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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. So folks that are having refractory ascites or refractory encephalopathies, challenging emotional symptom management as well. Any particular thoughts on how to manage pain and liver disease from a pharmacological perspective? How you think about that.

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Flu Season 2024-2025: CDC Reports Worst Outbreak in Years

Physicians News Digest

According to the CDC , the onset of the 2024-2025 flu season has been marked by an unusually high number of cases. ” The predominant strain circulating this season is the H3N2 virus, notorious for causing severe illness. Nationwide, healthcare facilities are implementing contingency plans to manage the influx of patients.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Int Med.

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

In some cases, it is used to intentionally generate profits for health insurers, according to a 2024 U.S. “At the end of the day, they’re a business and they exist to make money,” said Pickern, who wrote about the negative impacts of prior authorization on patient care for The American Journal of Managed Care.