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AMDA On-The-Go | Deprescribing

  Kamal 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”, Age Ageing, 2011

AMDA On-The-Go | Breaking Science in Antibiotic Stewardship

Roundtable 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 prevention, JAMA, 2015
Jump, et. al., “Template for an antibiotic stewardship policy for post-acute and long-term care settings, JAMDA, 2017
Castle, et. al., “Hand hygiene deficiency citations in nursing homes”, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2012
Harris, et. al., “Appropriate antibiotic use of acute respiratory tract infection in adults: advice for high-value care from the American college of physicians and the centers for disease control and prevention”, Annals of Internal Medicine, 2016

AMDA On-The-Go | Home Based Primary Care

Suzanne 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 reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government."
National Structural Survey of Veterans Affairs Home-Based Primary Care Programs
Poster Abstracts: 
Measuring Team Effectiveness in the Veterans Health Administration's Home-Based Primary Care Program
A Comparison of Rural and Urban Veterans Health Administration's Home Based Primary Care
JAMDA article referenced by Dr. Saltsman:
Systematic Review of Interdisciplinary Interventions in Nursing Homes
References:
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”, Age Ageing, 2011
 

AMDA On-The-Go | The Prevalence of Burnout Among Nursing Home Physicians: An International Perspective

This 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 population”, Archives of Internal Medicine, 2012
Nazir, et. al., “The prevalence of burnout among nursing home physicians: an international perspective”, JAMDA, January 2018
Shanafelt, et. al., “addressing physician burnout—the way forward”, Viewpoint in JAMA, March, 2017
 

AMDA On-The-Go | Effects of Legal Access to Cannabis on Scheduled II–V Drug Prescriptions

In 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.