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July/August 2012 Vol. 5 No. 4 News and Insight for Professionals in Geriatric Medicine
COLLABORATIVE CARE IS KEY TO
REDUCING HOSPITALIZATIONS
The Future of Skin
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Early Glaucoma
Detection
Preserves Vision
Diagnosing Peripheral
Neuropathy
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FROM THE EDITOR JOIN THE TEAM TO REVAMP GERIAT
CONTENTS JULY/AUGUST 2012 22
MEDICATION MONITOR
Physicians should remember that medication
RESEARCH REVIEW with traditional language th
“One-third of stroke patients will have word-findi
Hospitals and healthcare systems must move away f
Amy E. Boutwell, MD, MPP, president of Coll
A DATA-DEPENDENT CARE MODEL Perhaps no oth
(CMP) program were significantly lower in the first
DIAGNOSING PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY The diagn
P eripheral neuropathy afflicts as many as 8% of p
neuropathy, where there may be pain and temperatu
false-positive rate or multiple tests produce con
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