Individual Patient-Centered 101

GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

And so they can go to frankaustdeseski.com or mettainstitute.org and find out about upcoming workshops and that sorts of thing. And I think up until the time when my aunt was passing, I had been very afraid of the idea of death in my family. I cracked myself in my head of these individuals. But it also made me think.

IT 122

IT Patient-Centered Patients Relationship 122

GeriPal

MARCH 16, 2023

And then I feel like when I’m in clinic I’m helping individuals, and you only have so much time to help so many people. I came from a family where you didn’t write things down, somebody could find them and hold you to them or all of that kind of stuff. There’s a little paranoia in the family for good reason.

IT 105

IT Healthcare Professional Healthcare Transportation 105

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

Those are all things that could dramatically be a major health shock for an individual. We focus on function and mortality because these are outcomes that really are important to patients and families. So there may be a reason that the the social safety net plays a role in preventing the negative effect of a negative workshop.

Illness 93

Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 93

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

And that’s where a lot of hospice referrals happen for these individuals when they’re really declining and they get discharged with, with hospice. So I don’t know how clinically meaningful that week difference was to families. Eric 34:41 All right, Chris, my theory, and you can tell me if this is a dumb theory or not.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119