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Patient experience with Social Prescribing Program in Ontario, Canada [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Social Prescribing (SP) is an approach to help individuals address their health and social needs wherein a healthcare practitioner refers patients to non-clinal services in the community. Models of SP vary, and the experience of patients across these models is less known. ARC: All (N=17) participants used navigation.

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

GeriPal

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. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. How are the health systems designed or not designed to meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness? What we hear is that it is more trauma informed in many contexts to have people first language.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. Eric 07:08 Which of the patients that you think you’re helpful for, you want referrals? ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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A Podcast on Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas

PEMBlog

You can either get one little individual canister of nitrous, or a big canister which costs about 120 to 120. For those already misusing inhalants, referral to a substance use disorder program is essential. The primary effects are euphoria, dizziness, and disorientation. Theyre felt within seconds and last 15 to 30 minutes or less.

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

GeriPal

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. We randomized individual patients either to the SKY framework or to usual care. That’s a lot of information [inaudible 00:35:43], but I share some of that. Did it have any impact? Lexy: Yeah.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Eric: So in some ways, this is kind of like the VA, where you don’t have to follow Medicare guidelines, but you can actually actively do concurrent care for these individuals. We have about 450 inpatient mental health beds. We also look at their mental health. Michele: Yeah. We have that. Alex: Mm-hmm.

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