Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

Take influenza, which annually sends from 140,000 to 710,000 people to hospitals, most of them seniors, and is fatal to 10% of hospitalized older adults. Compared with the standard flu shot, the enhanced vaccines reduced the risk of hospitalization from the flu in older adults, by at least 11% and up to 18%.

Vaccination 52

Vaccination Illness Hospital Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. Are there, though, populations that it may be helpful in, or should that change with the advent of the new amyloid antibodies? Should it?

Screening 119

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

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 focus on an intervention , published in JAMA, that gave emergency clinicians basic palliative care knowledge, training, and skills. They got feedback. So did it matter?

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered Hospital IT Patients 77

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

Kate: So it was an embedded alert in the electronic health record and they just clicked those two answers very quickly. I’m just stunned even writing that! We’ve come so far as a field. This is Eric Widera. Alex: This is Alex Smith. Eric: Alex, who do we have with us today? Were you at the GeriPal pub crawl? laughter] Eric: 2:30 AM.

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered Patients IT 115

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. The Cruzan ruling led to a flood of interest in Advance Directives, and eventually to the Patient Self Determination Act, which mandates provision of information about advanced directives to all hospitalized patients. Alex: Thank you.

Families 112

Families Family Patient-Centered IT 112

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

He had a 14 month recovery in hospital and rehab and continually asked to have life sustaining treatment suspended so that he could be allowed to die. But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex. Bill 01:52 I do. Eric 02:01 Why guy Clark’s the Cape? Bill 02:03 Oh, it’s a long story.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

FDA Law Blog

MAY 21, 2024

Public comments must be submitted electronically or postmarked on or before July 22, 2024, 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. The 2016 reviews concluded that marijuana continued to meet schedule I criteria for having a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the U.S., 21 U.S.C. §

Physicals 69

Physicals Medical Clinic Emergency Room 69