Barton Associates

MAY 8, 2025

In this blog, we’re going to outline four key ways temporary medical staff such as locum tenens providers can help healthcare facilities maintain continuity of high-quality patient care in the face of growing shortages. Enter temporary medical staff, such as locum tenens providers. Many healthcare facilities in the U.S.

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Our experts include Katie Fitzgerald Jones (palliative nurse practitioner and doctoral student at Boston College), Zachary Sager (palliative care physician at the Boston VA and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), and Janet Ho (physician at UCSF in addiction medicine and palliative care). We got some really special guests with us.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

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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GeriPal

JUNE 5, 2025

Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. Furthermore, only about half of nursing home residents nearing the end of life receive hospice care. So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? It is intended to be a continuum of care.

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GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Yael Shenkers negative study of primary palliative care for cancer , Randy Curtiss negative study of a Vital Talk-ish intervention , Lieve Van den Blocks negative study of primary PC in nursing homes. Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? So, like, I don’t.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

A friend of GeriPal, and prior guest, Guy Micco commented today that we need an RCT for chaplaincy is like the idea that the humanities need to justify their value in medical training: “It’s like being told to measure the taste of orange juice with a ruler.” It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions.

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GeriPal

JULY 13, 2023

It’s really special to be here and to be talking about this paper, which was really important to Randy. So somebody had to write something down in the medical record that talked about goals of care, and there was no template, there was no form that you filled out for this. Should it be decreased utilization, decreased use of CPR?

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