Remove Article Remove Board-Certified Remove Individual Remove Utilities
article thumbnail

Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Between 2007 – 2019, Black individuals experienced a higher death rate for opioid overdose deaths than any other racial or ethnic group. These narratives have vilified individuals who would benefit from comprehensive, person-centered substance use treatment, rather than incarceration and other adverse harms.

article thumbnail

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

GeriPal

The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. Eric: VA people will know what that is. Eric: Okay.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

GeriPal

But if you want to learn more, check out these links: The report by NASEM titled “ The National Imperative to Improve Nursing Home Quality ” The website for the Moving Forward We will also link to the JAGS articles co-authored by seven committee members that focus on specific recommendations of the NASEM report when they get published (stay tuned).

Finance 95
article thumbnail

Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

GeriPal

So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. Like, yeah, utilization of hospice has increased pretty well.

article thumbnail

Plenary Abstracts at AAHPM/HPNA: Yael Schenker, Na Ouyang, Marie Bakitas

GeriPal

We covered some of our questions on the podcast, others you can ponder on your own or in your journal clubs, including: Maries tele/video palliative care intervention was tailored/refined with the help of a community advisory board. Who would/should be on that board? Three different articles. I’m Na Ouyang. Have to see.

article thumbnail

Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

You wrote the SF Chronicle article on an op-ed. We were the highest utilizers of telemedicine in the whole UCSF health system at that time which we’re very proud of. Because pre-pandemic, right, there was issues with you had to be boarded in the state, right? So Carly, I’m going to start off with you.