Maura Kennedy
@MauraKennedyMD
Emergency physician and GeriEM advocate. All opinions are my own. (Re)tweets not endorsements/med advice
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20-07-2016 16:18:46
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Been a minute. Still out here doing house calls on #homebound older adults.
Reminder, if you send a homebound pt out of the hospital w/ referrals for outpt follow up visits, they likely won’t get done. It feels good to ✅ boxes… but they aren’t really ✅
#thisisgeriatrics
While we all live differently, everyone dies the same—wanting to feel loved, hoping to have made an impact, and reflecting on whether spent time for ourselves & our loved ones. An essay about how a dying patient gave me a healthy perspective. The Boston Globe
bostonglobe.com/2024/04/26/opi…
Utilization of transitional care management service among Medicare beneficiaries at high risk of readmission. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…
And another new AGEM Author Spotlight featuring Dr. Phillip Magidson, Emergency Department Length of Stay for Older Adults With Dementia tinyurl.com/bdds2h7w
Congrats to co-authors Steph
Johns Hopkins EM @geriatricEDNews @SAEMOnline SAEM EBM IG
Do your ED's imaging protocols need to adjust now that patients may be presenting with amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA)? Save the date for our next expert panel webinar (3/25), cohosted with EfficientCME, to find out.
Registration details: gedcollaborative.com/event/a-guide-…
Boarding in EDs after admission is a public health crisis and leads to more medical error & higher mortality. Solutions exist. Here's why many hospitals aren't fixing it. forbes.com/sites/jessepin… ACEP Members Emergency Physicians emresidents AAEM
Excited to announce GEMS-Rx was published today in Annal of EM! Thank you to ACEP Geriatric Sect and all co-authors!
Geriatric Emergency Medication Safety Recommendations (GEMS-Rx): Modif... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
📢 Check out GEMS-Rx in AnnalsofEM
◼️A useful older adult high-risk prescription list to be used by practicing clinicians and also investigators conducting ED medication safety research
50 days free access:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1il1Fib7EM7pA
#communityparamedicine is a new concept for some and an essential part of care for others. Join internat'l panel for The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative webinar Jan. 22 to learn how to integrate CP in care of older ED patients. gedcollaborative.com/event/communit… CAEP EUSEM ACEM ACEP Members
Huge congratulations to Laura Burke for getting her AHRQ R01 funded!
Objective of study is to help reduce diagnostic errors in US emergency departments.
Multisite collaborative with
BIDMC Emergency Med Harvard Health Policy and Management + Michelle P. Lin, MD, MPH & Amber Sabbatini, MD, MPH
Great thread by Tim Anderson on lack of benefit (and potential harms) or intensive management of high BP. 🎶to the ears of every emergency medicine doctor I know! SAEM EBM IG Ken Milne MD LSGeriatricEM Don Melady
🚨New #Hypertension Paper in JAMA Internal Medicine 🚨
Time for a Thread...
Link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…
👉Check it out!
New JAMA Internal Medicine editorial by Shoshana Herzig, MD, MPH & I discussing the implications of an interesting prospective cohort study by Yonathan FREUND & team which indicates staying overnight in the ED may be hazardous to older adults' health
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…
