Hospital, Patients, Referral and Screening

Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care (PC) practices that implement Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) can identify, reduce, and prevent problematic alcohol use that otherwise could go undetected. While screening and brief counseling in PC is considered best practice, it is not standard practice.

Primary Care

Primary Care Screening Nurse Practitioner Referral

A Call for Engagement Outside of the Exam Room

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

There is robust data regarding the importance of patient connection and engagement in the hospital and clinic setting. Many of us are taught in medical school and residency the importance of patient communication on improving patient satisfaction scores, quality metrics, and professional fulfillment.

Chronic Disease Management

Chronic Disease Management Community Education Chronic Disease

Combating Food Insecurity in Minnesota

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Through food pharmacies, food insecurity screenings and innovative community partnerships, health care providers are ensuring patients get the nourishment they need to thrive. Encourage Healthy Eating Through Vouchers: Many clinics and systems have voucher programs in place to help supplement food for patients.

Family Physician

Family Physician Community Family Families

The Physicians Foundation Announces New Recipient in Leadership Award Program, Recognized for Addressing Drivers of Health

The Physicians Foundation

AUGUST 15, 2024

is honored for his transformative work, connecting patients with primary care and critical health resources BOSTON, August 15, 2024 – The Physicians Foundation is proud to announce Jubril Oyeyemi, M.D., Jubril Oyeyemi, M.D., The award is named in honor of Richard (Buz) Cooper, M.D., president of The Physicians Foundation.

Primary Care

Primary Care Community Chronic Disease Management Education

Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved. Analyzing the Health and Retirement Study, she found 60% of older adults screened positive for depression in the last year of life (related study here ). That rings true to me.

Mental Health

Mental Health Patient-Centered Illness Screening

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

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Does it improve outcomes that patients, caregivers, and clinicians care about? hint: 80% can be done in advance by patients or caregivers) Why is it that some oncologists are resistant to conducting a geriatric assessment, yet have no problem ordering tests that cost thousands of dollars? Welcome back, William. William: Thanks so much.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic

Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. And so, let’s help them.

Illness

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT

EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. It was eyeopening to see patients in their own home. And so that really triggered my interest.

Community

Community Transportation IT PCP

Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

I’ve worked in hospital settings as an occupational therapist, inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Initially, it was just because there weren’t really answers for my patients. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury. How did you get interested in this?

IT

IT Family Families Diagnosis

Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

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. Practical strategies to overcome these barriers and enhance care. Thank you so much.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified

RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

On the other hand, all of our guests agree that chaplains are often the most vulnerable to being cut from hospital and health system budgets. I just think that some of the hardest things we face are coping with and making decisions for patients when they can’t decide for themselves. It is a screening? Is it an assessment?

IT

IT Patient-Centered Families Family

New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

GeriPal

OCTOBER 27, 2022

As Alex Lee says on our podcast today, all prognostic models will be wrong (in some circumstances and for some patients); our job is to make prognostic models that are clinically useful. I think this is a really difficult topic to talk about with patients. She has a point. Prognosis is inherently uncertain. James: Yeah.

IT

IT Clinic Screening Patients

Dignity at the End of Life: A Podcast with Harvey Chochinov

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Harvey is probably best known for his work in developing dignity therapy, a psychological intervention designed specifically to address many of the psychological, existential, and spiritual challenges that patients and their families face as death approaches. Scientific American Letter to the Editor: Response to Downar et al.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness

Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Ruth: Thank you.

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Families Family

Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back, a frequent guest to our podcast, Rachelle Bernacki, who’s a palliative care physician and geriatrician at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. We see our patients and our families throughout the illness trajectory into the hospital.

Illness

Illness Patient-Centered IT Families

Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Clinicians could care for patients across state lines, could prescribe opioids without in person visits, could bill at higher rates for telemedicine than previous to the pandemic. Many patients benefited, not only those isolating due to covid, but also patients in rural areas, patients who are homebound, and many others.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified

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Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

A Call for Engagement Outside of the Exam Room

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Combating Food Insecurity in Minnesota

The Physicians Foundation Announces New Recipient in Leadership Award Program, Recognized for Addressing Drivers of Health

Psychological Issues in Palliative Care: Elissa Kozlov and Des Azizoddin

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

Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee

Dignity at the End of Life: A Podcast with Harvey Chochinov

Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

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