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Co-development of a public primary care occupational therapy and physical therapy telephone consultation service [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In recent years, given significant challenges with accessing primary care physicians in Canada, there has been increased attention towards involving other health care providers, such as rehabilitation professionals, for managing different conditions.

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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

More than a year after her riding accident, Diamond was back at the emergency room after she tripped on a step while entering a New York restaurant. The insurer not only stopped paying current claims but also moved to claw back tens of thousands of dollars it had paid to providers in the two years since she turned 65.

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Episode 232: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 15 – Housing is Health: Racism and Homelessness – Clinician + Community Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Dr. Kushel and Mr. Watts remind healthcare providers to speak out about the structural causes of homelessness. This episode was hosted by Sudarshan Krishnamurthy, Jazzmin Williams, and Alec Calac. Do you have a coordinated entry system (CES) in your community? Can you refer your patient there? 3. Push back against dehumanizing language.

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Palliative Care in Liver Disease: A Podcast with Kirsten Engel, Sarah Gillespie-Heyman, Brittany Waterman, & Amy Johnson

GeriPal

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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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

GeriPal

That put me in the emergency room. But I gave this talk, and one of the questions I asked a group of maybe 150 residents was, do you talk to your healthcare provider about your medical cannabis use? After I asked many people how many used it, and I would say less than one in ten were willing to talk to their healthcare provider.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? This is not why I went into emergency medicine. I went into emergency medicine to act. Why is that important in the emergency room?

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

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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