PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not. Ann Emerg Med.

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Lab Testing Medical Patients Mental Health 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And resource utilization was very low in all the groups. Eric 14:24 So it’s hard to improve resource utilization for these people where some of them didn’t sound like the sickest of people admitting them to the hospital, but all had some type of serious illness. We are going to have healthcare utilization data as well.

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Consulting Community Patient-Centered Family 63

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. This is reaching the highest utilizers with a wraparound suite of services. These services that everybody is embracing called Social Determinants of Health, again, are not new.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. So if you think about dementia, it’s on the intersection of aging stigma and mental health stigma. You said this journey started for you back in what? Malaz: 1999, my friend.

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Patient-Centered IT Families Family 125