Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Health-related social needs (HRSN), such as housing, food, and transportation, play a major role in overall patient health and well-being. ITS model- proportion of individuals who screened positive for at least one HRSN, aggregated by week. Logistic regression model- binary indicator for a positive screen.

Transportation 130

Transportation Screening Individual Primary Care 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

Hispanic), 64% (95% CI, 59-69%) reported social risks in 1 or more domains, including food insecurity (22%), financial hardship (28%), housing instability (14%), transportation needs (9%), education and employment (9%), and discrimination (41%). 10.2]) and cost-related medication non-adherence (OR, 11.8 [2.7-52.1]),

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Transportation IT Insurance 52

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

But I think where it ends up causing problems is just if they’re going to have many sessions, transport to and from, and just the overall cost that can be essentially not feasible for the hospice. Sometimes individuals have lung tumors that make it difficult for them to breathe. There may be co pays or things like that.

Patient-Centered 102

Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

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. Alex: Yeah.

Families 102

Families Family IT Diagnosis 102

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 the nurse can’t dose it, they have to individually dose it.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? And that came down a lot of times to asking the provider whether they felt they met criteria and then also looking to see if they had the financial, like the proper insurance or things like that. Because when you’re on a SNF stay, hospice is also a part A.

Referral 78

Referral Nurse Practitioner Consulting Board-Certified 78

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. This includes transportation, driver’s license, parks, volunteerism, housing, and of course health and human services. Again, as Greg said, where the individual chooses what works best for them.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89