The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Treating less serious ailments gets faster, more targeted and more efficient, while the means for curing more serious and life-altering illnesses improve. Digital contact lenses sound like science fiction: the translucent layer on your eye transmitting special information about your body to an outside device.

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Barton Associates

MAY 1, 2025

adults had a mental illness in 2023, and about half (46%) of them did not get any treatment. Moreover, locum NPs often bring diverse experiences and specialized skills from various settings, enhancing the overall quality of care and knowledge base within the facilities they serve.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

For those with serious illness, sleep problems and insomnia are all too common. Brienne: I think that what you’re bringing up is that if you look at somebody who’s a behavioral sleep specialist and who specializes in treating insomnia and they hear that the way you treat insomnia is through sleep hygiene, then they groan, right?

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PEMBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

This episode is a co-production of the Emergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center whose mission is to minimize morbidity and mortality of acutely ill and injured children across the emergency continuum. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

Internists manage a wide range of conditions, including chronic illnesses like hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, as well as acute issues such as infections or injuries. Internist : Specializes in adult medicine. After completing their core training, some internists choose to specialize further.

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

And really, the best that had ever been looked at, especially in our population and sort of a cancer serious illness population. The chart that I have in my book and that I use in practice and so many healthcare systems have adopted already, is the very best, cutting edge data we have. Landmark study. I could put them on 7.5

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Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 11, 2025

Preventive Care: Your First Line of Defense Against Illness When it comes to your health, waiting until something goes wrong isn’t the best approach. Instead, adopting a preventive mindset can help reduce your risk of illness, improve long-term outcomes, and even limit the need for more serious interventions. Are they the same?

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

However, at Mesa Family Physicians , we believe that preventive healthcare is the cornerstone of long-term wellness for our Mesa, Arizona community. Arizona’s climate and lifestyle present specific health considerations that our Mesa-based medical professionals are specially trained to address.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

We’ll discuss three recent clinical trials involving patients with serious illness, joined by our guests James Downar , Ali John Zarrabi , and Margaret Ross. We’re going to be talking about new research in psilocybin in serious illness. Margaret 22:45 So the eligibility was that they had to have a life threatening illness.

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Mesa Family Physician

MAY 8, 2025

These visits help catch illnesses before they become more serious, reduce healthcare costs in the long term, and improve overall quality of life. By investing time in preventive care, you’re helping reduce the burden on the healthcare system while ensuring your own physical and mental resilience.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

On today’s podcast we talk with three experts on buprenorphine on why, when, and how to use it in serious illness. Adapting Palliative Care Skills to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Patients With Serious Illness . We got some really special guests with us. But does this drug really live up to the hype? Transcript.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Have you ever found yourself in need of medical attention but overwhelmed by the myriad of clinics and healthcare options out there? Navigating the healthcare system can be daunting, especially when you're unwell or caring for someone who is. These services go beyond treating illnesses; they aim to keep you healthy in the first place.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Coming off as rote and scripted during a serious illness conversation can have a similar off-putting impact on patients and families. One bump is just the classic pitfalls we often talk about in serious illness communication: being very jargony, very information focused, and just providing information. It flows very well. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary How do people react when they hear they have a serious illness? And some people, in addition or instead, engage in deep introspection on how to make meaning or live with or understand this experience of serious illness. Shock, “like a car is rushing straight at me” (says Bill Gardner on our podcast).

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 23, 2024

It’s where you turn for regular check-ups, advice on staying healthy, and help with managing any chronic illnesses like diabetes or hypertension. Think of it as the front line of healthcare—the first place you visit when you have a medical concern, whether it’s a persistent cough or a more complex issue like heart disease.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling. In today’s podcast, we had the opportunity to learn from a renowned expert in palliative care, Eduardo Bruera, about cachexia and anorexia in serious illness. When people have no appetite, they know they’re ill. Alex 03:31 That was fun.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Earlier this year palliative care was the correct response to the following clue on the game show Jeopardy: From a Latin word for “to cloak”, it’s the type of care given to seriously ill patients to provide comfort without curing. We had tried to actually select people who didn’t have a serious illness. Marian: Thank you.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 29, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Serious illness communication is hard. During the podcast, we reference a newly released second-edition book that our guests published titled “ Navigating Communication with Seriously Ill Patients: Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope.” Eric 01:42 So we’ ve got an exciting topic today.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

