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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI

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(Blooms: Analyze; Kirkpatrick Level 3 Behavior): Assess the impact of implementing strategies for reducing low-value imaging in the pediatric emergency department on patient care outcomes, including diagnostic accuracy, radiation exposure, and healthcare costs. Another recommendation that I have is regarding transport calls.

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What You Should Know About Radiation Oncology: Anish Butala, Emily Martin and Evie Kalmar

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Eric 00:42 So on this podcast, we’re gonna be talking about what every healthcare provider should know about radiation oncology. And sort of a few years ago, we would sometimes see referrals a bit later than we would have liked. Evie, welcome to GeriPal. Evie 00:41 Thank you. Do you have the song request for Alex?

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

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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. Eric: Oh, no.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

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We would make referrals to psycho oncology. I would make referrals to Joe as well as part of the team. But that did not limit those clinicians from making referrals, as Vicky was just saying. But we do have the information about referrals to other ancillary providers as part of that multidisciplinary team. So it matters.

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Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

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Emmy: Because if you’ve got other ways to get things delivered or you have good public transportation or you have a lot of family around, that’s a very different kind of calculus than if you live on your ranch and there’s no way to otherwise get to town, and there’s nobody else around. Is this our role? Emmy: Yeah.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

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The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. We also take a dive into these 2 articles that Connie first authored: Palliative care in nursing homes: A qualitative study on referral criteria and implications for research and practice. And what does that referral process look like? So that part we know and I.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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Should it just be referral to their PMD, who’s all, “Why are these people telling me to do all this stuff all the time?” But nonetheless, the methadone clinic system is entirely separate from the rest of the healthcare system. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) â„¢. ” Thoughts on that? Katie: Yep. Katie: Sure.

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