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Posted 11/3/09: 2009 Symposium Presentations Presentations (PDFs) from the 2009 Annual Educational Symposium have been posted (below). Posted 10/28/09 - New form helps coordinate care for Seniors PMDA and a team of Pennsylvania health care organizations have developed a form that will help long-term care facilities and physicians coordinate patient care. Consultation forms that accompany patients to the physician’s office are often missing a key piece of information – the name and address of the long-term care facility that sent the patient. This new form will include that vital information. The form can replace a facility’s current consultation form. Staff just completes the first half of the form – which asks for information like patient name, reason for consultation, and current medications – and sends it with the patient to the specialist’s office. The specialist completes the rest of the form with diagnosis information, recommendations for further testing or medication changes, and whether a follow-up appointment is needed. PMDA and other Pennsylvania medical and surgical specialty societies brought the issue before the Pennsylvania Medical Society’s Specialty Leadership Cabinet and helped create the form. Click here to download the form. Posted 1/6/09 - CDC Recommendations for The Use of Antivirals for Influenza (PA DOH - PDF Document) Posted 3/7/09 - On Saturday, February 28 2009, a public notice was published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin for the purpose of updating nursing homes on the healthcare-associated infection (HAI) reporting requirements. Please access the following link to the Bulletin for specific information including rollout dates for the different regions, as the original date of April 1 has been pushed back to June 2009. Click here to review.

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PMDA 2009 Annual Educational Symposium Presentations

PMDA Public Policy Update – Part 1
Thomas Lawrence, MD & David A. Nace, MD, MPH
Co-Chairs, Public Policy Committee
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format

PMDA Public Policy Committee Report 2008-2009
Thomas Lawrence, MD & David A. Nace, MD, MPH
Co-Chairs, PMDA Public Policy Committee
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format

Acute Hospital Care of the Elderly
Robert M. Palmer, MD, MPH
Visiting Professor of Medicine
Division of Geriatric Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format

Transitions of Care: The National Perspective
James E Lett, II, MD, CMD
Chief Medical Officer for Long-Term Care
California Prison Health Care System
Sacramento, CA
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format

Transitions of Care: SNF – Emergency Department - SNF
Cheryl Phillips, M.D, CMD, AGSF
Chief Medical Officer
On Lok Lifeways
San Francisco, California
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format

Falling Through the Cracks: Medication Management During
Transitions in Care
Steven M. Handler, MD, MS, CMD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics,
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh;
Core Faculty RAND-University of Pittsburgh Health Institute;
Staff Researcher, Pittsburgh VA GRECC/CHERP
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format

The Nursing Home Physician Workforce: Is it Time to Specialize?
Paul Katz, MD
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format

Infectious Disease Outbreaks in LTC
Alex T. Makris, MD, CMD
Infectious Disease Consultant & Corporate Medical Director
Seniors Management North
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format

Joint Replacement and Anticoagulation in the Post-Acute Setting
Gregory E. Raab, MD
Assistant Professor, Adult Reconstruction & Joint Replacement
Bone and Joint Institute
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
PowerPoint Presentation in PDF format

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PMDA 2008 Annual Educational Symposium Presentations

Public Policy Updates
Thomas E. Lawrence, MD, CMD; and David A. Nace, MD, MPH,
Public Policy Committee Co-Chairs
Public Policy Updates (Part I) | Public Policy Updates (Part II)
MS PowerPoint (.PPS) presentations

Rethinking Behavioral Problems Associated with Dementia
Joel E. Streim, MD
MS PowerPoint (.PPS) presentations

Infection Control Act 52
Phenelle Segal, RN, CIC
MS PowerPoint (.PPS) presentations

Integrate Pallative Care into Your Nursing Home Practice
William D. Smucker, MD, CMD, CAQ
MS PowerPoint (.PPS) presentations

Competency Issues and Dementia
J. Kenneth Brubaker, MD, CMD; and Paula G. Sanders, JD
MS PowerPoint (.PPS) presentations

 

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PMDA 2006 Annual Educational Symposium Presentations

Rethinking Advance Care Planning: Moving from Patient Preferences to
Actionable Orders
Judith S. Black, MD, MHA
MS PowerPoint presentation

Complying with F314, Advancing Wound Care Practice in Long-Term Care
Jeanine Maguire, MPT, CWS
MS PowerPoint presentation

Public Policy Committee Update (Part 1)
David A. Nace, MD, MPH
MS PowerPoint presentation

Public Policy Committee Update (Part 2)
Thomas E. Lawrence, MD, CMD
MS PowerPoint presentation

The Evaluation and Management of Weight Loss in the Nursing Home Patient
Elizabeth A. O’Keefe, BM, BCh
MS PowerPoint presentation

Infection Control: C.difficle, Influenza and Other Top Priorities in the Nursing Home
Alex T. Makris, MD, CMD
MS PowerPoint presentation

Elder Abuse
Christi Stewart, MD. Presented 11/23/06
MS PowerPoint presentation

Symptom Relief inEnd of Life Care
Posted 11/29/06
MS PowerPoint presentation

Elder Drivers
Posted 11/29/06
MS PowerPoint presentation

Nutritional Supplement Toxicities
Posted 11/29/06
MS PowerPoint presentation

Nutrition And Malnutrition in The Elderly
Posted 11/29/06
MS PowerPoint presentation

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