GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

A year ago we did our first “Deprescribing Super Special”. Eric: So we’re calling this a deprescribing super special. We’ve done some deprescribing episodes before, but never a super special. Alex: No, I think we did one other super special. Alex: So this is Super special 2. Summary Transcript Summary.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 20, 2025

Effective communication skills: Medical office assistants must clearly communicate with patients, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Professionalism: In healthcare, professional conduct involves compassion for patients and using discretion to protect private information.

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Although this revolution has been brewing for years, the past few months marked a major change , as algorithms finally moved out of the specialized labs and into our daily lives. These systems will considerably reduce the workload of – but not replace- human healthcare professionals.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 15, 2025

Make An Impact on Your Community Healthcare is more than a job — it’s a calling. Many healthcare professionals are drawn to the field because they want to help others and make a positive impact on people’s lives. For some, that involves providing high-quality care to individual patients.

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Vascular Physician

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Types of Compression Therapy The two key types of compression therapy include graduated compression stockings and compression bandages: Graduated Compression Stockings These special stockings fit tighter than regular sock. Compression therapy during pregnancy should be used under the guidance of a healthcare professional.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

APRIL 12, 2025

Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the field will grow by 15 percent from 2023 to 2033 , which is higher than the average for roles that provide support to healthcare professionals. Each year, an estimated 119,800 medical assistant jobs will open up across the country, including in Connecticut.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have aggressively pursued antikickback cases in the healthcare industry. HHS noticed an increasing trend of illegal kickbacks in connection with speaker programs and in November 2020, the Office of Inspector General issued a Special Fraud Alert on the topic.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

OCTOBER 18, 2022

All healthcare professionals will have patients who are directly or indirectly impacted by the carceral system. As a result of this dehumanization and mistreatment, people who are incarcerated may forgo seeking medical care because they do not trust that the system and healthcare professionals will do anything but harm them further.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

JUNE 2, 2025

EHR support specialist: These technical support professionals specialize in electronic health record systems. Advanced Practice Provider Jobs Advanced practice providers are healthcare professionals who have pursued advanced education and clinical training. Completion of a medical assisting program is required.

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Vascular Physician

DECEMBER 11, 2023

If you have been diagnosed with an AVF or are exhibiting signs of an AVF, be sure to work closely with your healthcare professional to manage the condition before it leads to other complications. They can determine if you need specialized care from the experiences team at Vascular Institute of the Rockies.

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Barton Associates

MAY 8, 2025

What’s more, a 2023 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association uncovered that one-third of the doctors surveyed considered leaving clinical practice altogether—and over 6% of the country’s doctors (more than 70,000) left medicine between 2021 and 2022, according to Definitive Healthcare.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

a central laboratory or other specialized area), or measurement of reagents or analytes that could be affected by conditions such as sample turbidity or cell lysis. The design and procedures of the device are appropriate for use by healthcare professionals in near-patient settings outside a centralized laboratory.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Eric: … the acknowledgement more, do you want to specialize in geriatrics and be that your focus, or do you want to just have really good skills- Greg: Yes, absolutely. For me, I personally prefer folks that have walked in my shoes, or are specialized in, for example, academic life or something like that. I never did fellowship.

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GeriPal

MAY 19, 2022

Eric: But is that just something special about methadone and buprenorphine? The post Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. I could put them on five milligrams BID. I could put them on 7.5

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What I know is required, and I think this may be a national requirement for the D SNP beneficiaries, for people in those programs, those people who are a D SNP enrollee, dual special needs plans, which are Medicare, Medicaid. Yeah, Medicaid program. So that is something. Eric 50:53 And thank you to all of our listeners for continued support.

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Mesa Family Physician

MARCH 13, 2025

Arizona’s climate and lifestyle present specific health considerations that our Mesa-based medical professionals are specially trained to address. Our team at Mesa Family Physicians specializes in geriatric medicine, addressing the complex health needs that can arise with aging.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Number three, this specialized prepared environment that promotes safe mobility and cognitive stimulation and delirium prevention, so sort of environmental changes. And that’s to include making sure we’re using safe prescribing practices.

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GeriPal

JULY 27, 2023

Brienne: I think that what you’re bringing up is that if you look at somebody who’s a behavioral sleep specialist and who specializes in treating insomnia and they hear that the way you treat insomnia is through sleep hygiene, then they groan, right? Have we moved on beyond just recommending sleep hygiene?

