Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

For many of us, the emergence of medical scribes, both in-person and remote, provided a valuable solution, offloading documentation and allowing us to have more focused patient interactions. It can differentiate between a physician’s questions and a patient’s responses and even filter out non-relevant small talk.

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The Physicians Foundation

JANUARY 28, 2025

The Foundation’s recent survey found that while nearly all physicians agree that their patients’ health outcomes are affected by DOH, many physicians face challenges in addressing them. Expand Leadership Skills: The fellow will learn how to be a voice for change around physician-led solutions to address patients’ DOH.

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Priority Physicians

JANUARY 27, 2025

It may affect your performance and relationships. Pursue supportive relationships: We’re social beings. Find a caring primary care doctor: As a direct primary care physician, I devote time to sit down with patients and learn about their lifestyles, hopes, desires, worries, and concerns. Sometimes, it’s even protective.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes. Patients received brochures detailing the risks of gabapentinoids, nonpharmacologic alternatives, and a proposed deprescribing regimen (see here for the brochure ). in the usual care group.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests George Kuchel & Alison Huang have no relationships to disclose. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. On our last podcast about urinary incontinence the song request was, “Let it go.” This time around several suggestions were raised.

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FDA Law

MAY 10, 2023

In addition, concerning any practitioner-patient telemedicine relationships that have been or will be established up to November 11, 2023, all telemedicine flexibilities concerning prescribing of controlled substances established during the COVID-19 PHE will also be extended for one year – through November 11, 2024. By Karla L.

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FDA Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The timing of this meeting has certainly raised more than a few eyebrows, particularly given its relationship to the proposed LDT rule (see our prior posts here , here , and here ). Both of these other panel meetings are scheduled to be held in February 2024, which is months later than the November 29 MCD panel. By Allyson B.

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FDA Law

MAY 7, 2025

Regulatory Framework The AKS makes it a criminal felony to knowingly and willfully offer or pay any remuneration, directly or indirectly, to induce a person to order or refer patients for medical care that is reimbursable under a federal healthcare program (e.g., Sorenson follows the Fifth Circuits decision last year in United States v.

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FDA Law

JANUARY 12, 2025

Sasinowski On December 5, 2024, FDA published a new draft guidance on accelerated approval providing a much needed and substantial update to its guidance on the pathway. FDAs December 5, 2024 draft guidance on accelerated approvals appears intended to cover each of these topics even if not by dividing them precisely along those lines.

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Priority Physicians

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

At Priority Physicians, your relationship with your primary care doctor encourages openness on this subject. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, IN and has a passion for putting his patients first in his practice. Recreationally, you can have bad symptoms or overdose with THC. What Does THC Do? THC overdose is possible.

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FDA Law

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

From new initiatives to facilitate faster reviews for new indications under the Split Real Time Application Review (STAR) pilot program, to bringing new meetings under PDUFA goals, to continued support for rare diseases and incorporation of the patient voice, the goals letter revealed a good number of welcome announcements.

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Today's Hospitalist

JUNE 7, 2025

Medical societies and hospitals are weighing in on periprocedural concerns in patients taking GLP-1s who need procedures or surgeries. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s. These medications are truly life-changing for many patients.”

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AMMD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The American Cancer Society predicts roughly 2,001,140 new cancer cases and 611,720 cancer deaths in 2024 (1). What is cancer, and why is it developing in younger populations? We used to think cancer was genetic. Now, research confirms only 5-10% of cancers are genetic (2). If that’s true, what is causing cancer to skyrocket? Think about it.

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The Physicians Foundation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Urgent Need for Solutions to Improve State of Current and Future Physician Wellbeing BOSTON, September 17, 2024 – The Physicians Foundation issued data today showing that the state of wellbeing remains critically low for physicians, with healthcare consolidation exacerbating the issue.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MARCH 4, 2024

Episode Learning Objectives After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: Illustrate the relationship between narrative medicine and healing relationships. What the term gestures towards is the centering of the ‘story’ in healing relationships. Stories are not inherently just.

