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Drugs Vs. Digital Therapeutics – A Digital Symbiosis

The Medical Futurist

No rocket science here, just additional steps towards patient empowerment, and better partnerships between healthcare professionals and patients. No rocket science here, just additional steps towards patient empowerment, and better partnerships between healthcare professionals and patients. We all understand drugs.

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Behind the stethoscope: A conversation with Dr. Osman Saleem

Sound Physicians

What makes your hospital medicine practice stand out from others in the healthcare industry? Our team’s bond with each other supports a type of flexibility not seen in most other healthcare programs. I was born and raised in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, before immigrating to Toronto with my family.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . It is a heavy load and yet I think all of us here think that it can be lighter when there are supportive programs and community engagements in place. Summary Transcript Summary. What would it take to transform dementia care? Transcript.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Self-care and telemedicine for patients The options of teledermatology services, as well as self-care platforms, are soaring. (*There are widely varying figures, ranging from 66% to 90% depending on the source of information.) In 2013, only 56 percent of Americans owned a smartphone, which climbed to around 90% by now.

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Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Physician's Weekly

The researchers recommended including community members in intervention design, healthcare systems, and policies. This includes telemedicine-administered psychotherapy to address depression symptoms and cognitive behavioral therapy to potentially decrease trauma symptoms. PW: Why was it important to do this study?

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary It is a battle royale on this weeks GeriPal podcast. In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. But watch out!

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Prognosis Superspecial: A Podcast with Kara Bischoff, James Deardorff, and Elizabeth Lilley

GeriPal

Next, we talk with James Deardorff about whether we can accurately predict nursing home level of care in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. The PPS is one of the most widely used prognostic tools for seriously ill patients, but the prognostic estimates given by the PPS are based on data that is well over a decade old. You got it.

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