GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

Dr. Akhila Reddy and colleagues study looking at converting hospitalized cancer patients from IV hydromorphone to PO morphine, PO hydromorphone, or PO oxycodone. It depends on the clinical situation. But we still, regardless of how you do this calculation have to temper it with clinical judgment. Eric: All right. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

So Carmen and Katie developed an EMS Community Partnership program. They created a seamless link between this Community Partnership program and 911 calls for falls. Eric and I enjoyed talking with Carmen and Katie about this innovative and common sense approach to addressing falls in the community. Word of mouth spread rapidly.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 30, 2022

Pearls Black and Indigenous birthing people are 3-13 times more likely to die in childbirth, with the rate varying by location and level of investment in communities. The exact statistics vary by location and by the overall level of investment in services such as childcare and parental leave within each community.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Based on this surge in evidence, the American Society of Clinical Oncologists recently updated their guidelines for care of older adults to state that all older adults receiving systemic therapy (including chemo, immuno, targeted, hormonal therapy) should receive geriatric assessment guided care. Mazie, welcome to GeriPal. William: Sure.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Of note: these lessons apply to geriatrics, primary care, hospital medicine, critical care, cancer care, etc, etc. And they begin on today’s podcast with one clinical ask: everyone should be a generalist and a specialist. In other words, in addition to being a specialist (e.g. Naomi 01:09 Thank you. Good to be here.

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GeriPal

APRIL 3, 2025

We covered: The first parody song I wrote, for AGS 2018 in Orlando , about this article by Nancy Schoenborn on how to discuss stopping cancer screening. Alex joined in 2018. This was 2018 in AGS Orlando, and they did a song about when to stop screening for cancer for colon cancer. Alex 05:15 Oh, really? And so we did this song.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

FDA previously released the final guidance document in December 2018 outlining the program’s principles, features, designation criteria, and other considerations. Additionally, the 2022 draft guidance suggested the addition of a new section to the 2018 guidance on reducing disparities in health and healthcare.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

I don’t practice clinically in outpatient settings, and often the folks I’m seeing are there for other kinds of issues. Eric: For those of you don’t know, Emmy was on our podcast back in 2018 … man, pre-COVID times. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury.

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GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

JAMA Surgery 2018 Gabapentin and mood stabilizers in the Nursing Home Setting: Antiepileptic prescribing to persons living with dementia residing in nursing homes: A tale of two indications. Eric: And we have Tasce Bongiovanni, who is an acute care trauma surgeon at UCSF and the San Francisco General Hospital. J Am Geriatr Soc.

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GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Michele: Yeah, so in May of 2018, there was an article by Suleika Jaouad in the New York Times Magazine, and they spent about two weeks in our hospice with us learning about the work that’s done. Michele: The article was 2018, but I think Bonnie read the article more recently. It’s by choice, just like in the community.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2022

2018 Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on ACP. Susan: I will share in Indiana, we actually had that as our legal model, that there was a decision making by committee up until 2018. Alex: What did it changed to after 2018? So every transition into the hospital, every transition out of the hospital. Transcript.

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GeriPal

MARCH 3, 2022

A little over a decade ago, Ken Covinsky wrote a GeriPal post about a Jack Iwashyna JAMA study finding that older adults who survive sepsis are likely to develop new functional and cognitive deficits after they leave the hospital. I want to say like 2017, 2018, something like that. It was amazing. It was really, really crazy.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. Over time, communication improves. Over time, more trust develops.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

How the act of drawing can help us sloooow down, pay attention to the people and world around us, and ultimately let go… The possibility of incorporating drawings in research and even clinical care. And, like, you try to find a caregiver’s name in a hospital chart, you just can’t. Frank, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. The reason I chose this song is because I’m currently working on bringing advanced care planning sessions to the Latino community. We did it by the clinic level. Is that right?

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GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

I think that in almost every clinical encounter, we struggle with what’s ours and what’s someone else’s? I think that we forget that the clinical encounter is very often just two people in a room experiencing each other, and that that’s what is the beginning of that sacred space of healthcare and healing.”

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Common Sense Family Doctor

MARCH 23, 2025

This post first appeared on March 6, 2018, during the first Trump administration's failed attempt to eliminate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Nonetheless, its work has often been politically unpopular and unheralded outside of a small community of health services researchers and patient advocates. Why do I care?

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Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Drawing from her experience running a physician suicide helpline , she speaks candidly about the emotional toll of assembly-line medicine , the link between overwork and doctor suicide , and the revolutionary joy of reclaiming your career by launching your own ideal clinic. Does that make any sense at all? Doesn’t make any sense.

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PEMBlog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

We will review the clinical presentation, diagnostic strategies, management protocols, infection control practices, and vaccination updates. Learning Objectives Understand the clinical progression of pertussis through its three distinct stages and identify key symptoms, including age-specific presentations in infants and older children.

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