Ken Covinsky
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1,532 appearances
20 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2016
last heard Sep 2025
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The PAC team at the V in the VA system, the concept is similar, but it's not applied just to geriatrics.
It's applied to all primary care.
So part of the in part of the PAC team is that you actually have a dedicated team that includes an uh the a nurse and a social worker, all who are integrated and presumably you all know the patients together.
So and I and I'm guessing what you are thinking, Eric, is that, well, is the PAC team already doing
Some elements of geriatric care that don't exist outside the VA.
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And actually, can I can I take what you were both driving at?
But I'm gonna make a little advertisement here.
Let's put this on the table.
VA care is better than community care.
That primary care delivered in the Department of Veterans Affairs is already better than the standard that exists in the community.
Like multiple studies show that and it's for
reasons like this, there's more availability for services, care is better aligned.
So let's just I mean it's just people need to know that VA del VA is not perfect, but VA delivers much better primary care than exists in the community.
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I don't really poke or because I lose a lot of money.
So
So, yeah, so Nikki, like what this was like an exquisitely well done study.
I mean, it's like it was like, you know, I learned about methods reading your study.
And I even read your supplements because like I think if I do something like this, how am I gonna do it?
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