The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In medicine, it is commonly agreed that ‘to err is human’ Most healthcare professionals would agree that humans make mistakes. A study by Johns Hopkins in 2016 found that medical errors may potentially be the third leading cause of death nationwide. So yes, humans make mistakes.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The many arguments, theories, & approaches across settings and conditions are explored in detail in the book they edited, “ Intentionally Interprofessional Palliative Care ” (discount code AMPROMD9). Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc.

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Screening IT Family Families 119

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome Joel Weissman, who is a health services researcher and deputy director and chief science officer for surgery at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Harvard Medical School. I look at advance care planning the way I look at cultural competency or patient safety or coordination of care.

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Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Tom: So we did this study because patients who go through the stem cell transplant process face a lot of misery in terms of physical symptoms, psychological distress, anxiety, depression, and even a risk of PTSD afterwards, sort of like a medical trauma, you might think of it. Eric: And that’s similar to the 2016 JAMA paper, right?

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Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I think back in what, May 2016, you published a randomized controlled trial, first author, palliative care and the ED randomized study, cancer patients. Primary outcome was quality of life. And so how do we think about palliative care in those patients? No difference in their primary outcome. Corita 04:32 Yep.

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Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

I remember deep in the recesses, 2016, I think it was, a New England Journal piece came out saying that we need to reframe the debate about cost. What medical intervention saves health dollars, costs less than not doing it? But nothing in healthcare. So they basically stayed housed. Eric: So I’ve got a question for you.

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