MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Adam Sobol, founder and CEO of CareBand, was always the “weird tech guy” in a family of physicians, but he saw the possibilities for partnerships between technology and medicine. When his father, who is a...
In this podcast , Kamal Wagle, MD, MPH, CMD; Dheeraj Mahajan, MD, CMD, and John Derr, RPh discuss deprescribing, patient cost, the 'prescription cascade', and the complexities of controlling prescriptions thru the spectrum of patient care...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Steven Buslovich, MD, MSHCPM, is not just a geriatrician. Some, he says, call him a “born geriatrician.” So it’s only fitting that someone so passionate about his work would develop innovative technology to improve...
This week, the House Energy & Commerce Committee passed 25 opioid related pieces of legislation to the floor of the House of Representatives. This was just the first of two mark-up hearings the committee will have on whether to send more than 50...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Spotlight: From Stressful to Successful: Webinar Promotes Win-Win Care Planning Talks An upcoming Society webinar, set for May 9, 2018, will highlight the importance of difficult end-of-life (EOL) conversations in...
As clinicians practicing in the field of geriatric care, we are interested in the research perspectives that may help us to improve practices in terms of prescription, dispensing, administration, and follow-up of medications in elderly patients. In...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join Think about having a difficult conversation with someone where they may get upset or angry. It makes you tense and anxious just thinking about it. An upcoming Society webinar is designed to ease this stress and...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule on April 27, 2018 to overhaul the payment system for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The rule would update the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week the appointment of 28 members to the new Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force was established to propose updates to best...
