AMDA ON-THE-GO
411 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsExplore the field of post-acute and long-term care, with expert interviews, journal article reviews, innovations news, and more.
Statements made by guests on this podcast are their own opinions and are not necessarily the positions of the Society. Speakers’ appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them, their views, or any entity they represent.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Predictive Models of Care
July 30, 2018 12:16 - 22 minutes - 22.5 MBDr. Burke is the first Director of Research for the Hospital Medicine Section at the University of Pennsylvania and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine. Dr. Burke's research seeks to improve the outcomes associated with transitions from the hospital to post-acute care in vulnerable populations. References: Burke et. al., "Predicting Potential Adverse Events During a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay: A Skilled Nursing Facility Prognosis Score" JAGS, 20...
Innovation
July 16, 2018 12:07 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBAMDA On-The-Go launched in March of 2018. Since March, we have released ten episodes and would love to hear your feedback. Even if you haven't listened, please fill out this brief survey so we can improve this free benefit. Innovations with Dr. Steven Buslovich and Adam Sobol Dr. Steven Buslovich is Geriatrician and Medical Director for several post-acute/LTC facilities in Western NY and co-founder, CEO of Patient Pattern. Also, on faculty at University of Buffalo, School of Medicine. ...
Core Competencies
July 02, 2018 12:39 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBAMDA On-The-Go launched in March of 2018. Since March, we have released nine episodes and would love to hear your feedback. Even if you haven't listened, please fill out this brief survey so we can improve this free benefit. Paul Katz, MD, CMD, is Professor of Medicine and Director of the Department of Geriatric Medicine, Florida State University, and a Past President of the American Medical Director's Association. He is the lead physician of the Working Committee of the Seniors Quality Lea...
Public Policy
June 18, 2018 12:24 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBDr. Karl Steinberg currently chairs AMDA's Public Policy Committee, serves on the AAHPM's Public Policy Committee, and is also immediate past chair of the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California. Dr. Steinberg has worked as a geriatrician, family physician and hospice physician in San Diego County since 1992. He is a Past President and current President-Elect of the California Association of Long Term Care Medicine (CALTCM), which is the state chapter of AMDA--The Society for Post-Acu...
Frailty
June 04, 2018 12:09 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBFrailty with Philip D. Sloane, MD, MPH Dr. Sloane is the Elizabeth and Oscar Goodwin Distinguished Professor of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Recently selected as Co-Editor in Chief of JAMDA, Dr. Sloane has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and co-authored two popular text books. He is particularly noted for his work around the management of behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease, for which he received the prestigious Pioneer Award fr...
Telemedicine in PALTC
May 21, 2018 12:39 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBThomas Edmondson, MD, CMD Tom Edmondson, MD, CMD, AGSF, FACP, is a native Texan who graduated from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and he completed his residency training in internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital. Suzanne Gillespie, MD, RD, CMD Suzanne Gillespie MD, RD, CMD, is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics/Aging and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Uni...
Deprescribing
May 07, 2018 12:48 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBKamal Wagle, MD, MPH, CMD; Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD; John Derr, RPh Papanicolas, et. al., “Health care spending in the United States and other high-income countries”, Special Communication, JAMA, 2018 Ezekiel Emanuel, “The real cost of the US health care system”, Editorial, JAMA, 2018 Monane, et. al., “Optimal medication use in elders. Key to successful aging”, Western Journal of Medicine, 1997 Loganathan, et. al., “Interventions to optimise prescribing in care homes: systematic review...
Breaking Science in Antibiotic Stewardship
April 23, 2018 14:27 - 17 minutes - 15.9 MBRoundtable discussion with University of Maryland Nurse Practitoner Doctoral candidates: Nadia Khan, MPH, BSN, RN, Lauren Meekins, RN, and Venessa Ohakam, NP. Template for an Antibiotic Stewardship Policy for PA/LTC Settings Daneman, et. al., “Variability in antibiotic use across nursing homes and the risk of antibiotic-related adverse outcomes for individual residents”, JAMA Int Med, 2015 “Nursing homes need improved antibiotic stewardship”, News from the Centers for Disease control and ...
Home Based Primary Care
April 10, 2018 12:56 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBSuzanne M. Gillespie MD, RD, CMD, FACP, AGSF is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics/Aging and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Gillespie is Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatric Extended Care – Rehabilitation and Medical Director of the Community Living Center at the Canandaigua VA Medical Center. "The views expressed in this article are those of the speakers and do not necessarily refl...
The Prevalence of Burnout Among Nursing Home Physicians: An International Perspective
March 21, 2018 13:25 - 17 minutes - 39.4 MBThis podcast features a discussion with Arif Nazir, MD, FACP, CMD, AGSF, one of the authors of the JAMDA article "The Prevalence of Burnout Among Nursing Home Physicians: An International Perspective". Dr. Nazir is currently the vice-president of The Society. References: Schaufeli, et. al., “Burnout: 35 years of research and practice”, Career Development International, 2009 Shanafelt, et. al., “Burnout and Satisfaction with work-life balance among US physicians relative to the general US ...
Effects of Legal Access to Cannabis on Scheduled II–V Drug Prescriptions
January 04, 2018 19:53 - 18 minutes - 41.8 MBIn our first podcast, AMDA-On-The-Go host, Dr. Wayne Saltsman, MD, PhD, CMD, FACP, interviews Dr. Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD. The topic of discussion is the JAMDA article "Effects of Legal Access to Cannabis on Scheduled II–V Drug Prescriptions". Dr. Levi also discusses her first-hand experience with PALTC patients in Colorado and the need for further research in Cannabis use among older adults. Dr. Levy will be presenting at the AMDA Annual Conference in Grapevine, TX, March 22-25.