About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of comorbidities on healthcare delivery and features insights from Dr Preethi Pirlamarla.

Comorbidities are common and important and have a massive impact on the delivery of care. The BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager is designed to help healthcare professionals deliver better care for patients with multiple illnesses. To find out more, please do listen to this podcast with Dr Preethi Pirlamarla, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at the University of Washington. Competing interests: PP is a member of the BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager panel.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Preethi Pirlamarla

Topics covered

• comorbidities
• healthcare delivery
• patient care
• cardiology
• advanced heart failure

Keywords

• comorbidities
• healthcare
• patient care
• cardiology
• BMJ Best Practice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Washington, BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager, BMJ Group

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