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

GeriPal

So I went in Mike’s place for a couple times, and I think the first one was in 2007, and I just remember year after year, ADGAP always talked about, “Oh, the numbers are so bad. How do we train primary care doctors to do geriatrics? Oh, woe is us. Everything is so bad.” But she wrote this a counter.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

That provision was taken out of Obamacare back in 2007, 2008. And hopefully, they’re going to improve the program and make it more worthwhile because it’s not only important for the patients and the doctors, but also researchers, just to be able to know what’s going on. We’re available, palliative care.