PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This is a blog post 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.

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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.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Utilities Hospital Internal Medicine 52

ABIM

JUNE 24, 2025

Of note, 14,777 physicians have been ABIM Board Certified in Hematology since it was first offered in 1972, with 10,730 currently maintaining valid certification and 7,445 simultaneously maintaining certification in internal medicine. Most (49.5%) are in single-specialty group practice or multi-specialty group practice (38%).

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ABIM

JUNE 11, 2025

She also sought input on overlapping aspects of community practice across the disciplines of internal medicine to inform ABIM’s recruitment efforts for broad physician representation in governance roles. international) and race and ethnicity are represented among its members.

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ABIM

JUNE 4, 2025

Dr. McDonald spoke about ABIM’s work engaging early career physicians (those who earned initial certification within the last 10 years), including presentations and listening sessions at recent national meetings. Community Practice in ABIM Governance* Erica N. He suggested a similar approach for APDEM’s annual meeting.

Diabetes 52

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GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

On today’s podcast we dive into drivers of invasive procedures and hospitalizations in advanced dementia by talking to some pretty brilliant nursing and nurse practitioner researchers focused on dementia, geriatrics, and palliative care in nursing homes: Ruth Palan Lopez, Caroline Stephens, Joan Carpenter, and Lauren Hunt. Rehabbed to Death.

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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. Annals of Internal Medicine. Like, does that indirect?

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GeriPal

APRIL 24, 2025

We and our guests have noticed that in our clinical practices, patients and caregivers seem to be asking for such treatments more frequently. For this weekly treatment, the cancer team that had been consulted in the hospital told him this is nonsense. So I’m going to present a case. Ivermectin to treat cancer.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Illness 77

GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

So tiny, tiny, in a hospital bed. How do you do that in clinical practice, in a way that doesn’t take five hours of sitting down with somebody? I’m fully present. So Brian wrote this article in JAMA Internal Medicine arguing that we should take the word intensive out of intensive care units.

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GeriPal

MARCH 27, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary A pragmatic trial evaluates the effectiveness of a treatment or intervention in real-world clinical practice. In the primary care practices that received the advance care planning intervention, rates of advance care planning were higher (about double). We were agnostic on the timing.

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