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GeriPal

MAY 11, 2023

It’s just another example of, I think, that there’s a little extra special sauce there in the Beeson program. The post Prevention of Dementia: Kristine Yaffe appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Eric: And thanks to all of our listeners for continued support.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Your insights could help someone else in their healthcare journey! A clinic is a medical facility where healthcare professionals provide specialized medical care to patients. They also have a team of healthcare professionals such as doctors, nurses, medical assistants, and administrative staff.

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The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In medicine, it is commonly agreed that ‘to err is human’ Most healthcare professionals would agree that humans make mistakes. However, for many high-income healthcare professionals, investing in more than just one’s employer retirement plan will be commonplace. So yes, humans make mistakes.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

So, there was this study called, Acute Care for Elders, where they developed these specialized units and they had specialized attention to multidisciplinary geriatric domains for inpatient hospitalized older adults, and they showed great outcomes. Or telephone calls, I should say. I remember… I guess, I could say this.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 10, 2024

There are very few palliative care fellowships for social workers, very few specialized programs who teach palliative care as a specialty area. Cara 37:13 I think, too, about how social workers are. Often we become palliative care specialists on the job, right. It’s generally one class, if you get it right.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Alex: And we are also delighted to welcome Areej El-Jawahri, who is an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital as well, who specializes in blood cancers. So I really opted to specialize in lung cancer because I thought that was the appropriate population to build a supportive and palliative care research agenda. Jennifer: Thanks.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

So I make the point, they often say, “Oh, you have this special population,” like pediatrics, where it’s 10% or something. ” But there seems to be something special when we move from something that we can just check box like, “I’ve done this,” like a lab order or imaging study.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

We got some really special guests with us. And so that lends it properties of being a pretty strong analgesic and it lends its special properties for safety, from a safety profile. Management of chronic pain in the elderly: focus on transdermal buprenorphine. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. This is Eric Widera.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 25, 2022

Eric: Alex, we have a super special today. We’ve got a hospice super special. Alex: We have a hospice super special day. Eric: We have a smorgasbord, if you will, of papers that got published recently around hospice, and that’s why we’re calling it a hospice super special. -@AlexSmithMD. Transcript.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 29, 2024

And my grandkid, like, I need you to see this child and, like, how wonderful and special they are. The post Stump the VitalTalk Communication Experts: Gordon Wood, Holly Yang, Elise Carey appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. I heard that.

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GeriPal

MAY 22, 2025

My voice is nothing special. The post Music as Medicine: Jenny Chen, Tyler Jorgensen, & Theresa Allison appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. I rely on recorded music for my patients mostly, and I think that’s based on my singing. Alex 09:00 Not true.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Sarah: So I think and there are definitely to answer your original question, Eric, that there are populations and and maybe even populations or groups within certain populations that the three of us are working with that have potentially special needs around advance care planning. Hillary: Absolutely true.

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GeriPal

MARCH 13, 2025

What I think so special about palliative care is that there’s some really radical and important ideas that sort of undergird our work and that provided a foundation for our work. Are we losing that thing that makes palliative care special, that Dame Cicely Saunders talks about those. It really is special. Balfour amount.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

And when I think about some of the … There was actually a meta-analysis looking at specialized palliative care studies, only half of the 10 randomized control studies had a social worker as part of that team. Jennifer Temel study did not have a social worker as part of the clinical team. Thank you very, very much.

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GeriPal

JUNE 13, 2024

Alex 02:20 (singing) “ Well, you wake up in the morning you hear the church bell ring and they march you to the table to see the same old thing ain’t no food upon the table ain’t no pork up in the pan but you better not complain boy, you get in trouble with a man let the midnight special shine a light on me.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Anne: Well, speaking of your kids, a very special, sometimes listener, chimed in named Ren Smith. The post GeriPal 300th Episode: Ask Me Anything Hot Ones Style appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. I’m sure we all have the same issue. Alex: Okay. Alex: Thank you.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Because I think we have someone special, a guest host. The post Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Transcript Eric 00:00 Welcome to the GeriPal podcast.

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GeriPal

MAY 8, 2025

So in our trial, because of security reasons, we are required by Health Canada to store the substance in a special secure area in my office. The post Psilocybin in Serious Illness: James Downar, Ali John Zarrabi and Margaret Ross appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. Many also suffer from distressing symptoms like pain. In addition, about 25% of all deaths in the United States occur within these facilities. Go ahead, Alex.

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