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AMDA On-The-Go | COVID-19 IN PALTC (3/24/2020)

Dr. Swati Gaur is Chair of AMDA's Infection Advisory Committee. She is the Medical Director of New Horizons Nursing Facilities with the Northeast Georgia Health System. She is also the CEO of Care Advances Through Technology, a technology innovation company. In addition, she is on the EMR transition and implementation team for the Health System, providing direction to EMR entity adapt to LTC environment. She has also consulted with post acute LTC companies to optimize medical services into PALTC facilities, integration of medical directors and clinicians into the QAPI framework and create frameworks of interdisciplinary work in the organization. 
References:
AMDA Update on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

AMDA On-The-Go | Mitigating Emotional Impact of COVID-19

Lea Watson, MD and Richard Juman, MD
Dr. Watson is a board certified adult and geriatric psychiatrist with a lifelong commitment to caring for vulnerable populations, and two decades of academic and leadership experience. Her passion is creating a culture of appropriate psychotropic prescribing in long-term care settings to achieve quality outcomes for all stakeholders. She prioritizes common sense, avoiding harms and keeping the patient’s and family’s goals of care at the heart of all endeavors.  Because of the shortage of geriatric psychiatrists in the United States, she developed a model of consultation and training to extend the reach of this highly needed, but limited specialty.  Dr. Watson is a published author, a recipient of numerous local and national awards for research and teaching, and a multi-year recipient of the Denver 5280 Top Doc award.
 
National Director of Psychological Services for TeamHealth, one of the leading providers of facility-based, integrated health care in the U.S. Responsible for all aspects of TeamHealth's provision of psychological services, including program development, training, regulatory compliance, documentation and quality improvement.
References:
Strategies for Mitigating the Emotional Impact of COVID-19 | 3/15/2020

AMDA On-The-Go | COVID-19 in PALTC (3/15/2020)

Dr. Swati Gaur is Chair of AMDA's Infection Advisory Committee. She is the Medical Director of New Horizons Nursing Facilities with the Northeast Georgia Health System. She is also the CEO of Care Advances Through Technology, a technology innovation company. In addition, she is on the EMR transition and implementation team for the Health System, providing direction to EMR entity adapt to LTC environment. She has also consulted with post acute LTC companies to optimize medical services into PALTC facilities, integration of medical directors and clinicians into the QAPI framework and create frameworks of interdisciplinary work in the organization. 
References:
AMDA Update on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
Recording Date:  3/15/2020
Available Credit:
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AMDA ON-THE-HILL | Volume XI / COVID-19

Questions? Email Alex at abardakh@paltc.org
References:
AMDA Update on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)

AMDA On-The-Go | COVID-19 in PALTC

 
Dr. Swati Gaur is Chair of AMDA's Infection Advisory Committee. She is the Medical Director of New Horizons Nursing Facilities with the Northeast Georgia Health System. She is also the CEO of Care Advances Through Technology, a technology innovation company. In addition, she is on the EMR transition and implementation team for the Health System, providing direction to EMR entity adapt to LTC environment. She has also consulted with post acute LTC companies to optimize medical services into PALTC facilities, integration of medical directors and clinicians into the QAPI framework and create frameworks of interdisciplinary work in the organization. 
References:
AMDA Update on COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
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JAMDA On-The-Go | February 2020

This podcast will spotlight articles from the February 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:
Shekinah A. Fashaw, MSPH et. al.; "Thirty Year Trends in Nursing Homes"
Yeon-Hee Baek, et. al; "Uncertain Association Between Benzodiazepine Use and the Risk of Dementia: A Cohort Study".
Melanie Hafdi, et. al.; "Association of Benzodiazepine and Anticholinergic Drug Usage With Incident Dementia: A Prospective Cohort Study of Community-Dwelling Older Adults".
Erika Sirsch et. al.; "Pain Assessment for Older Persons in Nursing Home Care: An Evidence-Based Practice Guideline".
Adam Dyer, et. al.; "Cognitive Outcomes of Long-term Benzodiazepine and Related Drug (BDZR) Use in People Living With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: Results From NILVAD".
Randall Espinoza, et. al. ;"Clarifying the Relationship Between Benzodiazepines and Dementia"
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FMDA Journal Club | Frailty

Moderator: Marianne Novelli, MD, FACP, FHM
References:
Predictive Accuracy of Frailty Tools for Adverse Outcomes in a Cohort of Adults 80 Years and Older: A Decision Curve Analysis
A New Functional Classification Based on Frailty and Disability Stratifies the Risk for Mortality Among Older Adults: The FRADEA Study
Translating Frailty Research Into Clinical Practice: Insights From the Successful Aging and Frailty Evaluation Clinic

AMDA On-The-Hill | Episode X / January 30, 2020

Questions? Email Alex at abardakh@paltc.org
References:
Practice Group Network
Billing and Coding Webinar
Use of Antipsychotics Podcast
Navigating PALTC: The Need for Trained and Engaged Medical Directors
ONC Annual Meeting Focuses on Patient Access to Health Records
CMS to Revamp Medicare Compare Websites

AMDA On-The-Go | Gerontology and Caregiving

 
Dr. Julie Masters holds the Terry Haney Chair of Gerontology and is Professor and Chair of the Department of Gerontology at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. 
References:
Marla Berg-Weger, PhD, et. al.; "Caregiver Well-Being: Is it on Your Radar", JAMDA, 2015.
Julie Masters, PhD; "The Grace and Dignity of Caregiving", Caring, 2019.
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FMDA Journal Club | Revisiting Sepsis

Presentation from November 21 Florida Journal Club
With Diane Sanders-Cepeda, DO, CMD
Post-acute and Long-term Care Settings as First Responders for the Surviving Sepsis Campaign, Robin L.P. Jump MD, PhD, Susan M. Levy MD, CMD, Wayne S. Saltsman MD, PhD, CMD
Can Sepsis Be Detected in the Nursing Home Prior to the Need for Hospital Transfer?, Philip D. Sloane MD, MPH, Kimberly Ward BA, David J. Weber MD, MPH, Christine E. Kistler MD, MASc, Benjamin Brown BS, Katherine Davis BS, Sheryl Zimmerman PhD
Early Identification and Management of Sepsis in Nursing Facilities: Challenges and Opportunities, Bernardo J. Reyes MD, Joseph Chang MD, Lena Vaynberg MD, Sanya Diaz NP, Joseph G. Ouslander MD