GeriPal post on “fast food” style palliative care in chronic critical illness. Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. Additional links: Editorial on Areej’s study. Palliative care in lung and GI cancers. Transcript.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

all of whom focus their efforts on educating the general public about living and dying with a serious illness. ” They’re never really interested in learning about things that we know as healthcare workers. We’ve invited: Julie McFadden (aka Hospice Nurse Julie ): Julie is a social media superstar, with 1.5

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Alex: Okay.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Michigan residents have been buzzing about a primary care clinic that’s setting a new standard for healthcare across the state. One of the reasons everyone is talking about this clinic is its cutting-edge approach to healthcare. Here’s why everyone is talking about it! The clinic in Royal Oak is perfect for my whole family.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

– Serious Illness Conversation Guide podcast. What I fell in love with and felt incredibly compelled by was the taking care of seriously ill patients and particularly helping them negotiate emotionally the experience of being very seriously ill. Psychiatric training is about major mental illness. AlexSmithMD .

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Social workers augment a team’s ability to provide whole-person care, often aiding to identify and meaningfully address the wide variety of challenges and unmet needs faced by individuals and families facing serious illness. And so there are different levels of power within our healthcare system. ” And we started in this way.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

What I think so special about palliative care is that there’s some really radical and important ideas that sort of undergird our work and that provided a foundation for our work. You’re talking about a paradigm shift in healthcare. If you read just one, read Palliative Medicine – Just Another Specialty ? by Kearney.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

We talk with Kate about how despite how far we’ve come in palliative care research, we still don’t have answers to some fundamental questions, such as: Who should get specialized palliative care? We can’t possibly meet the needs of all people with newly diagnosed serious illness. By diagnosis? By prognosis? It’s what I know.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

Arguing for the state of Missouri against the Cruzan’s was Ken Starr, who would later be assigned the role of special prosecutor in the investigation of the Clintons (Whitewater, Lewensky, etc). Eric: Initially it started with living wills back in the early-1970s development of durable-powered attorneys for healthcare. Alex: Bernie.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

Jenny Chen is a palliative care fellow at Yale who regularly sings for her seriously ill patients. My voice is nothing special. Just encourage patients and families to bring music into their healthcare experience. There’s a small book called Music and Creativity in Healthcare Settings written by Hilary Moss.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. This was an investigative report about fraud and healthcare, pure fraud, pure victimization of vulnerable people. Lauren: Thanks for having me. Alex: And she’s going to be a guest host today.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Eric: I’m looking forward to talking about art and humor in palliative care and we’re caring for seriously ill patients. I think that there are times when we use humor to cope, and that’s a special and very tender space for of people to share in, but is not something that you want to expose to the light of the world.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

And yet, disenrollment from hospice, either due to patient/family revoking the benefit or stabilization of illness (extended prognosis) is remarkably high for people with dementia among some hospices. Eric: Alex, we have a super special today. We’ve got a hospice super special. Alex: We have a hospice super special day.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Sarah: But as you bring your inner circle into your care, you know, how does that that that feels like an important group to be assessing in terms of psychological outcomes and kind of what their experience with the process is like as they’re navigating illness and serious illness. Alex: LJ, are you going to add to that?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The illness narratives suffering, healing, and the human condition. Naomi: Well, I have a special place of not being a doctor within this great group of people. The post The Nature of Suffering: BJ Miller and Naomi Saks appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. 2023.11.004.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

nursing homes grapple with serious illnesses, and roughly half experience dementia. Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. Consider this: the majority of the 1.4 What do we know about.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

These hick pick codes are available to any chaplain in a healthcare system. Really important person, who later in his life got very interested in healthcare. And as you’ve written in your work, there is a justified mistrust of the healthcare system and an ethic of struggle that needs to be appreciated.

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