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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

“But the company really focuses in on patients going to SNFs with COPD, CHF, diabetes—these are the high-acuity diagnoses that you need to pay close attention to,” he points out. Contracting with an outside company brought the coverage and care coordination needed to prevent readmissions.

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

I joined SCPMG straight from residency in 2006. Don’t miss out on this compelling conversation — watch the chat on YouTube or listen to it on your podcast platform of choice. And don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss future Permanente Medicine programming. Guest Wadie L. Marcos, D.O. Marcos, tell us who you are and what you do.

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

THE BLOCKBUSTER GLP-1 receptor agonists are a transformative class of medications increasingly tied to better outcomes across a variety of conditions and organ systems, not just in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s.

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HIV, Aging, and Palliative Care: Peter Selwyn and Meredith Greene

GeriPal

Meredith wore a shirt that said Silence=death. Eric gave me the hook during my live cover of One, by U2, a song released in 1992 whose proceeds went entirely to AIDS research. I couldnt help it, forgive me dear listeners, I had to do a longer than usual cut at the start! But this song was actually a fundraiser for AIDS when it was released.