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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

Why leverage a locum tenens medical staffing network? While permanent staff certainly have benefits, most healthcare facilities in the U.S. could benefit from having a trusted locum tenens staffing partner like Barton Associates on hand to ensure cost-effective operations and consistency of high-quality patient care.

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

GeriPal

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. So I really opted to specialize in lung cancer because I thought that was the appropriate population to build a supportive and palliative care research agenda. Eric: 2010.

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GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style

GeriPal

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest hosts Lynn Flint and Anne Kelly have no relationships to disclose. Anne: Well, speaking of your kids, a very special, sometimes listener, chimed in named Ren Smith. And, Taylor wrote this song when she was at… She thought she was at the top of her game in 2010.

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

GeriPal

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. Nursing home, length of stay, I think it was like back in 2010, at the end of life. Some will have stronger relationships with hospice.

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Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

And the goal, even with comfort feeding only, and what was a revelation to me is it was introduced back in 2010 as a response to the recognition that tube feeding was fraught with problems, you know, caused decubitus ulcers, didn’t extend life. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. So this is really.

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