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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

Powering Health, Protecting the Planet – Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Healthcare professionals have always been trusted voices on public health. A 2010 research study found that treating two patients per bottle instead of one would decrease plastic waste by approximately 12.69 Eye 24 , 361–363 (2010).

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. It is a heavy load and yet I think all of us here think that it can be lighter when there are supportive programs and community engagements in place.

Community 101
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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

IT 126
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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. They didn’t feel connected to the people in their broader community.

IT 99
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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults: An Introduction

BMJ

It is imperative for policy makers, school administrators, healthcare professionals, and parents to become aware of these emerging dangers and take appropriate steps, like what has been done for the opioid epidemic. Fam Med Community Health. 2010 Oct;29(4):417-26. References Agaku I, Odani S, Nelson J. J Addict Dis.

Medical 40
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Palliative care for cancer: Podcast with Jennifer Temel and Areej El-Jawahri

GeriPal

So at least in my oncology community, I really didn’t have anyone guiding or supporting or mentoring me. Jennifer: It was 2010. Eric: 2010. And for the most part, it’s really hard to start building an evidence base in the community setting. Most people aren’t coming to UCSF or MGH for their healthcare.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

Nursing home, length of stay, I think it was like back in 2010, at the end of life. But some of these things are addressable potentially through education. So the Uplift study is doing a mix of this, educating staff, you know, so they know the difference between hospice and palliative care basics around symptom management, et cetera.