The Medical Futurist

JUNE 17, 2025

In comparison, the first VR-recorded surgery was performed at the Royal London Hospital in 2016. Teledentistry If you are reluctant to go to the dentist, imagine how hard it is for children, patients with special needs or the elderly in nursing homes. And the field of dentistry will also benefit from the technology as well.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

Richardson — A recent proposed amendment to Minnesota’s Opiate Product Registration Fee appears intended to ensure continued availability of certain opiate products at hospitals. If enacted, Article 5, Section 6 of HF33 would provide for a reduction to the State’s opiate product registration fee. 151.066, Subd.

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PEMBlog

MAY 31, 2023

These articles will take another look at the content included in this episode. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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PEMBlog

MAY 17, 2023

These articles will take another look at the content included in this episode. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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Physician's Practice

JUNE 20, 2025

Reynolds Blog Article Innovative medical practices thrive by embracing change, prioritizing patient care and learning from setbacks to enhance success and satisfaction. Use whatever methods are available (articles, Webinars, videos, social media, podcasts, etc.) or less) on an appointment card. Make an informed decision.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Okay, now I'll admit I've done a horrible job of keeping up with the blog lately especially given that this is only my fifth post of the year, but today is still super special for me. The hospital I am at is absolutely beautiful though, and it has been great working with babies and children as it is not something I am exposed to often.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

On the other hand, there is a concerning side, described in this Guardian article titled, I’m a life coach, you’re a life coach: rise of an unregulated industry. When somebody is not able to function, they need deep therapy, and probably maybe even hospitalization. Eric: We’ll have a link to one of those articles.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

There’s an article about her in New York Times. So we measure things like hospitalizations and ed visits and the like, and those data are a bit weaker, but they’re also, you know, I think they need to be contextualized in what, why we would even want to reduce hospitalizations right. Anna 01:38 Yeah. Here we go.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

It made me feel so special and loved. And I remember one of the women sharing with me how when she was in residency, one of the residents actually committed suicide while in the hospital with the chief residents actually hearing the gun go off as they were banging on the door. Our hours are grueling. Featured in the Tahitian News!

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

Edwards edited by Gaby Clark , reviewed by Andrew Zinin Gaby Clark scientific editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Andrew Zinin lead editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Editors notes This article has been reviewed according to Science Xs editorial process and policies.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. You can also listen to an audio interview with Alex and JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani about this study and the other RCT of default palliative care for hospitalized older adults with noncancer serious illness published in the same issue. David: Right.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. And I just want to highlight, Jennifer has a great JPSM article that just came out. Would you also just mind mentioning kind of the JPSM article too?

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

When we started doing more music stuff for our patients in the hospital, a lot of people started to think, hmm, what would I want to listen to? And I was looking for articles, and I wasn’t seeing as many as I expected. Jenny 04:45 Like, the last article was, like, 10 years ago. My voice is nothing special.

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GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. Arguing for the state of Missouri against the Cruzan’s was Ken Starr, who would later be assigned the role of special prosecutor in the investigation of the Clintons (Whitewater, Lewensky, etc). I saw one that reminded me of her.”

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PEMBlog

MAY 24, 2023

These articles will take another look at the content included in this episode. Special thanks to Manpreet Singh, MD ( @MprizzleER ) for helping to put this collaboration together.

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The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

For the better half of 2024, I have been periodically writing posts that are individual articles that double as potential chapters to a future book. ’ Though it often does not come with the attending salary, medical trainees are getting paid to perform a service, and hospitals provide retirement plans to these individuals.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

