GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

So, if it’s a hospitalized patient, usually the referral will come through to the SLP service. Eric: I also wonder, is it just the utilization review standpoint? Eric: So, given that, what does the assessment for dysphagia look like? Nicole: Yeah, so again, it does depend a bit on the setting.

IT 125

IT Patient-Centered Hospital Individual 125

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. I had no idea that people were calling 911 that much sometimes.

Community 116

Community Transportation IT PCP 116

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well. Eric 21:49 Yeah.

Nurse Practitioner 78

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? If we move away from clinician referrals as the means by which people get access, how do we keep the clinicians engaged, and not enraged? Should we just use the referrals, whatever’s coming into us, whoever, whatever clinician decides. By diagnosis?

Consulting 100

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis IT 100

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Did your intervention Lexy actually have any effect on utilization, which again, somewhat argue is the reason that services palliative care get funded? And so helping physicians have more fluency in general spiritual care and how to make referrals to specialists when needed. Lexy: Well, so no. Eric: And lastly, LaVera.

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Families Family 99

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

The specifics of how it does that depend on the population in which it’s implemented, and the outcome measure that is utilized. So I mean, I had referrals from as far as Canadian Arctic North, of people who were interested in doing dignity therapy. Or was able to do dignity therapy with somebody who was in a personal care home.

Patient-Centered 98

Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

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. There was a difference, though, in hospice utilization, right? I don’t know if we captured where the hospice referral came from. That is correct.

Patient-Centered 120

Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 120