GeriPal

MARCH 2, 2023

2022 Perioperative Gabapentin Use in Older AdultsRevisiting Multimodal Pain Management JAMA IM. By 2015 that number increased to 4% of US adults. There are a lot of reasons that may explain the massive increase in use of these drugs. One thing is clear, it is not because people are using it for FDA approved indications. J Am Geriatr Soc.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

There have been multiple subsequent government reports on nursing home care, most recently was about eight, nine years ago from the OIG. He’s a geriatrician and Chair of Public Policy for the California Association of Long-Term Care Medicine. Welcome back to the GeriPal podcast, Mike. I hope I got that right. Mike: You got it right.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. And which journal again? Ken Covinsky: JAMA Network Open. Eric: JAMA Network Open. Kenny Lam: Yeah, yeah. JAMA Network Open. Eric: But before we do, we have a song request. Luckily, it’s not going to go to Ken Covinsky, because he would do a Chicago Cubs song.

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Community IT Mental Health Medical 97

GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

In this podcast, we cover a great deal of ground, including: Early challenges Dr. Raj faced in pain management: access to opioids, corruption, a system that doesn’t see addressing suffering as a priority. Prognosis communication and the subtle ways we may communicate it without intention. Social pain and loneliness. slowed down version.

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

Today we discuss: What is the best terminology? Homelessness? Marginally housed? What makes palliative care for people experiencing homelessness challenging? What makes it rewarding? What is unique about the practice of palliative care for people experiencing homelessness? And I gonna choose Bryan Adams, summer of 69. Naheed 03:48 Yeah, for sure.

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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. It’s Lona Mody who is a translational infectious disease researcher at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. We talk about: . The structure of federal agencies and how they coordinate.

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Complication Patient-Centered IT Patients 52

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. Welcome back, Ashwin. Ashwin Kotwal: Excited to be back. Eric: Now, it’s interesting. Alex: Great.

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IT Community Patient-Centered Medical 99

GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

You get me with one-finger-chords on the guitar if you’re watching on YouTube (best I could manage). Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Four percent. To many this rapid expansion will represent autonomy run amok. It is the slippery slope made real. It was amazing.

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Tiny Physician

MARCH 30, 2022

Postpartum hemorrhage is a complication of delivery and it can happen even when doctors follow all the standard protocols for the management of labor. But, destroying hospital property and harassing health care professionals is a barbaric way to react. Her previous delivery (twins) was conducted at the same hospital itself.

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Hospital Government Patient-Centered Medical 52

GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary To my teenagers, climate change is an existential crisis. It’s the end of the world as we know it. They decry the lack of serious attention and prioritization this issue has in the US. My kids ask – why don’t adults care about this issue the same way that they and their friends care about it? Ruth: Thank you.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary You may have heard of Area Agencies on Aging, but do you really know what they do or how they do it? What about State Departments of Aging or state master plans for aging? Do you know how these agencies fit in with programs like Meals-on-Wheels or other nutritional support programs? Susan: It is my anthem.

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Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89

GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

How has the history of redlining and the federal tax subsidy of wealthy (mostly white) people in the form of a mortgage interest deduction contributed to racial inequalities in homelessness? What can we do about it? What are the highest yield interventions and policy changes? What should we call it – homeless or unhoused? Eric: I love this.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The regulated cannabis marketplace brings in billions of dollars in revenue into state and federal governments, with predictions that cannabis sales will exceed $53 billion by 2027. Not surprisingly, then-presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson, DEA Administrator from 2001 to 2003, did not sign the letter. In other words, no rescheduling.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Why does this issue keep coming up? Why is it unresolved? Today we put these questions to Winston Chiong, a neurologist and bioethicist, and Sean Aas, a philosopher and bioethicist. We’ll have a link to that in our show notes. We’re gonna double up on that subject. Alex 01:07 We haven’t figured it out. Alex 01:48 All right.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This model will give participating programs a per-member-per-month payment to offer care management, care coordination, and other services such as caregiver training, disease education, and respite. I didn’t know how to manage it. It requires a fight. It’s been going on for many decades now. Malaz: I love it.

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Patient-Centered IT Family Families 125

GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

Well, on today’s podcast we invite Monica Gandhi to sum up the evidence to date about how best to prevent getting COVID (or at least the severe outcomes of the disease) and how to treat it, including the role of Paxlovid in symptomatic disease. A good twitter criticism of the CDC 1 in 5 COVID survivors have long COVID study. Transcript. Alex: Great.

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Vaccination IT Hospital Management 100

GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

And the thought of a huge number of our patients who had really come to rely on being able to do their visits from home or from a place that was close to home and getting medications that they’ve really come to rely on for symptom management was just really kind of terrifying for us and for them. Joe: I do. Eric: Wait, which version?

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GeriPal

APRIL 17, 2025

What a Wonderful World could be sung in irony at this moment. I hope we all take it literally, with the hope this podcast ends with. Alex Smith ** This podcast is not CME eligible. To learn more about CME for other GeriPal episodes, click here. Transcript Eric 00:00 Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. It is a terrific book. Alex 02:07 Yeah, I love it.

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