For a deeper diver into these issues, check out some of the following links: Ira’s Stat new article “Hospice care needs saving” GeriPal’s episode on the growing role of private equity in hospice care Acquisitions of Hospice Agencies by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Corporations. Ira: I like the article. Thank you, Anne.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. We brought up your JAGS article, which we’ll link to our show notes about some of the geriatric needs, falls. Do you worry about that? We actually have the majority.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Susan led the Project on Death in America’s Faculty Scholars program , used her dual training in internal medicine and psychiatry to shine a light on psychosocial aspects of palliative care, and founded the Department of Psychosocial Care at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. . Susan: Thank you. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Today we discuss: Why the study was negative for the primary (hospitalization) and all secondary outcome (e.g. primary palliative care interventions seem to fail, whereas specialized palliative care interventions have a relatively robust track record of success. Tammie 03:04 Depends on how long they were pre-hospital.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study. Alex: I wonder when we talk about it, because we’ll have links to both Eric Cassell’s argument, and we mentioned another article from Tate. I know you agree with this because you actually wrote an article called The Death of Ivan Ilyich.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I’d also like to give a shout out to a recent ACP article on HFpEF with an outstanding contribution from Ariela Orkaby, geriatrician extraordinaire (we also just did a podcast with her on frailty ). ** This podcast is not CME eligible. Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. This is Eric Widera. He’s in Boston.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

I’m not sure if you read that article and whether or not it’s changed your mind or whether or not you want to do any more research in advance care planning. And as you know, it’s a great article. Health care system drives where you end up, which hospital, which state you live in. Your thoughts?

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

So for those listening to the podcast, this is a clown looking very sad and what looks like a hospital administrator. And the hospital administrator says, “No, the hospital definitely values your contributions to the interdisciplinary team. Eric: Speaking of a niche humor, I love this one. But they were still valuable.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Eric: Alex, we have a super special today. We’ve got a hospice super special. Alex: We have a hospice super special day. Eric: We have a smorgasbord, if you will, of papers that got published recently around hospice, and that’s why we’re calling it a hospice super special. -@AlexSmithMD. Transcript.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary As far as weve come in the 50 years since Balfour Mount and Sue Britton opened the first palliative care at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Quebec, have we lost something along the way? I was trained in the hospital where it started, and we were trained to be bedside nurses. by Kearney. Lovely to be here.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

And if you want to learn more about buprenorphine from these amazing palliative care clinicians and others, check out of some of these articles: Learn more about caring for those with substance use disorder: . Article on buprenorphine in the elderly. We got some really special guests with us. Transcript. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And for this podcast in particular, both Bill and Louise wrote articles that we’re going to be discussing particular patient cases. So while you don’t have to, we’re gonna summarize these articles. If you have a chance to read those articles before you listen to this podcast, I highly recommend that you do.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

Alex: She’s also associate professor at Massachusetts General Hospital in Harvard Medical School. You’re a senior author on this article in JPSM, where you interviewed some geriatricians and other people caring for older adults, nurse practitioners, social workers, et cetera. We could have talked for hours! Alex: Lund.

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PEMBlog

JULY 10, 2024

And I’ve got a special guest host. My name is Emily Labudde, and I’m a third year pediatric resident at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and I’ll be starting fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine this summer at Emory University Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia. So in our trial, because of security reasons, we are required by Health Canada to store the substance in a special secure area in my office. And when that article went to print, it just went ballistic. We dedicated team working with cancer and palliative medicine in our hospital.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A great Curbsiders podcast episode on Trauma-informed care with Megan Gerber CAPCs Trauma-informed care toolkit Mariahs article on Home-Based Care for LGBTQ or another diverse gender identity Older Adults ** This podcast is not CME eligible. Eric 27:08 I’m going to also call out Mariah’s article in jags. Kate 01:09 Yeah.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

So in preparation for this, I read a couple articles about social work leadership in palliative care. And the title of his article is, does culture of modern day palliative care social work leave room for leadership, where he interviewed six leaders in palliative care, five or six for social workers. .” Eric: All right, Barbara.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. And so they’re in there for a very short time, couple weeks, get a little bit stronger and transition home after a hospitalization.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

– @AlexSmithMD Here’s a link to an article about the Palliative Story Exchange. ** This podcast is not CME eligible. Alex 00:40 We’re delighted to welcome Alexis Drutchas, who is a palliative care doc at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and co founder, also of the Palliative Story Exchange.

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Ruth: Thank you.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Then there was that New England Journal catalyst study that showed that the healthcare executives thought that 60% of the people in their hospitals who could benefit from palliative care weren’t getting it. We have a problem in the field that we’re considered the acute death team at the hospital. So that’s the thing.

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