Geriatrics Healthcare Medicare Social worker 
GeriPal
MARCH 7, 2024
It was started by a social worker who really saw some gaps in care with those at end-of-life, particularly those with chronic long-term illness, having important conversations. There were rules a little bit, because the healthcare system likes to have some level of consistency as people move in. When should I think of one?
GeriPal
JUNE 22, 2023
We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. I’ve known Michele a long time, since the Joint Medical Program.
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 5, 2022
My clinical experiences have been foundational to my growth, but my aging health policy experience with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and my time with The California Endowment were equally important. Why does CHAP have a national medical director, registered nurse and social worker on staff who all specialize in hospice?
Pallimed
NOVEMBER 21, 2020
She cited a jaw dropping falsehood about what she thought his election would mean for healthcare, and especially healthcare for white people. We spent a while talking about her concerns, and why her healthcare was secure. Her Medicare coverage wasn’t changing, and this truth would bear out for her regardless of her belief.
GeriPal
AUGUST 25, 2022
She’s Professor and Vice Chair for Research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. Alex: We’re delighted to welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Krista Harrison, who is a Health Policy Researcher, an Associate Professor of Medicine, UCSF Division of Geriatrics.
GeriPal
JULY 6, 2023
Alex: And we are delight to welcome Lindsey Yourman, who is a geriatrician, she’s a longtime friend and mentee, and is now a peer and is a key component of the ePrognosis working group and helped originate the ideas that led to ePrognosis and she’s now San Diego County’s Chief Geriatrics Officer. Welcome to GeriPal, Lindsey.
GeriPal
MARCH 9, 2023
To Brian’s point, that we are also integrating chaplains, social workers, it’s not necessarily two psychotherapists. I don’t want the public, or the healthcare field, to say, “It’s safe and effective, I can go do it.” And having that transparency, our sessions are taped.
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