Hosted by Editor in Chief Lorenzo Norris, MD, Psychcast features mental health care professionals discussing the issues that most affect psychiatry.
Jan 6, 2021
Bradford L. Frank, MD, MPH, MBA, conducts a Masterclass on how to provide nursing home consultations for psychiatrists. The documents Dr. Frank refers to during this Masterclass are available at (https://bit.ly/3rWqfcK)
Dr. Frank is a board-certified geriatric psychiatrist who provides consultations for more than 30 nursing homes in North Dakota. He has no disclosures.
Take-home points
Documentation
Prescribing and medications
Diagnosis
References
Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Survey & Certification Group. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 2016 Mar 25: 21-5.
Minimum Data Set – Version 3.0. Resident Assessment and Care Screening. Brief Inventory Mental Status exam: 7-8.
Bennett DA et al. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2012 Jul 9(6):646-63.
Yunusa I et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2019;2(3):e190828.
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Show notes by Jacqueline Posada, MD, associate producer of the Psychcast; assistant clinical professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at George Washington University, Washington; and staff physician at George Washington Medical Faculty Associates, also in Washington. Dr. Posada has no conflicts of interest.