FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The rule would permit a practitioner using a telemedicine encounter to prescribe controlled substances without an in-person visit under various situations involving both an audio-visual telehealth evaluation, or an in-person evaluation performed by a “referring” provider. 21 U.S.C. § 802(54)(D)(i).

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Telemedicine Telecommunication Telehealth Medical 59

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. And yet, after assisting the older adult to their feet, the EMS providers would leave. I think, as providers, we don’t get to see that.

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Community Transportation IT PCP 116

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Eric: For those of you don’t know, Emmy was on our podcast back in 2018 … man, pre-COVID times. Or somebody who has other physical cognitive problems at any age. This is something we’ve heard from people: that if you just bring it up every year as part of your routine physical, like, “Any concerns about driving?”

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IT Families Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

William: So ASCO decided to make a high priority this year to redo the guidelines, which were originally released in 2018. And then the duo, physical and cognitive function, those are the seven that… Alex: Oh, that’s a good way of remembering it. Drugs has to do with polypharmacy. I like it, John. William: Yeah. Mazie: Yes.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Clinic 130

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. Eric: How long ago was this? Alex: A few years back.

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Families Family IT Community 133

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

So I get all the referrals from my great colleagues in primary care. So for primary care providers, you order that blood test, you own that. So prior to the new criteria that were proposed in 2018, the criteria were the presence of amyloid in tau was the definition of Alzheimer’s disease. And even a prostate cancer.

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Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 97

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

And so a lot of it was the facilitators calling out with the approval of the provider to the patients ahead of time to see, like, you have a visit coming up. Ideally the conversation would happen before, but also clinicians were able to make referrals to facilitators. This is what I do here. We were agnostic on the timing.

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Primary Care IT Clinic Illness 80