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Sickle Cell Crises: A Deep Dive into Patterns of Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Sickle cell disease (SCD) was identified as one of our hospital's most common causes of readmission. We noted that a small number of patients are readmitted multiple times. This indicates poor quality of life (QOL) for SCD patients and a high financial burden on the healthcare system. The average age was 32.2 ± 14.6,

Finance

Finance Medical Patient-Centered Healthcare

Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

Permanente Medicine

APRIL 16, 2025

Affiliation will allow groups to drive high-value care and innovation PORTLAND, ORE, April 16, 2025 – Oregon-based Northwest Permanente (NWP) and The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) of Northern California announced a formal affiliation today. Most transactions are largely focused on size, scale, and finance.

Medical

Medical Patient-Centered Community Hospital

Permanente Live webinar — Finding success in value-based care

Permanente Medicine

JUNE 23, 2025

But there is still much to be learned about how and why it benefits patients and health care systems. About Permanente Medical Groups Permanente Medical Groups are self-governed, physician-led, prepaid, multispecialty medical groups composed of more than 25,000 physicians. million Kaiser Permanente members.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Community Integrated Care Finance

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport of the agitated child

PEMBlog

JUNE 7, 2023

There are protocols in place that assist highly trained Emergency Medical Service providers in assuring that agitated children are safely transported to their destination. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources.

Transportation

Transportation Patient-Centered Management Finance

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

When we think of managing agitated patients we think of medicines – but that shouldn’t be our first option. However, medications can be adjuncts to non-pharmacologic means to help keep agitated children safe from harm.

Management

Management Patient-Centered Finance Transportation

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Furthermore, the connection between physical and functional symptoms is inextricably linked in many patients. Why then do we persist with the “is it medical/organic or psych” question? Diagnostic yield of head CT in pediatric emergency department patients with acute psychosis or hallucinations. Government.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Mental Health Management Finance

Lead, follow or get out of the way

Physician's Practice

JUNE 20, 2025

Topics Access and Reimbursement Billing & Collections Coding & Documentation Finance Law & Malpractice MedMal by Coverys Patient Engagement & Communications Staffing & Salary Technology Media Video & Interviews Podcasts Medical World News Pearls Surveys Best States to Practice Great American Physician Survey Staff Salary Survey (..)

Management

Management Patient-Centered Appointment Patients

Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary You know when you walk out of a patient’s room and have that sense, “This isn’t going to go well.” The patient is sick and getting sicker, and refuses to let you talk with family or other members of her inner circle. Should you stop at “no?” That’s a huge amount of news all at once.

Families

Families Family Patient-Centered IT

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

Patient that are agitated should always be treated with dignity and respect. Marianne Gausche-Hill New England EMSC: New England Regional Behavioral Health Toolkit Disclaimer The Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S.

Management

Management Patient-Centered Physicals Finance

Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. I know you’ve been a strong advocate for nursing home patients particularly in California.

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Group ACP and Equity: Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, LJ Van Scoy

GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Others cited the call from communities to meet them where they are – be they senior centers, Black-owned businesses, or churches (we have a podcast planned in the fall with Fayron Epps and Karen Moss on the church setting). I see us measuring choice of a medical durable power of attorney. Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

Community

Community IT Patient-Centered Primary Care

Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

But from our clinical work, many of us are familiar with people with dementia who experience sudden shocks to their health, think hip fracture, think hospitalization for pneumonia. Disruptive events are medical, surgical. And they’re often a sign of (or cause of?) worsening prognosis. I have no idea what that is.

Illness

Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered

Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Hospitals are hazardous places for older adults. These hazards include delirium, malnutrition, falls, infections, and hospital associated disability (which about ⅓ of older adults get during a hospital stay). How is it financed and what comes next? Annals of Int Med. Annals of Int Med.

Hospital

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT

Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

Helen Haskell’s 15-year-old son, Lewis, died after surgery in 2000 because weekend hospital staffers didn’t realize he was in shock. The episodes turned both women into advocates for patients and spurred research that made American health care safer. It also has published tools and guidelines to enhance patient safety.

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Primary Care Digest

Sickle Cell Crises: A Deep Dive into Patterns of Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

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Permanente Live webinar — Finding success in value-based care

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 4: Safe prehospital transport of the agitated child

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 3: Pharmacologic management of agitated children

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

Lead, follow or get out of the way

Involving the inner circle: Emily Largent, Anne Rohlfing, Lynn Flint & Anne Kelly

Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

Group ACP and Equity: Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, LJ Van Scoy

Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

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