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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

Robin Wolaner, 71, a retired publisher in Sausalito, California, has been known to badger friends who delay getting recommended shots, sending them relevant medical studies. Her doctor and several pharmacies turned her down because she was below the recommended age at the time, which was 60.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

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?

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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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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

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.

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

GeriPal

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 training in Vital Talk and ELNEC.

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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

GeriPal

And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985. Bill, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Bill 00:53 Thank you, Alex. Eric 00:54 So we have a really interesting and potentially challenging podcast today. But before we go into all of that, I think, Bill, you have a song request for Alex.

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Buckle Up: DOJ Initiates Rulemaking to Reschedule Marijuana

FDA Law Blog

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., and lacked accepted safety for use under medical supervision. 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. § 21 U.S.C. § NPRM at 44,601. Basis at 18; NPRM at 44,605.