Medical Xpress

MAY 11, 2023

Overuse of antibiotic prescriptions for patients with upper respiratory illnesses at urgent care clinics in the United States has been an ongoing challenge, but a new study led by researchers at two Utah health systems—Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health—finds that a targeted approach utilizing antibiotic stewardship practices significantly (..)

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

“ Climate action in the clinic is the cure we urgently need. ” — Dr. Todd Sack, Executive Director, My Green Doctor Are you on track with your sustainability goals? From rising asthma rates to heat-related illnesses, climate change is already harming the most vulnerable among us. That’s where My Green Doctor comes in.

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Today's Hospitalist

MAY 9, 2025

Since the mid-1990s, our capacity for innovation has never stopped as hospitalists navigate a complex landscape of acute illnesses, interprofessional collaborations and the imperative to provide efficient, high-quality care. Yet this expansion has come with a significant administrative burden, particularly that of clinical documentation.

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Barton Associates

JUNE 19, 2025

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

In This Issue : Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Medical Waste: One Model for Improvement OnTrack with your Sustainability Goals? Powering Health, Protecting the Planet – Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Healthcare professionals have always been trusted voices on public health.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

As many as 40% of these children will receive a chest x-ray (CXR) during their ED visit despite clinical guidelines advising most of these tests are low value. Understanding root causes of CXR use in the ED clinical setting is key to mitigating overuse of this test. But it’s just a CXR right?

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The diagnosis of a virus illness is generally made clinically with a history and clinical exam and does not require confirmatory testing. Messaging for patients and families When children have a viral respiratory illness, it is usually pretty self evident based on their symptoms e.g. runny nose, cough, congestion.

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GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals. I’m guessing not. How to screen for hearing loss. Transcript.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

Further, “there is little utility in comparing the language of the BIS to that of the AKS.”. After all, Lilly offered access to treatment for critically ill patients in financial need who would otherwise have to forego treatment or be saddled with a $13,000 per year copay. The Lesson of this Case.

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GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

So, the consult will come in and then we’ll do what we call a clinical bedside evaluation, where we’ll go and see the patient at the bedside. Here at UW Health, we call it our Swallow Service. We actually have even subspecialization, which is kind of fun. Eric: Fancy. Raele: Yeah, it’s beautiful, colorful images. Raele: Yes.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Patients with psychosis caused by medical illness usually have abnormal vital signs, altered mental status, and impaired orientation with compromised intellectual function. Clinical utility of screening laboratory tests in pediatric psychiatric patients presenting to the emergency department for medical clearance. Ann Emerg Med.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Palliative medicine focuses on quality of life for patients with serious illnesses. Objective Describe the population of patients referred to a palliative care clinic and observe their healthcare utilization patterns. Results The patients in the SMC had a mean age of 71. Among these patients, 53% identified as male.

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PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The lack of utility of laboratory testing in children with an unprovoked generalized seizure, or a simple febrile seizure is supported by several observational studies. When hypoglycemia is corrected, this etiology has one of the most impressively fast improvements in clinical status. Glucose We all need it.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Persons with disabilities were more likely to experience serious illness, death, and adverse consequences by the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings inform our understanding of PCC burden and may have clinical utility for directing care where most needed.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

Frail patients often have compromised immune responses, which increases their vulnerability to infections and reduces their ability to recover from acute respiratory illnesses (ARIs), including influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the researchers continued.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

On today’s podcast we talk with three experts on buprenorphine on why, when, and how to use it in serious illness. Adapting Palliative Care Skills to Provide Substance Use Disorder Treatment to Patients With Serious Illness . Katie, before we jump into the topic of buprenorphine in serious illness, what’s the song request?

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Dr. Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. Yannis Valtis, Ebi Okah, and Carine Davila, about research in their respective fields.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Still, we havent talked about integrating palliative care into psychiatry or in the care of those with severe mental illness. What does it look like to take a palliative approach to severe mental illness? Is “terminal” mental illness a thing? Eric 01:34 Oh, I love that. Dani 01:36 More to talk about there.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life.

