Physician's Practice

JUNE 25, 2025

These videos are 5 to 10 minutes in length and will provide practical ideas and suggestions that have been tested in his practice or used by other physicians that significantly improve the efficiency and productivity of their medical practices. He has written ten books on practice management and the business of medicine.

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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. Identifying the specific type of virus that are causing a child’s symptoms, like rhinovirus vs parainfluenza, is often unnecessary, especially in otherwise healthy children who are managed at home.

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Patients Illness Hospital Management 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

High social risk burden in adults with IBD drives emergency care use and medication gaps—spotlighting the urgent need for social screening in clinical practice. A greater social risk burden was linked to increased odds of unplanned healthcare utilization (severe vs none: OR, 3.5 [1.2-10.2])

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Transportation IT Insurance 52

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

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.

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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?

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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. The answers to these questions will vary. Reasonable people will disagree. And today, on our podcast, our guests disagree. Welcome, Karl.

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GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. This isn’t to say we’ve “made it” – more to say that we’ve reached a new stage of maturation of the field – in which the evidence we are discussing is frequently high quality randomized trial level data. -@AlexSmithMD Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 24, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary I hear the word dignity used a lot in the medical setting, but I’m never sure what people mean when they use it. Medical Assistance in Dying and Palliative Care: Shared Trajectories Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Scientific American Letter to the Editor: Response to Downar et al.

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GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

He really practiced what he preached. And I think that his research was informed by his clinical practice, his clinical practice was informed by his research. They found a difference of 4% in documented goals of care discussions. Is 4% meaningful? I think it’s you, Bob. Alex: I love that song. Anything else?

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