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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Our esteemed publications should ensure that investigations that utilize racial variables follow these guidelines before being published. September 8, 2020. Examining the Potential Impact of Race Multiplier Utilization in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Calculation on African-American Care Outcomes. Published July 2, 2020.

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Corporate Liability from Employee Diversion: Costly on Many Fronts

FDA Law Blog

In the second case, occurring from January to May 2020, a registered nurse, admitted to daily tampering of fentanyl vials and hydromorphone injectables wherein she removed the drugs from the vials replacing them with saline solution. DEA regulations require “adequate security” but do not specially require cameras in health care facilities.

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Trans Carotid Artery Revascularization

Vascular Physician

The TCAR procedure also utilizes a special tool that reverses the blood flow that usually goes from the aorta to carotid and to the brain. Accessed March 10, 2020. In both techniques, a metal umbrella-like stent opens up to keep blood flowing through the artery. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. 2019;58:e638.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

There is a special emphasis on the use of public health models that prioritize harm reduction and person-centered care to prevent drug-related fatalities and curb the opioid epidemic along lines of race and class. Epub 2020 Dec 3. Academic Psychiatry , 45 (1), 78–83. link] Castillo, E. DeBonis, K. Braslow, J. T., & Rohrbaugh, R.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. Eric: VA people will know what that is. David: Yeah.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

primary palliative care interventions seem to fail, whereas specialized palliative care interventions have a relatively robust track record of success. Eric 19:30 Should we add that to special effects as our producer? Would it have changed potentially utilization rates like hospice utilization? Why do so many (most, all??)

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Don’t get me wrong, the evidence points to cost savings, but as Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe pointed out in a JAGS editorial in 2020 “in comprehensive dementia care models, savings may accrue to Medicare, but the expenses accrue to a fluid and unstable network of local service providers, patients, and their families.” Diane: Fantastic.