The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

In 2016, The Guardian reported that a blind woman suffering from this disease was fitted with the implant labelled “bionic eye” in the UK as part of a trial at the Oxford Eye Hospital. The journal Nature provided a commentary report on HKUST’s research into the bionic eye. That must have been truly amazing!

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BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

Donors, government ministries, agencies and academic partners regularly cascade requests for data that multiply and complicate the simple interaction into a complex, and often redundant, set of data requirements for the same singular interaction. Digital uptake is more prevalent in high-volume and urban hospital networks.

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PEMBlog

MARCH 4, 2025

Learning Objectives Describe the clinical presentation, epidemiology, and complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in pediatric patients, including its atypical manifestations. Now some patients can develop severe pulmonary complications, fortunately those are rare. Plus, well discuss whether M. Pediatr Emerg Care.

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PEMBlog

MAY 1, 2025

Well break down the virology, epidemiology, clinical presentation, and complications of Parvovirus B19. Parvovirus B19 is best known for causing fifth disease, but in certain patients it can lead to some serious complications like aplastic crises, fetal hydrops, or chronic anemia. So as you can see, this virus does a lot of stuff.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And that led to many specialists doing work and advancing their fields within their professional societies, providing guidance and so on for older adults. There’s the complications associated with immune senescence, comorbidities, atypical clinical presentations. One of your articles addresses that. So you’re right.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

Then things started to get a little bit different… His chest x-ray had some peripheral infiltrates, and the emergency department providers ordered a CT scan. The second major factor complicating our diagnostic reasoning during this time is the dramatic shift in prevalence of the disease in the community.

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PEMBlog

JANUARY 21, 2025

This article delineates the salient clinical features, associated complications, cost considerations, and risk profiles for each virus, thereby providing a framework for informed clinical decision-making. Common Complications : Otitis media : Diagnosis is supported by the presence of a bulging tympanic membrane with purulent effusion.

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PEMBlog

AUGUST 20, 2024

ECPR involves using ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) to take over heart and lung functions, offering a last-resort option that is becoming more common in large pediatric hospitals. The episode highlights the importance of understanding eCPR as a critical therapy for both in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

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33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Why MyChart messages create a challenge for hospital systems So more contact and connection between doctors and patients seems like a good thing, right? Some of these Epic features can create the expectation of concierge-level service — a challenge at a time when hospitals are facing a global pandemic with crisis-level staffing.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Joe 03:55 You know, my thoughts are screening is important for a variety of reasons, and certainly Doctor Boris and Soo and Anna, Doctor chodos can provide a lot greater clinical insight than I. There has to be effective support provided behind any type of screening strategy in order for it to truly be effective. Joe, your thoughts?

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

I’m an internist, so when I hospitalize patients, 1 in 8 of my patients now takes pregabalin or gabapentin. You’re in the hospital right now, we can write you a taper, just mention to your doctor, mention to the team that you got this brochure and here’s even a suggestion for how to do it. 1 in 8 in the U.S.

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GeriPal

JUNE 8, 2023

-@AlexSmithMD Additional Links: – Fingerstick monitoring in VA nursing homes (too common!) – Improving diabetes management in hospice – Continuous Glucose Monitoring complicating end of life care Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex Smith: This is Alex Smith. Is that your experience?

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StorytellERdoc

MARCH 18, 2020

I recently finished seven consecutive shifts in which I, along with my incredible co-workers, have been part of our hospital's evolving approach to the growing concern of Covid-19. Don't bog down our front-line medical providers with mild symptoms. And the truth is, I am not sure what to think at this point. Wear a mask.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

More recently Sharon Kaufman ‘s book And a Time to Die described the ways in which physicians, nurses, hospital systems, and payment mechanisms influenced the hour and manner of patient’s deaths. Today Liz Dzeng discusses her journey towards studying this issue in detail. Eric: What kind of differences did you see?

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Doctor On Demand

APRIL 28, 2025

Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed. When to use telehealth for a sore throat Telehealth offers a convenient way to treat a sore throat and also provides guidance when you’re unsure if you need in-person care. This requires emergency treatment.

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Doctors for America

MAY 30, 2025

COVID-19 infection continues to result in hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations annually, and causes the deaths of hundreds of Americans each week. Millions of Americans continue to live with complications of this disease and long COVID. We need all tools available to prevent complications of COVID-19.

