Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Take influenza, which annually sends from 140,000 to 710,000 people to hospitals, most of them seniors, and is fatal to 10% of hospitalized older adults. Compared with the standard flu shot, the enhanced vaccines reduced the risk of hospitalization from the flu in older adults, by at least 11% and up to 18%.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

She was resuscitated by EMS, but did not regain higher brain function, and was eventually diagnosed as being in a persistent vegetative state. The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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Families Family Patient-Centered IT 112

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The way we were treating him with dementia in the hospital, the way we talked about him, that he’s not there. With your journey, with your dad’s journey- Diane: They could have diagnosed him earlier. They could have diagnosed him earlier. Malaz: … to restrain them in the hospital. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Hospitals are hazardous places for older adults. These hazards include delirium, malnutrition, falls, infections, and hospital associated disability (which about ⅓ of older adults get during a hospital stay). 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care. Annals of Int Med.

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Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

By the time Eric Tennant was diagnosed in 2023 with a rare cancer of the bile ducts, the disease had spread to his bones. In some cases, it is used to intentionally generate profits for health insurers, according to a 2024 U.S. BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — He weighed 97 pounds and wasn’t expected to survive a year with stage 4 cancer.

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