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June 15, 2018

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June 15, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join The National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention (ADE Action Plan) has tools and resources to help practitioners prevent ADEs and improve the quality of life for their patients. Dr. Donna Lisi and Nicole...

June 22, 2018

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June 22, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “We want people to roll up their sleeves and talk medicine at this meeting,” says Michele Bellantoni, MD, CMD, about the Society’s 2019 Annual Conference, set for March 7-10 in Atlanta, GA. There is still time to...

June 29, 2018

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June 29, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Every day, post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) practitioners look at problems and challenges and think “What if?” This leads to innovative, creative solutions and, in Allison Gustavson’s case, a Society Quality...

September 7, 2018

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September 7, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Arif Nazir, MD, CMD, thrives on innovation, and he believes that innovators are a special breed. “I used to think that innovators are born that way. While there may be some truth to that, I also think that anyone...

August 31, 2018

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August 31, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join While the recent wildfires struck a part of California hundreds of miles away from his home and facility, they reminded Timothy Gieseke, MD, CMD, of a time not long ago when a similar disaster threatened his...

August 24, 2018

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August 24, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Rebecca Elon, MD, MPH, CMD, has a history with the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) that goes back to its beginning. The new ABPLM board member says, “Back in the ‘80s, I attended a...

August 17, 2018

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August 17, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Anemia is a common problem in post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) that often gets ignored or dismissed. T.S. Dharmarajan, MD, MACP, AGSF, wants to change that. “Anemia isn’t an illness, rather an indicator of an...

August 10, 2018

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August 10, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join “We appreciate the opportunity to work with the Society and post-acute and long-term care [PALTC] practitioners,” says Stephanie Davis, MS, RD, chief of the LTC Certification & Enforcement Branch at the Centers...

August 3, 2018

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August 3, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Members who share their time and talents with the Society have a major impact on others, even if they don’t realize it. J. Kenneth Brubaker, MD, CMD has made a “powerful difference” in the career of Eric Hasemeier...

July 27, 2018

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July 27, 2018
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Traveling the globe as an ambassador of post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) is a source of great pride for Society President Cari Levy, MD, PhD, CMD. As she plans to speak at and attend the Nursing Home Research...