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Hospices Pursue Home-Base Primary Care Via HCCI Project

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The gradual move of reimbursement systems to value-based care models is partly fueling a resurgence in home-based primary care, according to a 2018 study in the journal Geriatrics. million home-based primary care visits during 2016, up from less than 1 million in 1996, the study found. million primary care visits in 2016.

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Is it time for geriatricians to get on board with lecanemab? Jason Karlawish and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

So like I said, I got to meet Thor, I believe it was May, 2016. So I allow family members to be present if they want them to. Here’s one, a senior resident presented a patient morning report and the physical exam said the patient had a scar in the groin. Depends om my audience. How are you looking into this? Heather: Yeah.

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Meet Nicole Reid, Poison Control Nurse

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Since 2016, webPOISONCONTROL has assisted almost 800,000 people worldwide with their poisoning exposures. Others have a more academic focus and enjoy publishing their research and presenting it at national conferences. webPOISONCONTROL was developed and is maintained by a team of board-certified medical and clinical toxicologists.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

Many links: VA Presents: My Life, My Story: George: A Voice To Be Heard on Apple Podcasts. So like I said, I got to meet Thor, I believe it was May, 2016. So I allow family members to be present if they want them to. Another, students presenting says the patient has had below the knee amputation times two. Wonderful work.

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

I felt like I was always told to present people with a buffet of options and, really, without guidance, ask them to choose, which is, it would always make me feel sick to my stomach. And I described a code that I led as a senior resident. We’re giving some biologic information if they want it. Alex: Thank you.

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Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

Every member of the team, even for me, for whatever reason, that switched me from focusing on trying to be in pulmonary critical care to become actually a geriatrician, choose the geriatric fellowship. 2015, 2016. And then 2016 after CMMI finished the evaluation, it looked good, nothing happened. And it became a terror for me.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Well, as a kick off to this year’s first in-person State of the Science plenary, held in conjunction with the closing Saturday session of the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly, 3 randomized clinical trials were presented. Eric: And that’s similar to the 2016 JAMA paper, right? Did it negate everything from the 2016 trial?Palliative