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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

We have the new geriatric surgical verification process where they’re, I think now eight or so level one geriatric surgical centers with 40 more somewhere in that process of becoming certified. And he asked me questions like, “Why is this patient in bed? So now we have geriatric emergency departments.

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RFK Jr. Hires Autism Skeptic To Look Into CDC Autism Data

Physician's Weekly

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) database that includes vaccine safety information from millions of patients, according to multiple sources. The two had access to the CDC database in 2004 and 2006. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on autism and vaccines. More information The U.S.

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Keynote: Finding your bliss—beating physician “burnout”

Pamela Wible MD

Born into a family of physicians who warned her not to pursue medicine. In order to heal her patients she first had to heal her ailing profession. And this is a medical system that needs to be disrupted because our medical system (as you know) is endangering the lives of patients right now—and physicians. Think about it.

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