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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

PEMBlog

every year, leading to emergency department visits and hospitalizations. Caution While this study provides important insights, it is worth noting that probiotics may still play a role in other health contexts. However, for pediatric gastroenteritis, the evidence suggests they do not provide significant benefits. N Engl J Med.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

education, income, number of previous hospitalizations) that also lead to clinical outcomes, not only race-based stratification. Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in clinical settings, medical education, and biomedical/epidemiological research to responsibly recognize and address the harms of racial inequality.

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

GeriPal

In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. And I think that’s when I got hooked on how do we improve care, in my case again, for kids and families, but also for us, the providers. I can figure out how to provide care in this way.

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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). Eric: And we have Tasce Bongiovanni, who is an acute care trauma surgeon at UCSF and the San Francisco General Hospital. Eric: Any other interesting tidbits or facts that we should know as providers about gabapentin or Lyrica dosing or pharmacology?

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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? They shared their experiences.

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How to discuss stopping screening: Mara Schonberg

GeriPal

So when I got to a residency and at that point I was in residency 1999 to 2002 and we were being taught to screen everyone no matter what. They were hospitalized but something comes up about mammography screening and it can be really quick. Mara and Nancy have helpfully provided better words to use. They have so much going on.

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