Today, American Geriatrics Society released the 2023 update to the AGS Beers Criteria® for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults (DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18372). ow.ly/P0Q850Og2Zf

So impressed with Sarah Valentine's work to build capacity for evidence-based #PTSD treatment in safety-net primary care settings and to make these accessible to all patients. 👏🏾👏🏾 …ntationsciencecomms.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Boston Medical Center CIIS Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior VA Health Systems Research, Bedford/Boston

Great work on developing a system for optimizing #polypharmacy in primary care setting — from a dear colleague @KatharinaJungo From Switzerland #AGS2023

Presidential poster from Lien Quach MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) on falls— #socialisolation was associated with increased risk of #falls and needs to be included in designing fall prevention programs in older adults. #AGS2023

It is critically important for hospitals to invest in therapeutic strategies (e.g. early mobilization,sitters) to help reduce restraint use-presidential poster from MGH Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine our awesome fellows ⭐️💥Drs. Linsey Barker and Catherine Lumb #AGS2023 Harvard Medical School Vicki Jackson

Our future fellow Monique Hedmann, MD MPH presenting her important work on implementation of a dementia care support program in a safety net health system— with our fantastic 🥇 fellowship director Esteban Franco Garcia MGH Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine Vicki Jackson JAGS #AGS2023

This is the #AGS23 energy!!! You cannot resist!!

Kudos to each ACS GSV team member for their amazing work to improve care for older surgical adults! It was an honor to represent this important work w/ Mark R. Katlic Dianne Bettick #AGS23 Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) Clifford Ko MD MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) MGH Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine Harvard Medical School The Warren Alpert Medical School The John A. Hartford Foundation

Residents are telling me they're still being taught old billing rules. Reminder, since Jan 1, 2023: 🔶 HPI has no strict billing requirements. It simply needs to exist 🔶 Same for physical exam 🔶 ROS is no longer required 🔶 PMH, FH, SH are no longer required Also a reminder:

A great seminar A/Prof Nicole Rankin on implementation strategies that enable people from disadvantaged communities to screen for #lungcancer in Australia. MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) Harvard Medical School Mongan Institute

#MonganScienceMinute featuring Sevdenur Cizginer, MD, MPH, AGSF MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36721263/

Looking forward to wonderful sessions, discussions American College of Surgeons Quality Safety Conference!

Dr. Zara Cooper moderates a discussion with our panelists to close out today's general session! #ACSQSC23

Older trauma patients— Multidisciplinary care is the 🔑 Geriatricians play critical role in optimizing outcomes by Dr. Briggs American College of Surgeons #ACSQSC23

Use of new STOPP/START criteria in the care of older adults. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Clin-STAR and Beeson scholars are together— sharing experiences, wisdom, and a true sense of friendship, all with the shared goal of improving care for older adults. #Beeson2024 #BeesonScholar #NIA Great to see #clinstar Clin-STAR Coordinating Center.bsky.social at bluesky!

AcademyHealth #DIScience24 📍Pace 📍Adaptation to new settings/concepts 📍Things evolve! 📍Emergency conditions! 📍Short and Long term goals Important points to consider when planning for implementation of an EBI in light of implementation science Aaron Carroll

AcademyHealth Plenary session— 18 years into the growth of D&I science as a field—yet it still takes an average of 17 years for evidence-based interventions to be adopted into healthcare practice. #ImplementationScience #HealthcareInnovation

We are hiring! We are looking for an implementation scientist PhD to join our team for a wonderful multisite multidisciplinary care model implementation project to improve care for older patients at Harvard University @MGB. AcademyHealth Implementation Science