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. This is the same for personal finances.

Finance 52

Finance Individual Education Healthcare Professional 52

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.

Community 114

Community Transportation IT PCP 114

FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Houck — On November 4th, CDC issued its revised guideline on prescribing opioids for pain as an expansion and update of its 2016 CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline. We blogged on the 2016 guideline here in March 2016, and the proposed guideline here on March 18th). By Larry K. Dowell D, Ragan KR, Jones CM, Baldwin GT, Chou R.,

Patients 52

Patients Patient-Centered ER Individual 52

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.

Screening 119

Screening IT Families Family 119

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Samir: As some of your audience may know, there are new billing codes introduced January 1st, 2016 to start reimbursing for having advance care planning discussions. I mean, financially, the bulk of the American healthcare system is a fee-for-service system. We’re available, palliative care. Alex: Mm-hmm.

Patient-Centered 101

Patient-Centered Complication Patients IT 101

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Eric: And that’s similar to the 2016 JAMA paper, right? Eric: And we’re going to get to results, but that’s why I also love that 2016 paper: I think it was the very first palliative care trial that ever looked at individuals getting curative therapy. Did it negate everything from the 2016 trial?Palliative

Consulting 115

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? Eric 08:45 Why did you choose that as a primary outcome?

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Older adults with severe mental illness (SMI) who develop dementia are a particularly complex and understudied population with various healthcare needs. Objective: To describe individual characteristics and healthcare use in older adults with SMI across home care services (HCS) profiles before and after the first dementia diagnosis.

Diagnosis 130

Diagnosis Healthcare Illness Primary Care 130

GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

” I take care of a lot of patients where I’m like, “Gosh, this person needs a geriatrician, but they’re 52.” So they need mainstream healthcare, and they need housing support. But nothing in healthcare. We spend money in healthcare. ” But they’ve got all the geriatric conditions.

Mental Health 123

Mental Health IT Community Individual 123