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You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

PEMBlog

Reasons to not order a comprehensive respiratory viral panel (i.e., Many children are colonized or have asymptomatic shedding of viruses, especially in the winter months, but the virus is not the cause of their acute symptoms.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Number four, again, structure and process that promotes early mobilization which may or may not require a formal OT and PT consultation. So their Stephanie is now launching their consult service and perhaps eventually their ACE unit, who will then reach into their affiliate. That hospital has several affiliate hospitals.

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Dysphagia Revisited: A Podcast with Raele Donetha Robison and Nicole Rogus-Pulia

GeriPal

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. But again, most of my clinical practice, until recent years, has been in the acute care setting. Here at UW Health, we call it our Swallow Service.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? Eric: And where do personal amplification hearing aids, how does that all fit into this and whether we’re seeing people in their homes and clinics in the hospital? I’m guessing not. Eric: Yeah.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

GeriPal

So you have the consultation. And so on the inpatient side, which I see a lot of inpatient consults here, a large portion of what I do before they even come down to my department is making sure that they would be candidates for the simulation and treatment for the reasons that I described. Procedure as well as the treatments.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality. Kate: I think the main one for me being asked on the fly is that one of the nudged specialist palliative care consultation, which we know has limitations. Eric: So how do you put that all together?

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Since 2013, ABIM Specialty Boards have been required to include at least one physician member primarily engaged in community practice, defined broadly in applications as “clinical practice in a non-university, community setting.”