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Melissa Gaines MD FACP
@mgaines1978.bsky.social
Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Care specialist, world traveler, wife, mother, daughter, and a recovering Pharisee
Dustin & I have registered and have made our travel arrangements. This is a half day of CME then we are planning a horseback ride and hiking! Bicycle trails are available for all! @ACPMissouri @ACPIMPhysicians @CoxHealth @KUSM_Wichita #cme #health. gcms.us/meetinginfo....
Rocky Mountain Medicine
CME Event
gcms.us
March 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Dr Greer describes the pivotal #REACHPC trial showing that #telehealth 💻 delievery of #pallonc improves symptoms while increasing access. Amazing to see this grace the Plenary stage of both @aahpm.bsky.social #hapc25 AND @ascocancer.bsky.social #ASCO24. My #supponc heart is full ❤️
February 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Ageism & the elections. People are feeling conflicted. On one hand, they have concerns about cognitive fitness of candidates for office. On the other, they worry about ageism. We discuss on this weeks podcast
geripal.org/ageism-and-e...
Ageism and Elections: Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky
On this week's podcast we discuss Ageism and Elections with guests Louise Aronson and Ken Covinsky.
geripal.org
July 17, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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Lost in the ongoing Trumpapalooza is the excellent news that a malaria vaccination developed at Oxford Univ. over the last 30 years and costing only £3 per shot is being unrolled in malaria-prone countries. If it fulfills its promise, this will make an enormous difference to so many lives.
July 14, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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The privatized option for Medicare (Medicare Advantage) is rampant with fraud and overspending that threatens the future of traditional Medicare. Private insurers shouldn’t be able to take billions of dollars in government funding just to increase their own profits.
Ask Your Representative to Support the Save Medicare Act
Medicare Advantage, the privatized option for Medicare, is rampant with fraud and overspending. These private insurers are using billions of dollars of government funding to increase their own profits...
act.indivisible.org
April 1, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Reposted by Melissa Gaines MD FACP
Many guidelines about improving communication in the ICU.

I really appreciate this slide showing the idea of clinical inertia in the ICU. From Kruser et a 2017 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

#hapc #hapc24 #medsky
March 23, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Thankful for touring Hospice of the Valley #Dementia Campus during #hapc24 Design bedroom with the bed in direct view of commode, terry cloth poncho for bathing, #occupational therapy model room to teach ADLs with caregivers. Use warm rice pack to hold in hands, heated room, blow bubbles #hospice
March 23, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Writing a certain narrative can push us into single story which is dangerous for resilience.

Feel seen, validated in challenges and motivation to improve.
Say to yourself-
“I don’t like what is in front of me but I have to function/work within it while trying to change it.” #hapc24
March 23, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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More great outpatient Palliative Care Talks today #hapc24 @ctsinclair.bsky.social
March 21, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Decisiontree for #hospice relatedness regarding interventions and remember to pay the Medicare allowable price if covered. #hapc24
March 21, 2024 at 9:01 PM
#hapc24 antiplatelet & anticoagulant decision tool for #palliative patients with 3 month or less prognosis
March 21, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Plenary #hapc24 “Many times we talk about the glory, but don’t know the story.”
March 21, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Watching the storm roll into #phoenix Wednesday after a day of #hospice updates at #hapc24 the lightning was crazy!
March 21, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Join us virtually for the conference. We have a panel discussion about #Parkinson’s disease #geriatric #virtual
www.eventbrite.com/e/coxhealths...
CoxHealth's 36th Annual Geriatric Conference
Please join us for the 2024 CoxHealth 36th Annual Geriatric Conference. We have a fantastic line up of speakers!
www.eventbrite.com
March 14, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Excited to attend #hapc24
March 13, 2024 at 11:03 PM