Faculty physician at Swedish, Director of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship. Passionate about #AgeFriendly, geriatrics workforce & interprofessional education.

Joined December 2011
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BREAKING: Everyone values chewing, seeing, hearing, even if they are old!! Time for @USCongress action Coverage of Dental, Vision, & Hearing Services by @MedicareGov 84% of all voters support this incl 79% Republicans + 89% Democrats ja.ma/3iIIa3B via @JAMA_current
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Five Easy Steps for Creating a part-time #geriatrics fellowship option. by @Carrie_Ruby Amy Wilkerson and @MSUgeriatricsMD . #meded onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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For academics (especially White academics, but this goes for everyone) reading #BlackintheIvory and wondering how you can support Black students and academics here is a thread of things to consider a number which have been especially supportive of my own professional development
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This is huge for our #geriatrics pts who cannot use face to face technology & are most vulnerable to complications of #COVID19. Thank you @SeemaCMS @BUgeriatrics @DayDHollis – at Milton, MA
ATTN: big news from ⁦@CMSGov⁩ tonight - physicians will now be able to bill for care provided via telephone only. Important policy change. Thank you to ⁦@SeemaCMS⁩ and her team for this important change in payment policy. Big for ⁦@aafp⁩ members.
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Nothing like emojis to deliver an important message 🗣 language matters
🚨📢PSA📢🚨 among geriatricians we prefer the humanizing term ✨OLDER ADULTS✨ rather than 👎elderly👎. #geriatrician
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Internists launch #COVID19 Practice Management Guidance for Physicians and ask @CMSGov to take additional steps on #Telehealth ow.ly/r9Zj50yPnbW. #Coronavirus #COVID2019 #MedTwitter
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COVID-ready communication skills manual for health care clinicians. Please share with your colleagues. Thanks to all who contributed! vitaltalk.org/guides/covid-1… #medtwitter #hapc #meded
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John Choe, a fellow APD, had the great idea that we should share leasona from our residency program’s recent experience with the arrival of COVID-19 in Seattle with the APDIM @AAIMOnline listserv. Adapted here for #MedTwitter Please RT! 1/
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NEW: Testing for the novel coronavirus will get a huge boost in the coming weeks as a project funded by Bill Gates and his foundation begins offering home-testing kits that will allow people to swab their noses and send the samples back for analysis. bit.ly/3cKlxYi
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It is hard to imagine a living arrangement that is more dangerous during a coronavirus outbreak than one in which older people live in close proximity. @jpinsk reports on how U.S. nursing homes are preparing. theatlantic.com/family/archi… #aafp #hapc
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BREAKING: I am announcing a new directive requiring NY health insurers to waive cost sharing associated with testing for #coronavirus, including emergency room, urgent care and office visits. We can't let cost be a barrier to access to COVID-19 testing for any New Yorker.
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Parents, your kids may have heard about coronavirus online or on TV. They may have some questions. Here's some advice from experts, boiled down for young kids 👇 trib.al/9NeDpLv
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Dementia care delivered by phone and web improves outcomes important for patients, families, payers & communities. The Care Ecosystem trial @UCSFmac. ja.ma/2nycLrg
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Great multidisciplinary primary care assessment clinic for older people evolving in Seattle with Carrie Rubenstein MD at Swedish. – at Seattle, WA
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Residents with high edu debt less likely to pursue careers in public service, #academics, #geriatrics. But Participating in #AGS19 plenary singalong: Priceless! Bravo and thank you @AlexSmithMD @geri_doc @EWidera @AmerGeriatrics
Not sure what to do Saturday at #AGS19? Join us for a heaping scoop of science with a topping of fun at the Geriatrics Literature Update in Hall B at 8:45. #geriatrics
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When It Comes to Older Adults, Language Matters: @AGSJournal Adopts New Style (modified from AMA style). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Forgot what you meant to ask your doctor? Carry these 5 questions. #ChoosingWisely
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The FDA has unveiled new nutrition labels. One big change: the amount of added sugar bit.ly/1TtctaY
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