GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

But there are times that a primary care physician or an internal medicine physician may make the referral. Even if it’s a discussion that is involving the primary care physician, the geriatrician, the medical oncologist, the surgical oncologist. Eric 09:13 Do you ever get it from a hospice agency?

Patient-Centered 102

Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They weren’t hurt, they didn’t need transport, and we were seeing the same people over and over again. But what was really interesting is the transport to the hospital was actually going down in their system. What do you think of that?” ” And I was fascinated, I’d never really thought about it.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. 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. If your symptoms get worse before your appointment, you may need to go to urgent care.

ER 52

ER Telehealth Primary Care Doctor Appointment 52

GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Alex 00:12 We have a guest host who has requested this episode, Matt Shuster, who’s a geriatrician and palliative care doc. And also I was in the HVMA primary care program. So kind of from a primary care point of view, the guys are doing okay. He’s in Boston. And Matt brought today’s topic to us.

Primary Care 113

Primary Care Patient-Centered IT Patients 113

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Emmy: Because if you’ve got other ways to get things delivered or you have good public transportation or you have a lot of family around, that’s a very different kind of calculus than if you live on your ranch and there’s no way to otherwise get to town, and there’s nobody else around. Is this our role? Emmy: Yeah.

IT 102

IT Family Families Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Kathleen 14:03 I mean, back to Cari’s, you know, what Cari was talking about, about financial barriers to palliative care services in the nursing home setting. Eric 14:32 So there’s financial disincentives for interdisciplinary palliative care teams. Connie 31:36 Particularly for people with dementia.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Most palliative care clinicians would refer back to their primary care provider and not change their hydrochlorothiazide dose or add another agent. Eric: This comes down to also like, if I find… As an oncologist, somebody has very high hypertension, is it my role to control that hypertension? Most oncologists would say no.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136