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Ken Covinsky

@geri_doc

Clinician-researcher @UCSF Geriatrics. Director, UCSF Older Americans Independence Center. Passionate about improving quality of life for older persons.

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linkhttp://geriatrics.medicine.ucsf.edu/ calendar_today13-12-2009 05:49:02

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MLB Fastest Home-to-Home Times in statcast history (2015): Byron Buxton 13.9 (2017) PCA 14.1 (2024) Byron Buxton 14.1 (2016) Dee Strange-Gordon 14.2 (2015) Bobby Witt Jr. 14.3 (2023) #Cubs #YouHaveToSeeIt

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Visited Wrigley Field with the family while we were in Chicago. Sports have always been a part of growing up in the Emhoff family.

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Buprenorphine is a highly effective treatment for for Opioid Use Disorder and greatly reduces harms of opioid addiction. It is greatly underused. Excellent article on how to initiate and maintain treatment. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

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Dr. Lauren Hunt, with Sean Morrison of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, published an article in the Journal of Palliative Medicine entitled “The Growing Influence of the Financial Sector in Serious Illness Care in the United States.” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39167541/

Dr. <a href="/laurenhuntRN/">Lauren Hunt</a>, with Sean Morrison of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, published an article in the <a href="/PalliativeMed_j/">Journal of Palliative Medicine</a> entitled “The Growing Influence of the Financial Sector in Serious Illness Care in the United States.” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39167541/
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More evidence private equity acquisition of hospitals is bad for community health. Findings suggest private equity fattens their wallets and weakens hospitals by selling off assets. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

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RIP James Earl Jones, the legendary actor who memorably appeared in the iconic baseball movies "Field of Dreams" and "The Sandlot" Jones gave a moving recitation of our National Anthem at the 1993 MLB All-Star Game in Baltimore

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Nathan Clark — the father of 11-year-old Aiden Clark, who was killed in a car accident in Springfield, Ohio — tells JD Vance and Donald Trump to stop using his son’s name and the city of Springfield to demonize Haitian immigrants. “This needs to stop now!”

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Dr. Krista Lyn Harrison and Lauren Hunt publish in Health Affairs: Private equity acquisitions of hospices are rising, with ownership remaining opaque. Consolidation could impact hospice care quality. #Healthcare #Hospice #PrivateEquity buff.ly/3XCUtDt

Dr. <a href="/klharrisonPhD/">Krista Lyn Harrison</a> and <a href="/laurenhuntRN/">Lauren Hunt</a> publish in Health Affairs: Private equity acquisitions of hospices are rising, with ownership remaining opaque. Consolidation could impact hospice care quality. #Healthcare #Hospice #PrivateEquity buff.ly/3XCUtDt
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So Proud of my outstanding Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine medical student Isabel Cohen presenting her AOSC research on Influencers of Changing Aging-in-Place Decisions!!!! WoooHoooo!!!! NM Geriatrics #geriatrics

So Proud of my outstanding <a href="/NUFeinbergMed/">Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine</a> medical student Isabel Cohen presenting her AOSC research on Influencers of Changing Aging-in-Place Decisions!!!!  WoooHoooo!!!! <a href="/NMGeriatrics/">NM Geriatrics</a> #geriatrics