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GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

Eric 00:42 So on this podcast, we’re gonna be talking about what every healthcare provider should know about radiation oncology. I didn’t know where they existed within the hospital. Eric 07:04 You actually created things like a curriculum for hospital medicine fellows in radiation oncology. Evie, welcome to GeriPal.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

They also provide immunizations and lifestyle advice tailored to your specific needs. It creates a continuous health history that benefits both you and your provider. They're designed to provide quick, efficient medical attention for conditions that require timely care but aren't life-threatening.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: People experiencing homelessness (PEH) and type 2 diabetes are hospitalized more often, develop diabetes complications, and die on average 10 years earlier than their housed peers due to poorly controlled chronic physical and behavioral health conditions.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. And yet, after assisting the older adult to their feet, the EMS providers would leave. I think, as providers, we don’t get to see that.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

You can also listen to an audio interview with Alex and JAMA Deputy Editor Preeti Malani about this study and the other RCT of default palliative care for hospitalized older adults with noncancer serious illness published in the same issue. With their regular providers? It used to be a much more complicated model. David: Right.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 5, 2022

Dr. Margot Kushel is a Professor of Medicine and Division Chief at the Division of Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations and UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. Can you refer your patient there? 3.

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Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

The law directs Texas universities and hospitals to lead the research. The content is provided for information purposes only. "If we had said were going to do this for the homeless or the prison population, the Legislature might not have been as willing to get on board," he added. Your feedback is important to us.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This office is tasked with providing aging policy research and recommendations within ASPE, including long term care and the National Alzheimer’s Project Act. And that led to many specialists doing work and advancing their fields within their professional societies, providing guidance and so on for older adults. So you’re right.

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Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 28, 2024

Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic associated fatty liver disease all have the potential to cause life-altering complications and premature death. I provide information about the risks, side effects, costs, and potential benefits. Often medication is useful to better control these conditions and help reduce these risks.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Today we talk with Sarguni Singh, hospitalist-researcher at the University of Colorado, Ann Henshaw, Occupational Therapist who teaches at George Washington and works clinically at Georgetown, and Tamra Keeney, Physical Therapist-researcher at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Tamra, welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary Falls are very common among older adults but often go unreported or untreated by healthcare providers. Providers may feel a sense of nihilism, that there just isn’t anything they can do to decrease the risk of falling. I think providers feel that way. There may be lots of reasons behind this.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Imagine her hearing for the first time that you’re sick, that you’re hospitalized, that you’re in the ICU, and that you can’t make your own decisions? And so the family is there in much more of an advisory role rather than providing say, cognitive scaffolding that they might provide in supported decision making.

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GeriPal

JULY 11, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

I’ve worked in hospital settings as an occupational therapist, inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury. Emmy: Ended up starting a program, outpatient at our hospital at the time. How did you get interested in this?

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GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

Should she have an operation, and risk the pain, potential complications, and attendant delirium associated with the operation? Joel: The Brigham and Women’s Hospital likes me to say that too. Alex: And the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. And she was rushed to the hospital. She falls and breaks her hip.

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GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

Prior podcasts on the ethics of nudging , and a different trial conducted by Kate and Scott in which the default for hospitalized seriously ill patients was to receive a palliative care consult. Many were community hospitals. The intervention was a negative study for the primary outcome, hospital length of stay. What is sludge?

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. Jennifer: They have a meaningful impact on what happens to them during the hospitalization and after. They all self-identified as a hospital based practice.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. Today we discuss: Why the study was negative for the primary (hospitalization) and all secondary outcome (e.g. Tammie 03:04 Depends on how long they were pre-hospital. hospice use).

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Additional link to study with heatmaps of specific locations (hospital, nursing home, home) after initiating dialysis. -@AlexSmithMD ** NOTE: To claim CME credit for this episode, click here ** Transcript Eric 00:11 Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. He would go home, and then three weeks later he would be back in the hospital.

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PEMBlog

JUNE 2, 2025

Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies. References: Bertazza Partigiani N, Spagnol R, Di Michele L, et al.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

When we started doing more music stuff for our patients in the hospital, a lot of people started to think, hmm, what would I want to listen to? So our inpatient hospitals are kind of under resourced for music therapy. It’s something that has no place in a hospital in most people’s thinking. Tyler 01:43 Okay.

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