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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

All we were doing providing information and we did give a brief overview via email to the clinicians, basically saying, hey, your patients might come in with this. Could have been people weren’t seeing their providers. They have a lot of chronic conditions. Alex 29:40 And did you consent people for this study?

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Pharmacists in Florida (and Elsewhere): Waive Prescribing Red Flags at Your Peril

FDA Law Blog

50,372 , 50,377 (June 13, 2024). Public Interest Factors The Controlled Substances Act provides that DEA may suspend or revoke a registration upon finding that the registrant has committed acts that would render the registration inconsistent with the public interest. Coconut Grove Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 89 Fed. 21 U.S.C. §

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

According to a 2024 survey , of the roughly 431,000 licensed nurse practitioners, 15% are, like Johnson, certified to treat older adults. “We step into places where other providers may not, and geriatrics is a prime example of that.” ” In 27 states and Washington, D.C., nurse practitioners can practice independently.

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

GeriPal

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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Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

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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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.” Eric: Okay.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

And we would provide ongoing longitudinal care to them in the home, much like the Mount Sinai Visiting Doctors programs, and other programs like that. In that clinical experience, we saw a lot of older adults who would develop acute illness, often exacerbations of their chronic conditions. It took us a year to get that through.

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