CDOCS

APRIL 14, 2025

.</p> <p>A proud Canadian, Vishal reflects on his roots and the importance of building strong relationships in the dental community. Whether it's with patients, colleagues, or mentors, that human connection is central to his philosophy &mdash; and it shows in every story he tells.

Relationship 52

Relationship Clinical Practice Families Family 52

ABIM

APRIL 24, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. Dave noted the Diplomate Professional Profile’s potential outside of Specialty Board discussions with data that could be valuable to patients with specific needs and conditions.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Community Government 40

FDA Law

JUNE 3, 2025

We noted that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had explained in its 2021 Gulf Med Pharmacy decision that prescribing red flags do not prohibit pharmacies from filling a prescription but are potential signs of diversion or risks to patient harm that pharmacists must resolve before filling. 72,694, 72,703 (Dec. and tramadol 50 mg.

Clinical Practice 59

Clinical Practice Patient-Centered Patients Clinic 59

The Clinical Problem Solvers

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Nwamaka Eneanya and Jennifer Tsai to discuss the limitations and harms of race-based medicine in clinical practice. Our guests explain how we can incorporate race-conscious medicine in clinical settings, medical education, and biomedical/epidemiological research to responsibly recognize and address the harms of racial inequality.

Clinic 52

Clinic Education Clinical Practice Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

Today, we explore four fascinating studies highlighting innovative approaches to reducing medication use and improving patient outcomes. Patients received brochures detailing the risks of gabapentinoids, nonpharmacologic alternatives, and a proposed deprescribing regimen (see here for the brochure ). in the usual care group.

Specialization 120

Specialization IT Patient-Centered Medical 120

ABIM

MAY 7, 2025

After completion of the survey period, ABIM performs a thorough review of the data with two questions in mind: Does the blueprint represent the discipline and does it represent what physicians should know to care for their patients? With some of the questions I knew the answers immediately.

Board-Certified Physicians 52

Board-Certified Physicians Board-Certified Provider Specialization 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Joe 03:55 You know, my thoughts are screening is important for a variety of reasons, and certainly Doctor Boris and Soo and Anna, Doctor chodos can provide a lot greater clinical insight than I. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it?

Screening 120

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 120

GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

IT 121

IT Patient-Centered Patients Clinic 121

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

This simple challenge was focused on putting ourselves in the shoes of our patients with dysphagia who are prescribed thickened liquids. And I think that we’re at this kind of crossroads right now in dysphagia, and dysphagia management where our patients are suffering. We revisit it, and make things better for our patients.

IT 125

IT Hospital Patient-Centered Individual 125

GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Which patients are eligible to go to an ACE unit? So I picked the Ed Sheeran song, The A Team, because it reminds me of our ACE team that goes around the hospital and cares for our older patients. What are the benefits of an ACE unit? If ACE units are so great, why are they not so common? . I think Kellie, do you have it? Alex: Yeah.

Hospital 101

Hospital Patient-Centered IT Nurse Practitioner 101

The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Policing and health outcomes Evidence has shown that excessive policing not only impacts the individual health of Black and brown people who’ve interacted with the police, but it also impacts the health of their communities at large. Essien, MD, MPH Hosts: Dereck Paul, MS, Utibe R.

Community 52

Community Patient-Centered Relationship Education 52

PEMBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

This is a blog post and a podcast episode designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.

Asthma 52

Asthma Electronics Utilities Clinical Practice 52

FDA Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The Ryan Haight Act did not limit the ability to prescribe controlled substance medications by telemedicine so long as the patient and prescriber had a least one in-person visit. a prescriber that engages in telemedicine with the patient), including a review of PDMP data for the past year.

Telemedicine 59

Telemedicine Telecommunication Telehealth Medical 59

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll make the important distinction between gastritis – which is diagnosed only via endoscopy – and dyspepsia, the term best used to describe the symptoms many patients experience. I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

Barriers to implementing findings from lung cancer screening trials into typical clinical practice include the nonrepresentative nature of research participants (younger, healthier, and less racially and geographically diverse than the target populations) and the superior infrastructure and clinical support available to them.

Primary Care 59

Primary Care Screening Family Physician Family Medicine 59

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Dr. Davila is a palliative care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and her work examines racial and ethnic inequities in patient-clinician communication. On the other hand, those who believed that differences in social conditions explain racial differences in health outcomes were less likely to practice race-based medicine.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Utilities Hospital Internal Medicine 52

ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. They discussed an interest in its ability to collect data specific to practice areas like HIV and geographic areas—like practice ZIP codes—to better understand workforce needs and patterns.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Government Community Education 52

GeriPal

MARCH 9, 2023

FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice. Early data on efficacy in patients with anxiety and demoralization are promising. Psychedelics have been used by communities around the globe for hundreds of years (or more). Research is exploding.

