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. Can you tell me about that?

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Sheryl: Largely the people who live there as opposed to government funds. You’re independent, drive in and out, and the more help you need, so for example, now you need somebody to help with medication administration. But why I decided to look at medical and mental health care and assisted living. Is that right?

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GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

Alex: We are honored to welcome Dr. Rajagopal, who goes by Raj, who is the author of Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Healthcare. Raj: It was indeed very, very gradual, and the seeds were sown when I was a medical student. But when I retired from government service, I left Kalakkad in 2002. Anything new has no room.

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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. Part of it’s what Mike was saying, it’s accountability as a country, as a nation and as the government. This is a problem that’s existed for decades. What are they accountable for?

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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. Where are we with a lot of these medications? We talk about: .

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GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

-Alex End Well Talk [link] Resources on the PEACH Program Program Review Paper A recent publication in Longwoods Healthcare Quarterly reviewing the PEACH model. I always knew that I wanted to get into healthcare, to use healthcare as a springboard for social change in our communities. those experiencing homelessness).

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GeriPal

APRIL 13, 2023

Julianne: It’s interesting because I think I read somewhere that a finding in science often takes about, on average, 17 years to make it into medical practice. We’ll talk about is it in medical practice yet? She tried to extend conversations beyond what was medically, I think, necessary for the encounter.

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Tiny Physician

MARCH 30, 2022

Is this a case of medical negligence? To establish medical negligence, 4 conditions have to be satisfied and these conditions are popularly known as 4 Ds of medical negligence. Therefore, a case of medical negligence will not stand, let alone murder charges. Unsuccessful treatment cannot be labelled as medical negligence.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Summary Transcript Summary Four percent of deaths in Canada are due to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). What’s up with Medical aid in dying in Canada? Eric: So again, the topic is going to be medical aid in dying in Canada. Four percent. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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GeriPal

MARCH 24, 2023

We also have Joe Shega, who is a hospice physician, and he is a Chief Medical Officer and Vice President at VITAS Healthcare. This was an investigative report about fraud and healthcare, pure fraud, pure victimization of vulnerable people. Lauren: Thanks for having me. Alex: And she’s going to be a guest host today.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Janet Abrahm is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care. I wanted to ask you about some medications that are sort of hot medications, that only palliative care experts seem to know a lot about.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

So if you look at government websites about heat for example, it’s got a line of buttons across the top with affected populations, outdoor workers, athletes and older people are in there. So the things that Karl mentioned, but also access to healthcare during a disaster or even heat. Why is it up to the healthcare system?

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

Skepticism on the ability of predictive models to transform healthcare Consolidation of EHR’s into the hands of a very few companies, and potential for the drug and device industry to influence care delivery by tweaking AI in ways that are not transparent and already a sort of magical black box. Bob: Exactly. It could be anybody. Bob: Yeah.

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GeriPal

MARCH 16, 2023

So this week we’re going to be talking about writing for the lay public, and next week we’ll be publishing a podcast on writing for healthcare providers. He wrote a New York Times bestseller and now we have quality and safety in every aspect of healthcare. Rosanne: I certainly do. So you take it to the people. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

And the government can do something about that?!? Disruptive events are medical, surgical. And hospitalization for pneumonia is like a medical event. And maybe we’ll turn now from these medical and surgical events to start talking about social events. I have no idea what that is. Any other social events?

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

I think to some extent, the county doesn’t necessarily know what they don’t know about geriatrics, just like I don’t necessarily know what I don’t know about the county and local government and national government and state government. And then, the system responds in turn.

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FDA Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The former officials implore following the science demonstrating marijuana’s high addictive potential, its lack of accepted medical use, and the rescheduling impact on prosecuting drug trafficking organizations. and lacks an acceptable level of safety for use even under medical supervision. In other words, no rescheduling.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 15, 2024

We discuss: What is considered a hate incident, how is it tracked, what do we know about changes over time The wider impact of Anti-Asian hate on older Asians, who are afraid to go out, leading to anxiety, social isolation, loneliness, decreased exercise, missed appointments and medications. We do talk about healthcare policy.

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GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

So they need mainstream healthcare, and they need housing support. In what moral universe is a federal government deeply subsidizing my housing and not subsidizing that of my patients? There’s often both a floor and a ceiling, because let’s say they have a pension or they have government benefits. Margot: Yeah.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Eric: And looking back at that time, what do you think the healthcare system could have done to help with that? We have all of these models that are out there that have proven benefits for patients, for caregivers, and some of them for healthcare systems as far as saving money for, let’s say, Medicare. Why do we need to do more?

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GeriPal

AUGUST 22, 2024

Healthcare provide. Healthcare companies. Eric 11:54 And also lots of other things we don’t even think about too revolve around this life insurance and whether or not how much you can sue your doctor or healthcare providers for depends if the patient’s still alive or if they’re dead. Insurance companies.

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FDA Law

JUNE 1, 2025

Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report finding that, for the years 2016-2018, the pharmaceutical industry spent on average for a sample of 553 drug products approximately $6 billion annually on DTC advertisements, with a significant portion of this spending allocated to television commercials. In 2021, the U.S.

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GeriPal

JUNE 2, 2022

But this was a family practice study where they randomized 500 healthcare providers to wear surgical masks in routine interactions, 500 to not wear masks, no difference in like anyone getting colds or anything. And their death rate was so high during Omicron because they had distrust to the vaccine and distrust to the government.

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GeriPal

JULY 20, 2023

Alex: We are delighted to welcome Joe Rotella, who’s the Chief Medical Officer of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. So now that the emergency response has ended, what’s to be done? Joe, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Joe: Great to be here. Eric: Yeah.

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GeriPal

APRIL 17, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary I read Farah Stockmans article in the NYT on why attacks on DEI will cost us all , and thought, Yes, and everyone includes harm to our healthcare workforce, our patients, and their families. Now to the federal government that is going way beyond what I think people truly understand. Well played.

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