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Infectious Disease Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Representatives from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) joined for a portion of the meeting*. Shnekendorf noted that physician distribution is a top concern for IDSA, which aims to address it partially through its compensation initiative and telehealth data.

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

GeriPal

Eric: And we’re going to get to results, but that’s why I also love that 2016 paper: I think it was the very first palliative care trial that ever looked at individuals getting curative therapy. Eric: I think about it as the first one to address individuals’ curative therapy. I’m just stunned even writing that!

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PC for Patients with Substance Use Disorder: Janet Ho, Sach Kale, Julie Childers

GeriPal

Substance use disorder is one of those complex issues in which clinical practice is changing rapidly. And I’m wondering from a practical standpoint, when you think about pain management in those with a history of substance use disorder who have substance use disorder active like is buprenorphine like your go to drug right now?

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

Caroline: And I love how you highlight the importance of these staff biases, perhaps implicit bias that is driving some of these healthcare decisions. Joan: A lot of my work comes out of my clinical practice. That’s a problem in our healthcare financing system. Ruth: Absolutely. We didn’t respond.