Patient-Centered 91

Patient-Centered Community IT Medical 91

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. We address: Why is caring for patients with this overlap so hard? Sach Kale set up an outpatient clinic focused on substance use disorder for patients with cancer. What do they do? Oh, my goodness. Alex 03:48 Yeah.

Patients 74

Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 74

ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Representatives from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE), the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (APDEM) and the Endocrine Society joined for a portion of the meeting*. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N.

Diabetes 52

Diabetes Board-Certified Telehealth Government 52

ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. A representative from the American Society of Hematology (ASH) joined for a portion of the meeting*. The following is a summary of the spring meeting.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Board-Certified Physicians Government Community 40

GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Show me your scars.” Scars, really? I’ve been there. You probably have too. On the one hand, I don’t think interprofessional teamwork needs to be scarring. On the other hand, though it goes against my middle-child “can’t we all get along” nature, disagreement is a key aspect of high functioning teams. Alex 02:38 Love it.

Screening 121

Screening IT Families Family 121

ABIM

MAY 30, 2025

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. Adey, MD , and Linda Awdishu, PharmD , whose terms on the Specialty Board end June 30, 2025.

Board-Certified 40

Board-Certified Government Internal Medicine Private Practice 40

GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Sarah Nouri, Hillary Lum, and LJ Van Scoy argue that diverse communities are asking for ACP. Sarah Nouri gives an example from her work in the LGBTQ+ community of a trans woman who was buried as a man because existing laws/rules did not protect her wishes. But before we jump into that topic, I think somebody has a song request.

Community 96

Community IT Patient-Centered Primary Care 96

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Lynn: Okay.

IT 127

IT Patient-Centered Illness Education 127

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Whether in direct practice or in research and academia, we should work together to help Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work meet its full potential. . by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: And Alex, who do we have with us today? Is that right?

IT 102

IT Families Family Clinic 102

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. But, should we as clinicians care about the social lives of our patients? Alex: Great.

IT 100

IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 100

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

And my wife went to over, I want to say, 20 concerts. Eric 00:58 Have you been to a concert? Nate 00:59 I went one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and I’m so glad I did. I loved it and this was his favorite song and so I wanted to do it. Alex 01:07 And Bruce Springsteen did a stage dive. We were talking about this before. Nate 01:11 Very healthy man.

Primary Care 97

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 97

GeriPal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Caveat as well that RCTs should not be placed on pedestal as the only answer- often patients enrolled in RCTs do not represent real world patients – observational studies do. For a trial to have value, it should not exclude patients over age 80, or those with dementia, or patients residing in nursing homes.

Patient-Centered 127

Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 127

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: The problem is we communicate late, we share prognosis late, we elicit goals and values late, so all the time while they’re in the ICU getting prolonged intensive care, we don’t really know that we’re providing goal concordant care, so we wanted to nudge it a little upstream. I’m just stunned even writing that!

Consulting 116

Consulting Patient-Centered Patients IT 116

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

For example, we spend the first half talking about a RCT simulation study of clinician verbal and non-verbal communication with a seriously ill patient with cancer. In one room the physician under study interacts with a white patient-actor, and in another room interacts with a Black patient-actor. Amber: Thank you guys.

Patient-Centered 112

Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 112

GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Illness 134

Illness Patient-Centered Patients IT 134

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Eric 04:44 Could just make you a little bit more resilient, you can increase your Rvus so you can see more patients. Well-being committees are popping up at every level of an organization. And C-suites now have chief wellness officers sitting at the table. Eric 01:54 Why’d you pick this song, Naomi? Eric 02:09 Thank you.

IT 112

IT Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered 112

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We also explored several questions with them, including how to define trauma, its prevalence in older adults, the impact of past traumatic experiences, the potential triggers of trauma screening, and the application of trauma-informed principles in clinical practice. Mariah, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Kate 00:40 Great to be here.

IT 67

IT Patient-Centered Individual Screening 67

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Caroline. Caroline: Thanks, Alex. I know it’s a mouthful. It’s exciting to be here. Alex: And welcoming back to the GeriPal Podcast for, like, her 10th time, we have Lauren Hunt, who is nurse researcher and assistant professor at the UCSF School of Nursing. Welcome back to the GeriPal Podcast, Lauren.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Families Family 60

BMJ

JUNE 25, 2021

Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000780. 1 Clinical guidelines internationally recommend statin therapy for both primary and secondary prevention of CVD, making statins one of the most frequently prescribed drugs in industrialised countries.

Primary Care 40

Primary Care Clinical Practice Electronics Clinic 40

GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. Only 5% of intervention patients received the facilitator-led component of the intervention (there were other components, facilitator-led was the most engaged component).

Primary Care 80

Primary Care IT Clinic Patient-Centered 80