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GeriPal

JUNE 27, 2024

How, though, do we navigate anxiety and help our patients who may end up in the anxiety spiral that becomes so hard to get out of? Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson have no relationships to disclose. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Welcome to GeriPal, Lyndsay.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. Panelists Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates have no relationships to disclose. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. They were stunned by the number of calls for lift assistance for older adults who had fallen. Their job was done. Carmen: Nice.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

He died in 2024. So I think the first reason that we saw and felt the opportunity was ripe for updating was that some of us had come across some anecdotal examples of patients expressing some offense to that terminology. And I was asking this patient about if he had filled out an advanced directive. Can you guys do that one?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Panelists BJ Miller and Naomi Saks have no relationships to disclose. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Our guests are BJ Miller, palliative care physician and c-founder of Mettle Health , and Naomi Saks, chaplain at UCSF. Naomi: Yes, I do. Everybody Hurts by REM. laughter] Alex: That’s right.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

It’s a jampacked 50 minutes, filled with pearls on taking care of patients with liver disease. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson have no relationships to disclose. (or should we call it HepatoPal?) Excited to be here.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

If the purpose of initiating dialysis is improving function – our complex, frail, older patients are likely to be disappointed. Are we seeing people like more older adults, more nursing home patients starting dialysis, and even at a higher gfr? Eric is skeptical. Let it be (hint hint). Let It Be from the Beatles. Well, I got.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. In 2024, 77% of eligible ABIM Board Certified endocrinologists who chose an assessment opted for the LKA over the traditional, 10-year MOC exam.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest hosts Lynn Flint and Anne Kelly have no relationships to disclose. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. The hot sauces progressed from mild to extreme (and I mean extreme) heat. Can I just say…it works? Lynn: Okay. It’s called Hot Ones.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As she said, when you think about the hardest patients you’ve cared for, in nearly all cases there was some aspect of psychological illness involved. Then, “Keep your hand up if you frequently refer patients with cancer pain to a psychologist?” Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. That rings true to me.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Acceptance. All of these are ways we cope with stressful situations. Some we may consider healthy or unhealthy coping strategies, but are they really that easy to categorize? Isn’t it more important to ask whether a particular coping behavior is adaptive or not for a particular person,in a particular time or situation? Amanda, welcome to GeriPal.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Laurie Dornbrand has no relationships to disclose.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Matt Tyler (aka Pallidad for those on Twitter ): Matt is the Hospice and Palliative care doctor who created How To Train Your Doctor , which helps patients living with serious illness find tips on “owning” their healthcare plan on his Instagram and YouTube pages. Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Great title.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. I think the theme is more saving someone’s life and the regret that follows. Bill 01:52 I do. Here we go.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guest Eduardo Bruera has no relationships to disclose. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. But the patient would say, well, but it still hurts, though. Summary Transcript Summary I always find cachexia in serious illness puzzling.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

First, in our editorial, we expressed concern about the length of stay metric not being patient centric, though important for health systems focused on cost savings. Panelists Kate Courtright and Scott Halpern have no relationships to disclose. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. Much more to come.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Eric 04:44 Could just make you a little bit more resilient, you can increase your Rvus so you can see more patients. Well-being committees are popping up at every level of an organization. And C-suites now have chief wellness officers sitting at the table. Eric 01:54 Why’d you pick this song, Naomi? Eric 02:09 Thank you.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

In further contrast to the United States, MAID in Canada is almost entirely administered by a clinician, whereas in the United States patients must self administer. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

JAGS 2024 Nursing Home Palliative Care Referral Process, Barriers, and Proposed Solutions: A Qualitative Study. Eric 03:25 So we have a lot to talk about, but I’m wondering if we can kind of take a big step back and just talk about the patient population that’s in nursing homes. Eric 02:00 Okay, I got a question for you.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. These studies are important. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. The theme is death.

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GeriPal

MARCH 20, 2025

Recently, discussion has emerged about how these issues intertwine in caring for patients with advancing dementia who have stated that they would not want to continue living in that condition: for those with an advanced directive to stop eating and drinking, how do we balance caring for their rational past self and their experiential current self?

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