Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

When you think of healthcare, you likely think of doctors first. One way to increase access to care to patients who need it—especially those who live in rural areas with a higher shortage of healthcare professionals—is for current physicians to take locum tenens positions.

Private Practice 52

Private Practice Healthcare Internal Medicine Family Medicine 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 30, 2025

In the other corner, we have the young upstart, able to reach patients across vast distances when delivering palliative care, all in the comfort of wearing pajamas, we have telehealth delivered palliative care. Eric 01:08 On the other, we have the young upstart telehealth delivered palliative care. Consultations versus telehealth.

Telehealth 105

Telehealth Patient-Centered IT Patients 105

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care.

ER 52

ER Telehealth Primary Care Doctor Appointment 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Mental Health 122

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening 122

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: The problem is we communicate late, we share prognosis late, we elicit goals and values late, so all the time while they’re in the ICU getting prolonged intensive care, we don’t really know that we’re providing goal concordant care, so we wanted to nudge it a little upstream. Also the same hospital system?

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

So, you know, using telehealth companies to shuttle patients to neurologists who will, you know, prescribe the drug with questionable oversight. And this complete lack of attention to the real needs of persons with dementia is really kind of a shameful part of US healthcare. Ken 19:41 Amen. And very frail. Eric 29:17 Yeah, so.

IT 64

IT Hospital Screening Patients 64

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

But, you know, I’ve talked to a lot of palliative care providers, a lot of people caring for people with serious illness. I see this in the hospital when I’m doing addiction medicine consults. Like if a person has an issue, struggle with alcohol, I’m not their alcohol provider, but I may be their opioid provider.

Patients 72

Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 72