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JAMDA On-The-Go | November 2020

This podcast will spotlight articles from the November 2020 issue of JAMDA. JAMDA is the official journal of AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
Host: Wayne Saltsman MD, PhD, CMD
Guests: Philip Sloane MD, MPH; Mallory Brown, MD
References:
Maggie Collison, MD., et. al., "Three-Tiered COVID-19 Cohorting Strategy and Implications for Memory-Care", JAMDA, Nov., 2020.
Ghinwa Dumyati, MD., et. al., "Does Universal Testing for COVID-19 Work for Everyone?", JAMDA, Nov., 2020.
Jing-hong Liang, MSc., et. al., "Contributions of modifiable risk factors to dementia incidence: A Bayesian network analysis", JAMDA, Nov., 2020.
Ke Chen, PhD., et. al., "Effects of a humanoid companion robot on dementia symptoms and caregiver distress for residents in long-term care", JAMDA, Nov., 2020
Recorded on: 11/13/2020 Available Credit: 0.25 CMD-Clinical

CMDA Journal Club | Implications of Cures Act Patient Records Access Rules

Eric Wood from Omnicare reviews the next iteration of the Vivage Therapeutic Substitution form that will again require wet signature approval by everyone. He also discusses any notable changes since the last time we did this. The majority of the meeting is spent discussing what was a poorly advertised portion of the CURES Act. On November 2, a new federal rule that is part of the CURES Act requires the immediate release of many patient records including provider and non-provider daily progress notes (both inpatient and outpatient), plus all laboratory, radiology and pathology reports. This may have enormous implications for all of us, so this will be more of an open discussion than a presentation.
References:
"Centura Open Records Notification P1", Centura, Oct. 23, 2020.
"Centura Open Records Notification P2", Centura, Oct. 23, 2020.
"New Open Records Regulation".
"Open Records Suggestions", UCHealth, Oct. 2020.
Recorded on: 11/5/2020
Available Credit: 0.25 CMD-Clinical

FMDA Journal Club | All Things Missed

Special Guest: Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
Presenter: Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
In this edition of FMDA’s Journal Club, special guest Elizabeth Galik, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, joins Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, to discuss the health impact to the non-COVID patient and concerns regarding delaying care, emerging and impactful research outside of the COVID scope, and the longstanding psychosocial impact of COVID-19 to both patients and providers.
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Recorded: August 26, 2020
Available Credit: 0.25 CMD-Clinical

AMDA On-The-Go | Age-Friendly Health Systems

Dr. Bonner has been a geriatric nurse practitioner, caring for nursing home residents and their families, for over 25 years. She is currently Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Center for Innovative Care in Aging, a collaboration between the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
References:
"Project Echo" University of New Mexico, School of Medicine.
"Age-Friendly Health Systems", IHI.org.
"Age-Friendly Health Systems: Guide to Using the 4Ms in the Care of Older Adults", IHI.org, 2020.
Kyle Allen DO, Joseph G. Ouslander, MD; "Age-Friendly Health Systems: Their Time Has Come", JAGS, Sept., 2017.
Fullmer., et. al. "The Age-Friendly Health System Imperative", JAGS, Sept., 2017.
Recorded on: 10/30/2020
Available Credit: 0.25 CMD-Clinical

CMDA Journal Club | Covid-19 Diagnostics

Colorado Journal Club presents Doctors Ehrhart and Ebel from CSU. These are the leaders of the group that has been doing research in our facilities on Covid and will cover everything from PCR to antigen testing to antibodies to growing virus.  Dr. Ehrhart is the Director of Columbine Health Systems Center for Healthy Aging, Director of the Laboratory of Comparative Musculoskeletal Oncology and Traumatology and a Professor of Surgical Oncology in the School of Biomedical Engineering.  Dr. Ebel is a Professor of Microbiology.  
Video version on CMDA youtube channel:
https://youtu.be/WyAHAfZeVcI

AMDA On-The-Go | The Geriatric Inpatient Fracture Services (GIFTS) program

Dr. Esteban Franco Garcia, MD is a geriatric medicine specialist in Boston, MA. He currently practices at MGH Beacon Hill Primary Care and is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. In this podcast Dr. Franco Garcia discusses his work at MGH in the Geriatric Inpatient Fracture Services (GIFTS) intervention program.
 
References:
"Introducing the ACS Geriatric Surgery Verification Program".
"Geriatric Inpatient Fracture Service (GIFTS) ", Oct. 2020.
Gioffre-fliorio, et. al., "Trauma in elderly patients: a study of prevalence, comorbidities and gender differences", Il Giornale di Chirugia, 2018.
Fry et. al., "High Acuity Unit in SNF: Novel Program to Improve Quality of Care for Post-Acute Patients", JAMDA, 2018.

AMDA On-The-Hill | COVID - 19 UPDATE | VOLUME XVII

Questions? Email Alex at abardakh@paltc.org
References:
 
Society Asks CMS to Avoid Cuts to Nursing Facility/Assisted Living Services in Response to CY2021 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule 
CDC Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care Testing
CMS Testing and Reporting Requirements
AMDA COVID-19 Resources Page
AMDA Member Forum

JAMDA On-The-Go | October 2020

This podcast will spotlight articles from the October 2020 issue of JAMDA. JAMDA is the official journal of AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
Host: Wayne Saltsman MD, PhD, CMD
Guests: Philip Sloane MD, MPH; Mallory Brown, MD
References:
Julii S. Brainard, et. al., "Omega-3, Omega-6, and Polyunsaturated Fat for Cognition: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials", JAMDA Oct. 2020.
Pinar Soysal, et. al., "The Relationship Between Dementia Subtypes and Nutritional Parameters in Older Adults", JAMDA, Oct. 2020.
Chih-Ying Li, et. al., "Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and Post-Acute Care: Implications for Service Delivery and 30-Day Hospital Readmission", JAMDA, Oct. 2020.
Zhi Cao, et. al., "The Role of Cognitive Impairment, Physical Disability, and Chronic Conditions in the Association of Sleep Duration With All-Cause Mortality Among Very Old Adults", JAMDA, Oct. 2020.
Recorded on: 10/16/2020 Available Credit: 0.25 CMD-Clinical

FMDA Journal Club | COVID-19 Impact: Our Ongoing Journey

FMDA's Journal Club host, Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD, provides a high-level review of our current status in this pandemic, revisiting where we have been and where we are going; discusses guidance from the CMS Commission, medical societies, academic institutions, and some state’s departments of health; defines the best care practice recommendations that have been revealed; discusses how we move these concepts and recommendations forward; and takes time to reflect, and openly discuss our personal journeys while living through this pandemic.
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Available Credit 0.25 CMD-Clinical

AMDA On-The-Go | Understanding Long-Term Care Residents’ Perceptions on Interdisciplinary Care Plan Meetings

2020 AMDA QI Award winner Dr. Fatima Sheikh is chief medical officer of FutureCare Health and Management, which is a for-profit organization that owns and manages multiple skilled nursing facilities and long-term care facilities in Baltimore-Washington area. She is also medical director of multiple skilled nursing/long-term care facilities. She was trained at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Geriatrics and currently holds a part-time faculty position as assistant professor with Division of Geriatric Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is also a clinician, educator, and researcher in post-acute and long-term care (LTC) settings. Dr. Sheikh is a recipient of American Geriatric Society Clinician of the Year award 2017, for her clinical work, mentorship of her inter-professional team and learners from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and, efforts to improve care transitions for older adults.
Recording Date:  10/2/2020
Available Credit: 0.25 CMD-Clinical