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . We can’t possibly meet the needs of all people with newly diagnosed serious illness. She’s also a member of the PAIR Center, which stands for Palliative Advanced Illness Research Center. It’s what I know.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Social workers augment a team’s ability to provide whole-person care, often aiding to identify and meaningfully address the wide variety of challenges and unmet needs faced by individuals and families facing serious illness. Jennifer Temel study did not have a social worker as part of the clinical team. So … Barbara: Yeah.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Ann Henshaw is an occupational therapist who works clinically at Georgetown and teaches at GW. Alex: Today we are delighted to welcome Ann Henshaw who brought this podcast idea to us.

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The Physicians Foundation

MAY 20, 2025

At a time when chronic diseases remain the number one cause of illness, disability and death nationwide, it is critical for physicians to have the tools needed to support the collective health of individuals across the United States.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

And we have Scott Halpern, who is Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy and Director of the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center or Payer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Alex: National POLST Collaborative. Good to know. And he’s a professional Uber driver for his daughter’s softball games.[laughter]

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Ten years ago we would have been hard pressed to find 3 clinical trial abstracts submitted to the annual meeting, much less high quality randomized trials with robust measures, sample sizes, and analytics plans. Alex: Recently you talked about the other trial, also with a nudge, and that was non-cancer, serious illness.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 27, 2024

She did her MD/PhD at Columbia University, where she investigated the diagnostic utility of exome sequencing for kidney disease. On clinical presentation. Now, first off, realize that most IEMs present with very nonspecific clinical features. So what are some of these suggestive clinical features? will result in symptoms.

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GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

Prior podcasts on the ethics of nudging , and a different trial conducted by Kate and Scott in which the default for hospitalized seriously ill patients was to receive a palliative care consult. Participants were critically ill and intubated. P AI R stands for Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center. What is sludge?

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Eric: I’m looking forward to talking about art and humor in palliative care and we’re caring for seriously ill patients. What are your thoughts about using humor to convey ideas, thoughts, clinical work? Welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Nathan. Nathan: Hello, excited to be here. Nathan, you got a song request? Nathan: I do.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

He looked very ill. We are doulas for those with serious illness and those at end-of-life, just a longitudinal relationship, nonmedical support to provide presence. Because I don’t come from a clinical background, so I have a whole different set of language in the way I approach something than someone with a medical background.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Fox gives patients hope there may be a place that illness doesn’t touch Depression is a Liar Why is Being a Patient Such a Difficult Pill to Swallow Better Patient Care Calls for a ‘Platinum Rule’ to Replace the Golden One. And that includes what we call illness-related concerns, the things that are directly mediated by the illness itself.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

And so we worked closely with a community advisory group who, through focus groups, told us how it was that black and white individuals with serious illness had wanted to be treated. They wanted you to be respectful of their cultural beliefs and their, you know, faith beliefs that were driving their health and illness. Marie 11:03 Yes.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

And yet, we know little about the clinical experience of people with dementia in hospice. And yet, disenrollment from hospice, either due to patient/family revoking the benefit or stabilization of illness (extended prognosis) is remarkably high for people with dementia among some hospices. What motivated you? Lauren: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

nursing homes grapple with serious illnesses, and roughly half experience dementia. The reason that you’re in a nursing home is because you have some mix of serious illness and multimorbidity, usually functional impairments. We can’t possibly provide enough care to all people with serious illness.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

And PAIR stands for the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center. So, Alex, imagine you’re a seriously-ill hospitalized patient and I’m your doctor, unluckily for you. But you could have clustering within clinics, within clinicians who care for a panel of patients, that sort of thing. Eric: Yeah. Eric: Okay.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

We just couldn’t find one that quite fit our needs, and I’m sure that they differ to some extent by the clinical context, so we reviewed a bunch of categorizations that were in the literature and this was the most parsimonious group that we could come up with, that I thought captured the core elements of spirituality.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Juliet and Rachelle are two of the authors of a recent JAMA viewpoint titled “Shifting to Serious Illness Communication.” . Also see the image below from Alex’s editorial in JAGS , a Venn diagram of advance care planning and serious illness communication. Shifting to Serious Illness Communication. Transcript. What is it?

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