Milta O. Little Installed as New President of AMDA-PALTC
Congratulations to Milta Oyola Little, DO, the newly installed President of the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine, (AMDA-PALTC).
IPEC and the IPE Clinic: Partners in Producing the ‘Practice-Ready’ Physicians of Tomorrow
Interprofessional collaboration is critical to the successful practice of medicine, but making that dynamic happen consistently in clinical settings can be challenging. The Duke Health Center for Interprofessional Education and Care (IPEC) has accepted the challenge and is working to create and support interprofessional experiences across the Duke campus, the health system and the community.
Duke HOPE Smooths Transition to Skilled Nursing Facilities
Duke TeleHOPE was piloted in 2019 with the support of a Duke Innovation for Healthcare Improvement (DIHI) Grant with the goal of addressing high hospital readmission rates among nursing home patients
Building an Age-Friendly Health System
Duke University Health System is working head on to meet the challenge by participating in the Age-Friendly Health System (AFHS) movement, a systemic-change framework under which health systems across the country can improve and personalize their care of older adults through recognition as being Committed to Care Excellence by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
Faculty promotions appoved by Board of Trustees - November 2022
Congratulations to the following faculty members for their recent promotion in the Department of Medicine.
Department of Medicine Welcomes New Faculty Members
Faculty New to the Department of Medicine - October 1, 2021, through October 1, 2022
How Long Older Adults Will Live Comes Down to 17 Often Surprising Factors
A new model to predict the life expectancy of older people relies less on their specific disease diagnoses and more on factors such as the ability to grocery shop, the amount of certain small cholesterol particles circulating in their blood, and whether they never or only occasionally smoked.
