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Updates in ID and Nephrology: Lona Mody, Rasheeda Hall, Devika Nair, Sonali Advani

GeriPal

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. So transmission of other drug resistant organisms and C difficile to other patients in the hospital reduces if you control. Lona: Absolutely.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

The initial RCT published on physician coaching in JAMA in 2019 showing that coaching improves quality of life. This is the first RCT that was available for coaching in physicians. [link] 5. We make a diagnosis. When somebody is not able to function, they need deep therapy, and probably maybe even hospitalization.

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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Usually, patients go to their primary care physician for advice or try to ask in the pharmacy on the corner what the smiling pharmacists recommend. However, general practice physicians, as well as pharmacists, get very little training on skin conditions, so the chance for misdiagnosis is high.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

And in fact, as Alex mentioned in the intro, probably more than 20 years ago, Muriel Gillig asked me to help out with the geriatric modules at the Brigham women’s hospital primary care medicine sort of sessions. Eric 12:05 Any pearls on the diagnosis of HFpEF. And Alex, you may have actually been in one of those.

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Demystifying the Role of HHS and ASPE in Guiding Federal Aging Policy and Priorities with Dr. Tisamarie Sherry

GeriPal

As you know, our population is aging at a rapid speed and older, adult older persons is no longer cared for only by a geriatrician or a primary care physician. So transmission of other drug resistant organisms and C difficile to other patients in the hospital reduces if you control. Lona: Absolutely.

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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary health care workers in a district of Istanbul: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

BMJ

There are 44 family health centers, including 158 family physicians and 165 family health workers working in the district. Two hundred seventy-six of the healthcare professionals were reached (response rate: 85.4%). COVID-19 diagnosis of self Yes 24 (44.4) COVID-19 diagnosis of a relative Yes 98 (46.4)

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Exploring the Nature of Chronic Pain with Haider Warraich

GeriPal

Haider is a physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and the VA in Boston. So Eric Cassell, for folks who don’t know, was a primary care physician. But really was a seminal pioneering figure in the field of bioethics, palliative care, et cetera. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Haider.