Education, Government, Healthcare Professional and Illness

Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

MAY 3, 2025

Powering Health, Protecting the Planet – Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic Healthcare professionals have always been trusted voices on public health. Latest news & breaking headlines And, in many countries, governments offer financial incentives to install solar panels and even backup batteries.

Healthcare

Healthcare Healthcare Professional Consulting Management

Episode 120: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 1 – Racism, Police Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

AUGUST 25, 2020

Trainees may use this foundation to question how this might impact their medical education and think about this educational legacy may be reformed through curricular and structural changes at their institutions. Jefferson & Hedwig Lee (2020) Illness spillovers of lethal police violence: the significance of gendered marginalization.

Community

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

JUNE 19, 2025

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding. Also a shout out.

Individual

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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

To be eligible in Canada patients must have a “ grievous and irremediable ” condition, including disability ; they do not have to have a terminal illness with a prognosis of less than 6 months. A planned expansion of MAID to include people with mental illness was placed on hold until March 2024. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

Illness

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. And it’s interesting there because long-term care is covered by the government, but still assisted living has emerged as a private market to try and accommodate some of this demand for supportive services. Eric: And who pays for assisted living communities?

Community

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

Just out of fellowship, Naheed built a palliative care program for homeless persons called the Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH) Program. link] PEACH Good Wishes Program A program that provides meaningful gifts for unhoused individuals who are terminally ill. Today we discuss: What is the best terminology?

Healthcare

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary Social connections impact our health in profound ways, whether it is the support we receive from family and friends in navigating serious illness, the joy from shared social activities, or connecting with our community. The idea of listening with your ear, so E being educate, A, assess, and R, respond.

IT

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

GeriPal

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For the policy buffs and policy newbies out there, we hope this podcast is an essential primer to government in action. And they should be forced by doing research, followed by translating research into practice and continued education of a wide variety of individuals to then care for our aging population. We talk about: .

Complication

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

So if you think about 100 patients per year, that you need to have some benchmark after going into business to care for so many terminally ill patients. As somebody who has been part of literally more non-profits than I can remember, non-profit governance structures is a pain in the ass. singing) Ira: Thank you very much.

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IT Provider Patients Families

Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

And the government can do something about that?!? I think part of this does stem from a clinical experience and also some of the theoretical models that have evolved around serious illness, you know, to think specifically about dementia. Wait, so one key message is that social health is linked to physical and cognitive health?!?

Illness

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

You know, she would have had 90 really good years, and she would have just gone into a coma with no blood pressure and died, you know, with, like, a day and a half of illness. Eric 42:11 But how much of it is like Winston Churchill, like, democracy is the worst form of government. Besides all else, like, yeah, there’s things.

Patients

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What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas

GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Alex 28:22 That’s not in the vital talk, serious illness, communication. Sean 45:09 Yeah, I mean, I think we have to solve all our social ills to solve this one in certain ways. Winston Chiong and Sean Aas appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Eric: We’re going to be talking about telemedicine for those who have serious illness, and this came out of a recent publication Carly did in the San Francisco Chronicle titled Telemedicine Helps People in Pain, Don’t Take That Away. So we’re going to be talking about telemedicine, telehealth for people with serious illness.

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Loss of DEI Hurts Everyone: Farah Stockman, Ali Thomas, Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

APRIL 17, 2025

Now to the federal government that is going way beyond what I think people truly understand. Alex 23:27 I think Ken answered his own question, and I’d like to invite maybe Ali to use this as an opportunity to talk about the struggle for education within black community. And the uprooting of DEI is an act of violence. Well played.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

Episode 120: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 1 – Racism, Police Violence, and Health

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

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

Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

Health and Wealth Shocks: Lauren Hunt, Rebecca Rodin, Tsai-Chin Cho

Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas

Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

Loss of DEI Hurts Everyone: Farah Stockman, Ali Thomas, Ken Covinsky

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