Healthcare Professional Individual Primary Care Utilities 
GeriPal
JULY 19, 2024
Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. What should we use to screen individuals? Eric 19:56 Okay, but I’m a primary care provider. Who should get it if anyone?
The Motivated MD
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
For the better half of 2024, I have been periodically writing posts that are individual articles that double as potential chapters to a future book. Before we discuss each individual savings account, let us first highlight exactly what it means to ‘automate’ your savings. So yes, humans make mistakes.
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GeriPal
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
So what we found is up to 30% of people would call 911 again for a fall, and of those calls, some people became very high-utilizers and so they would call 911 over and over again. I think once someone becomes kind of a high-utilizer, it’s a slippery slope. All of these are factors that are on the individual level.
GeriPal
JANUARY 25, 2024
David: People with these illnesses suffer from persistent symptoms, poor quality of life, depression, anxiety, despite all the great things we do and all our colleagues in those specialties and in primary care and geriatrics. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. David: Yeah.
BMJ
MAY 10, 2022
Family physicians and family health workers, considered reliable sources of vaccine information, have a unique position where individuals in rural and urban areas can access frequently, uninterruptedly, cheaply, and easily [2]. Two hundred seventy-six of the healthcare professionals were reached (response rate: 85.4%).
GeriPal
JUNE 5, 2025
Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. Furthermore, only about half of nursing home residents nearing the end of life receive hospice care. So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? What about specialty palliative care?
GeriPal
MARCH 7, 2024
Whenever I take care of a patient, I see myself as a family practice doctor, but I’ve been a hospitalist, I’ve been a primary care doctor, and I’ve done palliative. It sets space between us and the individuals we’re trying to take care of. I often say that doulas are mirrors. Alex: Yeah.
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