Sound Physicians

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I was born and raised in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Toronto with my family. I interacted with Sound clinicians during my residency, and seeing the impact they had on the patients and hospital leadership was inspiring. I saw how they approached problems and put out fires. What keeps you at Sound?

Hospital 52

Hospital Telemedicine Healthcare Provider 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Ramona: Well, I’ve always been interested in health equity, always been interested in looking at disparities, and the disparities that I have looked at most often have been for patients at the end of their lives. The trainee said to me something like, “But I haven’t seen any geriatric patients yet.” Eric: Yes.

IT 91

IT Patient-Centered Healthcare Patients 91

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

And she had started this practice following her mental health patients as they got older, and invariably over decades of her practice, her practice became an assisted living practice, because all of her patients ended up moving into assisted facilities. For those of you who do family meetings, doesn’t that take a lot of time?

Community 97

Community IT Mental Health Medical 97

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We talk with Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones about the hospital-at-home movement, which has been shown to reduce costs, improve outcomes and improve the patient experience. JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115