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Reflecting on the Success of the AAFP 2024 Annual Meeting & Scientific Symposium

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

This year’s event was a testament to the vibrant community of family physicians, medical students, residents, and healthcare professionals dedicated to advancing family medicine in Alabama. The program covered a wide range of topics relevant to the current challenges and advancements in family medicine.

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

Earth Day 2025, Part 2: Why Your Voice Matters in the Environmental Health Conversation As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day 2025 on April 22, healthcare professionals, clinic administrators, and medical teams have a unique and powerful role in shaping how patients and communities engage with sustainability and environmental health.

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Goodbye NSURE, Hello ACNU! FDA Issues Long-Awaited Proposed Rule to Bring OTC Drugs with a Little Something Extra to Market

FDA Law Blog

A flurry of activity followed the 2012 meeting including several workshops organized by the Brookings Institute and the launch of a new (and apparently now abandoned) acronym by FDA: NSURE – Nonprescription Drug Safe Use Regulatory Expansion. Drugs currently on the market OTC would not be approved with ACNU.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Yes, you need some protected time for leaders to provide training and structure and oversight and ongoing quality assurance, but the heaviest sort of cost lift sometimes is redesigning the physical space. And then we had half day workshops to get the frontline team just really excited about being the first ACE unit in the State of Alabama.

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Urinary Incontinence Revisited: George Kuchel & Alison Huang

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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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

This whole conference that Ab puts on, and all of the tools and resources that he provides people and families with dementia are about, how do you build on the remaining strengths? I’m at home, but I’m doing joint assessment with even a geriatrician in complex cases and providing guidance. We tried to do that in Kentucky.

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Surgical Communication: A Podcast with Gretchen Schwarze, Justin Clapp and Alexis Colley

GeriPal

Wasn’t that the Provide Your Opinion, Don’t Hide It? ” To hide my professional opinion, does that help? Alex: Alexis workshopped a couple questions with us yesterday, and we helped her make them even more challenging for you. We hope you enjoy this episode. Because I read that. Alexis, why don’t you?

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