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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

You present your. Jace 29:36 We see higher rates of mental health challenges that I think are due to overcoming adversity. And then if, let’s say they plan to switch to you as their primary care provider, then there are a few steps that you can take. So that’s how. Just how you. Your gender.

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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

To start with assessing all these syndromes and palliative care related problems and geriatric syndromes, so that we can create interventions that allow people to receive the cutting edge therapies. So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

But as a first year resident trainee at the University of Toronto, I cared for a young man in his early 30s while working in a shelter. He was a person with schizophrenia, he was a person who used drugs and he presented in pain crisis to our shelter. We have world class primary care, cancer care, palliative care.

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Normalcy, Introspection, & the Experience of Serious Illness: Bill Gardner, Juliet Jacobsen, and Brad Stuart

GeriPal

He studies the mental health system in the ways in which it has failed children and adolescents, and he writes about his experience with cancer in a blog, the Billgardner.substack.com, Billgardner, one word. We have a Canadian theme going. We just had Harvey Chochinov on. Alex: Thank you, Bill. Thank you for sharing that story.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

And so even being asked, you know, like, it’s very hard for an individual to feel, to say, yes, I’ve had recurrent trauma in my life and that’s affected my mental health, my physical health, my cognitive health, et cetera. Eric 25:04 What is Trauma Informed care? Trauma informed care approach.

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