GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Had multiple physical, psychological complications as a result of that. Just an extraordinary cast of individuals who were really so incredibly inspiring. I guess one question for providers is, as we dive into individual sense of dignity, and I guess threats to that dignity, is potentially feeling like we’re opening this box.

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Tom: So we did this study because patients who go through the stem cell transplant process face a lot of misery in terms of physical symptoms, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, and even a risk of PTSD afterwards, sort of like a medical trauma, you might think of it. I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field.

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Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Alex: It gets very local and individualizes as you were saying. And I actually think the cool thing about a needs-based approach would allow us to better utilize the service. How do we best utilize the power that we have in a really efficient way that allows us to reach more patients where they are and what they need.

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Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis IT 99

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Chaplains can do an assessment of the spirituality of the individual and then they use interventions that are part of their discipline and those interventions are tailored to the individual’s spiritual and religious needs of the person that they’re caring for. They followed them during the course of their hospital stay.

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IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

So we’re going to be talking about palliative care for individuals with mental illness. It’s one of the core things that we think about palliative care is you got the physical, psychological, social and spiritual symptoms. There’s a Boguts case, a patient with anorexia who utilized medical aid and dying.

Illness 101

Illness Mental Health IT Patient-Centered 101

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. We did not just rely on a physical symptom measure, which many of our colleagues are doing. It’s not just about physical symptom management. That is correct.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

Wait, so one key message is that social health is linked to physical and cognitive health?!? Those are all things that could dramatically be a major health shock for an individual. And the government can do something about that?!? Yes indeed, we like to hammer that home regularly, dear listeners. Alex 14:28 Yeah, yeah.

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Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 93

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Too many people do because it’s really hard to keep their loved ones at home for the cost, the enormous financial, mental and physical strain for the family. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. Diane: Which too many people do, Malaz. Malaz: Correct. And guess what?

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Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And so I’m not sure if this is true for Joe or for Brooke, but even before the pandemic in our practice here, we saw somewhere around 40 to 50% of our patients via telemedicine anyway, because we have a catchment area of patients who live very far away, many of whom have a lot of physical disability and other limitations to coming in person.

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Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73