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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

Janet: And so we have this whole spectrum of buprenorphine at these different doses that we should be able to utilize but people can feel limited just because of this X waiver policy to not fully access and be able to offer all of the medications. And it started off with Tylenol then it went to low dose morphine.

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FDA-Approved Labeling: Is Enough Enough?

FDA Law Blog

Further, FDA has utilized a variety of strategies to call attention to safety issues through Dear Doctor letters or other forms of communication, even if directing changes to labeling is difficult. A recent state law failure-to-warn case in the SDNY makes that very point. The same considerations ring true for OTC drugs.

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

GeriPal

Eric: … you’re getting paid for individual encounters, not going to people’s homes, not being paid for all of the additional support that’s needed for comprehensive cancer care. The typical utilization of inappropriate hospitalization and emergency room and total cost of care. Malaz: Correct. And guess what?

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

And the Ryan Haight Act I think was passed in 2008, which was in response to a young person who died of an opioid overdose. We were the highest utilizers of telemedicine in the whole UCSF health system at that time which we’re very proud of. I think at least we like to think of ourselves as ahead of the curve.