Advocacy in action: 'The AGS also criticized the extent of industry ties of the working group, in which 16 of the 22 members either work for companies or have received consulting fees from pharma or the Alzheimer’s Association.' #AGSProud
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Incredibly proud that University of Utah Health is on the leading edge in providing age-friendly care. Utah Geriatrics

When did the The National Institute on Aging (NIA) get in the business of writing clinical guidelines & why are they writing one with the Alzheimer's Association where a 7 of 22 committee members are from industry? Read American Geriatrics Society feedback on NIA-AA Clinical Guideliens for Alzheimers: americangeriatrics.org/sites/default/…

Excited for Dr. Igor Fernandes (Igor A Fernandes ) to kick off our Translational Grand Rounds tomorrow (8/8/23) at 8 am MDT.

Please join us using the link below 👇

Zoom link: utah.zoom.us/j/97336959511
Passcode: 845302

In SPRINT, older age was associated with therapeutic inertia irrespective of physical or cognitive function suggesting potential age-bias in BP management. Pic... Alexander Zheutlin Kofi Koranteng Josh Jacobs Katie Derington Mark Supiano Adam Bress Nicholas Pajewski

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Paper from Julia Adler-Milstein about frontline Age-Friendly Care. We are highly engaged at this at Utah. #geriatrics #informatics

NEW paper out in American Geriatrics Society on #AFHS 4Ms implementation with Julia Adler-Milstein Stephanie Rogers Courtney Lyles, PhD. Thank you to The John A. Hartford Foundation for supporting this work and study sites UCSF Geriatrics Mark Supiano Utah Geriatrics and Anne Arundel Medical Center.

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So grateful to attend #AGS23 with this group of outstanding geriatric health care professionals from ⁦Utah Geriatrics⁩ ⁦University of Utah Health⁩

Excited to kick off #AGS23 with the Pre-Conference Day in Long Beach, CA 🏖️

We've got tons of sessions going on so be sure to check out the day at a glance schedule: ow.ly/mZwI50Ob64k

⁦Esther S. Oh⁩ speaking about the interrelationship of #delirium and #dementia . AGS CoCare HELP Preconference. So important and clinically relevant #AGS23 ⁦HELP⁩ ⁦American Geriatrics Society⁩ ⁦NIDUS Delirium Network⁩ ⁦Donna Fick, PhD, GCNS-BC, FAAN⁩ ⁦Nancy Lundebjerg (she/her/hers)⁩

⁦Timothy Farrell⁩ & ⁦Jorie Butler⁩ kicking off the #AGS23 ⁦HRSA⁩ ⁦⁩ #GWEP pre conference focusing on the EHR and AFHS & what matters. @UofU_UGEC ⁦Utah Geriatrics⁩ ⁦The John A. Hartford Foundation⁩

#VHA research in #aging : Opportunities for high impact across the academic career pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37093614/

We couldn't fit all the unique opportunities and innovation within word count limits! Camille Vaughan Nicki Hastings MD Daniel E. Forman, MD VA HSR Mark Supiano American Geriatrics Society

JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine The good news is that there are several resources available to support inclusion of older adults in research. Check out the 5tsframework.duke.edu as one example.

Psyched that this labor of love is finally out in the world- management of perioperative anticoagulation is one of the most common consults we see, so we hope this standardized approach helps! Thank you to Margaret Fang for writing this with me.

A letter of love and loss by the legendary TerryTempestWilliams.
Photography by Fazal Sheikh.

A must read.

I Am Haunted by What I Have Seen at Great Salt Lake The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/03/25/opi…

On World #Delirium Awareness Day, we want you to know that our AGS CoCare: HELP program help identify & prevent delirium with older patients in the hospital. Learn more at help.agscocare.org

#WDAD2023 #AGSCoCareHELP #stopdeliruim Sharon Inouye, MD iDelirium

Thanks Ashley Walker, PhD Nice to see this important connection btw arterial stiffness & cognition and pyridoxamine benefit, and that it began with the Utah Geriatrics pilot funding. Congrats!

Remembering Thank A Resident/Fellow Day:
This is Ceci and Gabby-Our, current Geriatric Fellows. The Geriatric clinicians came together and purchased spa gift cards for the Fellows to say 'Thank you' for all they do!
#Thankaresidentday #MedicineElevated #InternalMedicine

Thank you! I am honored to serve in this role. And being a Visiting Professor at RCSI Educate working collaboratively with the outstanding RCSI team to advance health professions education through equity and justice has been a privilege.

Hot take on the CMSGov NCD decision ( go.cms.gov/3ZkK5yx): CMS agrees with investigator conclusion: 'Longer trials are warranted to determine the efficacy and safety of #lecanemab in early Alzheimer's disease.' bit.ly/3IkI3r8 #alzheimers #geriatrics #dementia