GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

And so I trained as an epidemiologist before medical school, and started out studying prostate cancer. And in my medical training, becoming a primary care doctor, I realized that older adults, women and men were having a lot of these same symptoms. And so really am fascinated by tough medical decisions.

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Management IT Medical Patient-Centered 122

GeriPal

JULY 3, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary In this week’s episode, we dig into two deceptively simple questions: When does someone become a cancer survivor, and should palliative care be in the business of caring for them? She’s a palliative care doc and researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

We have two new FDA-approved medications that reduce that amyloid buildup and modestly slow down the progression of the disease. So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? How should we screen for cognitive impairment? Great to be back. I loved it.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

Completion of advance directives and billing codes for advance care planning as quality metrics. Links to a few couple items mentioned on the podcast: Objectives for Advance Care Planning. Eric: We’ve got a lot talk to about out around advance care planning and serious illness communication. Among other topics. Here we go.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In the early 1990’s, California Medical Facility (CMF) created one of the nation’s first licensed hospice units inside a prison. Keith per many reports, is the heart and sole of the hospice unit and oversees the Pastoral Care Workers. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. The instructor, Fran Cook , gave all the students a survey without explanation.

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome Joel Weissman, who is a health services researcher and deputy director and chief science officer for surgery at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Harvard Medical School. Really, a smart and caring woman. Did I get that right? Joel: Oh yeah. Alex: Oh, good. It was Remember Me.

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Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

An end-of-life doula is a non-medical support person that provides a longitudinal relationship with aspects of medical, I mean, aspects of companionship, presence, holding space, some logistics, some practical help, decision making perhaps. But before we jump into that topic, John, do you have the song request for Alex? John: I do.

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GeriPal

JUNE 23, 2022

Mara Schonberg is associate professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. In the podcast she gives very practical advice with language to use, and references her decision aid, which is available on ePrognosis here. Mara keeps working at it, and the more she works, the closer we are to fine.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

Skepticism on the ability of predictive models to transform healthcare Consolidation of EHR’s into the hands of a very few companies, and potential for the drug and device industry to influence care delivery by tweaking AI in ways that are not transparent and already a sort of magical black box. .” Bob: I’ll give it a try.

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