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The South Florida Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (SFGWEP) podcast series is committed to providing interprofessional programs to maintain and improve the health of ethnically and culturally diverse older adults from underserved areas across Florida, educating and training health professionals in health promotion and prevention, emphasizing undergraduate and graduate professional education, and serving the needs of underserved with innovative teaching and clinical experiences. The GWEP educates, encourages, enhances, and continually promotes the profession of geriatrics to the community at all levels of education, and provides ongoing education and information dissemination.
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Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Guest Speaker: Joseph G. Ouslander, M.D.
Hosted by: Naushira Pandya. M.D., CMD, FACP
This podcast features a discussion on:
- Hospital admissions and related complications and costs are common among older adults.
- A substantial proportion of these admissions are rated by clinicians as potentially avoidable or unnecessary.
- Thus, Medicare is spending hundreds of millions of dollars for these hospitalizations the often result in hospital-related complications and morbidity.
- Several strategies and tools are available that may be effective in reducing these hospitalizations and related complications and costs.
- Financial incentives in the Medicare fee-for-service system often incentivize these hospitalizations, whereas Medicare Advantage and other value-based programs try to reduce them
About Us
South Florida Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program: https://www.nova.edu/gwep/index.html
Nova Southeastern University: https://www.nova.edu/about/index.html
Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine: https://osteopathic.nova.edu/aboutus/index.html
** This podcast was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $3.5M with 25% financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government..**