Dr. Zaar

MAY 20, 2025

Some common culprits include: Hypothyroidism Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Menopause and perimenopause Insulin resistance Cortisol imbalances due to chronic stress Low testosterone in men These conditions can impact how the body utilizes energy, making it tougher to shed pounds—even with a healthy lifestyle. Are These Services Covered?

Appointment 52

Appointment Telehealth Consulting Treatment Plan 52

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

So, if it’s a hospitalized patient, usually the referral will come through to the SLP service. So, we use that information to formulate a treatment plan. Eric: I also wonder, is it just the utilization review standpoint? Eric: So, given that, what does the assessment for dysphagia look like? Eric: Great.

IT 124

IT Hospital Patient-Centered Individual 124

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. So what we found is up to 30% of people would call 911 again for a fall, and of those calls, some people became very high-utilizers and so they would call 911 over and over again.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Should eligibility and access be determined by clinician referral? If we move away from clinician referrals as the means by which people get access, how do we keep the clinicians engaged, and not enraged? Should we just use the referrals, whatever’s coming into us, whoever, whatever clinician decides. By diagnosis?

Consulting 99

Consulting Patient-Centered Diagnosis IT 99

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. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well. Eric 21:49 Yeah.

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Nurse Practitioner Referral Consulting Board-Certified 78

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Specialty referrals can be reduced or eliminated. EKGs Discounted lab services Laceration repairs Small skin lesion removal Medication dispensing Seeking to provide primary care services that are intended to prevent and treat general issues and diagnose non-urgent conditions.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Family Families 40

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

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Referral Family Medicine DO Primary Care 40

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. That’s a lot of information [inaudible 00:35:43], but I share some of that. Thanks to my son Kai for playing the guitar part in 5/4 with strange chords on Riverman by Nick Drake! Alex, is it okay if I ask?

IT 99

IT Patient-Centered Family Families 99

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

The specifics of how it does that depend on the population in which it’s implemented, and the outcome measure that is utilized. So I mean, I had referrals from as far as Canadian Arctic North, of people who were interested in doing dignity therapy. ‘I want everything.'”

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 98

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

So, basically, with a stepped care model, the goal is to tailor care delivery to the patient’s needs while at the same time utilizing less clinician resources. There was a difference, though, in hospice utilization, right? I don’t know if we captured where the hospice referral came from. That is correct.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I’ve been on a quest to build those services and support so that people can make true, informed decisions for themselves and their families. We’re selling objectivity, information, independence and choice. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff. Eric: Great, thank you both.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

So one that the primary outcome was supposed to be documentation, which it improved documentation, it wasn’t powered to actually look at any utilization or hard outcomes. And that kind of prognostic information can be just as valuable, really, to patients and their families planning as time-based information. Eric: Yeah.

Illness 98

Illness Patient-Centered IT Patients 98

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

We were the highest utilizers of telemedicine in the whole UCSF health system at that time which we’re very proud of. And how are you going to know that when you’re just getting random referrals from teaching hospitals, for example? I think at least we like to think of ourselves as ahead of the curve.

Telemedicine 73

Telemedicine Telehealth Patient-Centered Board-Certified 73