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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Integrated Care News by CFHA

It moves away from fragmented systems, provides alternatives to medication-only treatment paths, and leads patients to practical pathways for healing—whether for anxiety, diabetes management, depression, or addiction. Non-medical interventions will sky-rocket if you pay for monitoring of behavioral interventions.

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Deprescribing Super Special Part II: Podcast with Elizabeth Bayliss, Ariel Green, and Kevin McConeghy

GeriPal

And this paper really gave us some important insights into older adults’ priorities about medication use that can inform these conversations. Elizabeth: Then at the same time, over the course of a year, we provided what we call tip sheets, which were educational nuggets for clinicians once a month at their provider meetings.

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

Thats my main take-home point after learning from our three guests today when talking about trauma-informed care, an approach that highlights key principles including safety, trustworthiness, peer support, collaboration, empowerment, and cultural sensitivity. Eric 00:15 And we have three guests to help us talk about trauma informed care.

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

GeriPal

It goes from if they meet medical criteria, it goes directly back to the sentencing court, and then we have open communication with the courts so that we can provide medical information. And the dad just totally lost control, major anger management issues. And in that one fell swoop, they lost their mom.

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

We sort of set physicians, or I would say we set medical providers up a little bit when we say, you really should us ask, but then we don’t give them the resources or the sense of training about what to do next. So cancer.net has information on this. I mean, I don’t actually think it’s. I have as well.

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