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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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Defining Emergency

StorytellERdoc

After this, one of our regulars who had been to our ER over 200 times (since we started tracking in March of 2006) arrived via ambulance. Upon further questioning, I learned that she had been diagnosed with a yeast infection from her family doctor one month ago but failed to get her prescription filled. To pain control issues.

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More than the rule of 2s: All about Meckel Diverticulum

PEMBlog

2006 Oct;99(10):501-5. Background Meckel diverticulum is a congenital abnormality of the small intestine and is the most common cause of significant lower gastrointestinal bleeding in children. It arises from incomplete involution of the vitelline duct during embryonic development, typically occurring by the 7th week of gestation.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Started as a direct case manager, worked in a variety of different places including the state legislature and I’ve been with the state office now since 2006. Summary Transcript Summary You may have heard of Area Agencies on Aging, but do you really know what they do or how they do it? Susan: It is my anthem. Eric: Wonderful, Susan.

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

GeriPal

One in 10 people with newly diagnosed HIV is an older adult. And over that first 15 years, which was a very difficult time when there was no treatment at all available, everybody died and usually within months or a year or two of when they were diagnosed. People are living with HIV into advanced ages. Eric 01:28 Wonderful.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary We’ve talked a lot about comprehensive dementia care on the GeriPal podcast but while the evidence is clear that these programs work, the uptake has been limited largely because there hasn’t been a strong financial case for it. It requires a fight. It’s been going on for many decades now. Malaz: I love it.