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PALTmed In The News

January 31, 2025

Geriatricians deliver dedicated care but remain absent from most nursing homes: JAMDA

Remarkably few nursing homes patients see geriatricians, even though they’re among the physicians most likely to spend the majority of their workday in long-term care facilities, a new study found. Across more than 14,000 physicians treating Medicare patients in nursing homes, geriatricians managed just 4%...
PALTmed In The News

January 25, 2025

Wheeling’s Mercer Named a ‘Visionary Leader’ in Medicine

Longtime Wheeling physician Dr. William Mercer has received a national award for his leadership in the medical community. The Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed), a national network for those working in long-term care facilities, awarded four “Visionary Leaders” for its 2025 leaders...
PALTmed In The News

December 1, 2024

PALTMed’s Kumar: Guided by open ears and heart

There seems little doubt as to the single biggest positive influence for the development of Rajeev Kumar, PALTmed’s new, multi-talented president. His father, Shiva Kumar, was a government surgeon in their native India.
PALTmed In The News

August 5, 2024

Long-term care docs warn why better oversight of diagnostic testing is needed

To test or not to test? It’s a question that often plagues healthcare professionals as they try to decide which diagnostic procedures are necessary for the treatment of their patients — and those which are not needed, or may even be harmful. There is no time to waste when it comes to getting better at diag...