GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

By 2015 that number increased to 4% of US adults. 2022 Perioperative Gabapentin Use in Older AdultsRevisiting Multimodal Pain Management JAMA IM. In 2002, 1% of adults were taking gabapentinoids (gabapentin and or pregabalin). There are a lot of reasons that may explain the massive increase in use of these drugs. J Am Geriatr Soc.

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GeriPal

MAY 18, 2023

We’ve invited two members who helped update the criteria including Todd Semla and Mike Steinman. We discuss a little history of the Beers criteria, including the original Beers Criteria that was published by the late Dr. Mark Beers, and how it has evolved over the last three decades. Alex: We’re having Beers. We’ll learn about that.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Heather: I do Alex, and I’m so happy to have this song request, it’s called The Eye by Brandi Carlile, which comes from a quite old 2015 album called The Firewatcher’s Daughter. Summary Transcript Summary. Eric and I weren’t sure what to call this podcast – storytelling and medicine? Narrative medicine? Here we go.

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

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. Welcome back, Ashwin. Ashwin Kotwal: Excited to be back. Eric: Now, it’s interesting. Alex: Great.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

I moved to Boston in 2015 to start my PhD and I’ve always worked clinically at MGH during the process, but I was very interested in this notion of measuring function and frailty. Eric: And probably, you didn’t have to twist Alex’s arm for a Neil Diamond song. Ann: No, he was very excited. Here we go. singing) Ann: Great job.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary One of the things I love about Liz Dzeng’s work is the way in which it draws upon, echoes, and advances our understanding of the influence of culture on the end of life experience. This field is not new. At the end we also pay tribute to Randy Curtis, senior author on this paper and mentor to Liz. Eric: Great.

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Hospital IT Patient-Centered Patients 125

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she be treated non-operatively, with aggressive symptom management? Eric: So we’re going to be talking about dementia and considerations around surgery for individuals with dementia. Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? Here we go.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome you to the GeriPal Podcast, Julien Cobert, who is an intensivist and aging researcher GeriPal Podcast, Julien. Julien: Thanks Alex, thanks Eric. It’s great to be here. Eric: So we’re going to be talking about aging in the ICU. Chris Cornell is one of my favorite musicians. Alex: (Singing).

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Patient-Centered Patients IT Illness 96

GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had looked at a research article that had recently evaluated the prevalence of private equity transactions in the hospice market and noted that there was a pretty substantial uptick in the past decade, and really over the course of say around 2015 to 2019. We’re going to be talking about each one of these papers. Is it you, Melissa?

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Family Families IT Patients 106

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

You get me with one-finger-chords on the guitar if you’re watching on YouTube (best I could manage). Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent. To many this rapid expansion will represent autonomy run amok. It is the slippery slope made real. It was amazing.

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GeriPal

JUNE 29, 2023

He taught us a little about the different flowers and plants, and along the way a little about why he does what he does. One story that Allan told perfectly sums this up. Eric: And in the end, we have a very special part where we actually get a tour of their gardens outside of the hospice unit. So take a listen.

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Family Families IT Board-Certified 97

GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

was supported by the fossil fuel industry , because it shifted responsibility for change from industry to individuals. Summary Transcript Summary To my teenagers, climate change is an existential crisis. It’s the end of the world as we know it. They decry the lack of serious attention and prioritization this issue has in the US.

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GeriPal

JULY 25, 2024

MOC Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75 MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. You got it.

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Family Families Patient-Centered Patients 106

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. I didn’t know how to manage it. It requires a fight. It’s been going on for many decades now. Malaz: I love it.

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Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

GeriPal

JANUARY 5, 2023

He has an interest in hospice and of life care, pain management and medical ethics. Let me start by quote/paraphrasing one of today’s guests, Mara Buchbinder, who puts her finger on the issue we talk about today: . Today we wrestle with this issue of conscientious provision. I got it the second time. Okay, good. Robert: Thanks. Alex: Yeah.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The most far reaching drug pricing provision of Subtitle E is an amendment to the Social Security Act to establish a Fair Price Negotiation Program applicable to Medicare Parts B and D as well as group and individual health plans in the commercial market.

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Physicians News Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

But neither Kennedy nor President Donald Trump have explained why individual agencies such as AHRQ were targeted for cuts or indicated whether any of their work would continue. Haskell, of Columbia, South Carolina, has done research and helped write AHRQ-published surveys and guidebooks on patient engagement for hospitals.

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