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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

There’s a lot that goes into running a healthcare facility , from managing patient care to ensuring adequate coverage around the clock. In these complex and ever-changing environments, staffing challenges can quickly become a critical issue, impacting both patient care quality and operational efficiency.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

In 2002, 1% of adults were taking gabapentinoids (gabapentin and or pregabalin). The FDA-approved indications for gabapentin are only for treating patients with partial seizures or postherpetic neuralgia. valproic acid and gabapentin), in nursing homes, particularly patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults: An Introduction

BMJ

It is imperative for policy makers, school administrators, healthcare professionals, and parents to become aware of these emerging dangers and take appropriate steps, like what has been done for the opioid epidemic. Tobacco and Marijuana Use Among US College and Noncollege Young Adults, 2002-2016. J Addict Dis. Pediatrics.

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Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

So I’m going to last longer in my position and I’m going to seek opportunities to grow and to help families and patients more and more. Barbara: I think I got the PDI award in 2002 and I was teaching at that time adjunct at the school of social work where I had attended. Eric: And how long ago was that?

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Palliative Care in India: M.R. Rajagopal

GeriPal

But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. Eric: And at that time, so around 2002, so you had palliative care kind of localized in particular parts of India, what were the big barriers to delivering palliative care outside of those areas or even inside those areas? Tom: I have another question about the book.

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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

GeriPal

And so all of my work has really been trying to help patients understand what matters to them or make decisions based on what is likely the realistic outcomes of a decision and try to explain it to them in a way that they can understand so that they can make the best choice for them. Do you think most patients know that? Mara: Yeah.

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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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