GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Lastly, we discuss Katie’s paper on substance use disorder in an aging population and how one can incorporate the 5 Ms (ie, matters most, medications, mind, mobility, and multicomplexity) into a framework for age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

We have a wide ranging conversation that touches on how to place aging, disability, and multimorbidity in the context of serious illness conversations, “striving toward normal,” stoicism, existentialism, psychedelics, the goals of medicine, medical aid in dying and more. We could have talked for hours! We have a Canadian theme going.

Illness 128

Illness IT Diagnose Medical 128

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Alex 00:27 And we’re delighted to welcome S a ch Kale, who is a palliative care doc at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. But my medical training kicked in. Do you need to be an addiction medicine trained physician to start such a clinic (no: Sach is not). See Sachs write up about setting up this clinic in JPSM.

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Patients Clinic Patient-Centered Illness 72

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). What’s up with Medical aid in dying in Canada? Eric: So again, the topic is going to be medical aid in dying in Canada. Four percent. To many this rapid expansion will represent autonomy run amok. This is Eric Widera.

Illness 144

Illness IT Medical Provider 144

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Alex: Today, we’re delighted to welcome Josh Briscoe, who is assistant professor of medicine and psychiatry at Duke, and a palliative care physician at the Durham VA Medical Center. Coming off as rote and scripted during a serious illness conversation can have a similar off-putting impact on patients and families. All the time. ;).

Illness 101

Illness IT Patient-Centered Patients 101

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary You may have heard of Area Agencies on Aging, but do you really know what they do or how they do it? What about State Departments of Aging or state master plans for aging? Do you know how these agencies fit in with programs like Meals-on-Wheels or other nutritional support programs? Susan: It is my anthem.

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

JUNE 6, 2024

I’m happy to talk about it at any time.” All guests agree that clinicians feel they need to have something they can do if they open Pandora’s box. Treatments for vaginal dryness and atrophy ACS links , NCCN links , Cancersexnetwork , and a great handout that Areej created And I get to sing Lady Gaga, also a first for GeriPal! Ra ra ra ra.

Illness 130

Illness IT Physicals Patients 130

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Malaz: One day I was in internal medicine residency and I had to take care of a patient who was admitted from a nursing home with dementia. For me, right now, the worst thing, my nightmare is dying from dementia alone in a nursing home. It requires a fight. It’s been going on for many decades now. Malaz: I love it.

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Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 6, 2025

These measures are taken after a disease has been diagnosed. Here are some of the most impactful examples of preventative health care: Immunizations: The Gold Standard of Prevention Vaccinations represent perhaps the single most effective preventive care measure in medical history.

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Preventive Care Preventative Care Family Physician Screening 100

Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 19, 2025

Published 2/5/19, updated 6/19/25) Rowdiest audience ever (at a medical conference at least). It’s now so common that more than half of all doctors report symptoms, with medical students , residents , and even senior clinicians feeling pushed to the brink. Among medical trainees suicide is the number one cause of death today.

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Clinic Nurse Practitioner IT Medical 246

Physician's Weekly

JULY 2, 2025

The Texas mother of two was diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal heart condition after having her second child. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, or MEC. For Brianna Henderson, birth control isn’t just about preventing pregnancy. “There’s no one who can actually do this work.”

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Nurse Practitioner Diagnose Complication Government 52

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

And we then did a bunch of work to develop medical criteria, to choose the right patients for hospital-at-home. In addition to discussing these outcomes, we also discuss: The history of the hospital-at-home movement. The practicalities of how it works including who are good candidates, where does it start (the ED?), Alex: Good challenge.

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