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

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MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. If I remember correctly, I think the average was, people were screening positive for depression in this study. So, the docs actually wrote orders for tests, medications, consults. David: Exactly. Lyndsay: Yeah.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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After discussing screening options for substance use disorder, we go on to talk about both the treatments for it and the issues that arise. MOC points per podcast in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. But on the flip side, cancer registries do not measure substance use.

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

GeriPal

And so we do have consultants who come in the building. Connie 13:10 So generally what, what I see, very rural, is a nurse practitioner that’s out of our local home health and hospice agency that is palliative care certified. And usually it’s simply for a consultation. Connie 21:45 Right, right. Eric 21:49 Yeah.

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

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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? You did a rural tele-palliative care consultation study.

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

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But in California where I practice medical aid and dying is legal and similar to other issues that are controversial in some places, many physicians do not prescribe or do visits for medical aid and dying consultations. Because pre-pandemic, right, there was issues with you had to be boarded in the state, right? Go ahead Eric.