Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Early identification and intervention in behavioral aspects of chronic diseases leads to improved function with decreased healthcare utilization, yet we know little about referral patterns for behavioral support of chronic disease. 88% (n= 11,483) of BH referrals were created for the management of a mental health condition.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Palliative medicine focuses on quality of life for patients with serious illnesses. Objective Describe the population of patients referred to a palliative care clinic and observe their healthcare utilization patterns. Referrals were predominantly from Pulmonology (60%). Among these patients, 53% identified as male.

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Patients Diagnosis Patient-Centered Utilities 130

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? If we move away from clinician referrals as the means by which people get access, how do we keep the clinicians engaged, and not enraged? We can’t possibly meet the needs of all people with newly diagnosed serious illness. By diagnosis? By prognosis?

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Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis Referral 99

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

nursing homes grapple with serious illnesses, and roughly half experience dementia. The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

That’s why we use the terms assessment and intervention and we think of assessment as a skill of a very advanced skill that chaplains have of doing an in-depth evaluation of a patient or family member, and then the interventions should certainly follow naturally from that. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine.

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IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Harvey is probably best known for his work in developing dignity therapy, a psychological intervention designed specifically to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as death approaches. Scientific American Letter to the Editor: Response to Downar et al.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Juliet and Rachelle are two of the authors of a recent JAMA viewpoint titled “Shifting to Serious Illness Communication.” . Also see the image below from Alex’s editorial in JAGS , a Venn diagram of advance care planning and serious illness communication. Shifting to Serious Illness Communication. Transcript. What is it?

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Illness Patient-Centered IT Families 98