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

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The intervention involved mailing medication-specific brochures to patients before their primary care appointments (click here for the brochure ). And our next guest is Amy Linsky, who’s a physician and researcher at the VA Boston Healthcare System and associate professor at Boston University University. Amy, welcome to GeriPal.

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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Michael’s Hospital in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. The social determinants of health and what community well being was a big part of. I always knew that I wanted to get into healthcare, to use healthcare as a springboard for social change in our communities.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

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On today today’s podcast, we are joined by guest host and UCSF geriatrician Ashwin Kotwal as we welcome Dr. Tisamarie Sherry (Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Behavioral Health, Disability, and Aging Policy (BHDAP) , appointed by the Biden administration). How to make your voice heard and get involved. difficile infections.

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GeriPal Takeover! Nancy Lundeberg and Annie Medina-Walpole

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So if you haven’t been to this event, there is a literature review where we. So Annie Since I was appointed timekeeper. Eric 48:21 I’d also add that you got a lot of energy and interesting ideas from the community, too, so you’re going to be fine. That’s like less than one month month of these AB drugs.

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Between Two Urns: Undertaker Thomas Lynch

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You know, in other places, in most rural communities, the dead are laid out in their own beds, which is very often where they died. Whereas in cultures that practice cremation properly, it’s a public event full of ceremony and ritual and expectation. And the operative word here is just cremated or just buried. I won’t.

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Stepped Palliative Care: A Podcast with Jennifer Temel, Chris Jones, and Pallavi Kumar

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That’s a lot of appointments that we have to account for over time. And the entire community of palliative care said yes, not a palliative care study. Additionally, in case patients didn’t step up, we did have sort of events where they were scheduled to see palliative care. Back at that capacity question, right?