The AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative Podcast
Are you interested in communicating the importance of vaccines for older adults? This podcast from the AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative features the editors of the initiative’s Online Curriculum discussing key takeaway points on essential vaccinations for older adults with the curriculum authors – all national experts in their topic. Designed to provide health care professionals with an integral roadmap to the tools, knowledge, and approaches to increasing immunization rates in older adults, it includes information on essential vaccines, coding, quality improvement and vaccine hesitancy. Did our podcast series leave you wanting to learn more about essential vaccines for older adults? Visit our website to access the other AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative tools and resources, vaccines.agscocare.org.
The AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative is funded through a subaward under a Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called Specialty Societies Advancing Adult Immunization (SSAAI).The content is solely the responsibility of the American Geriatrics Society (https://www.americangeriatrics.org/) and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The AGS Older Adults Vaccine Initiative Podcast
Latest Episodes
BONUS EPISODE: Updated COVID-19 Vaccination Guidelines
Join Dr. Sharon Brangman, from SUNY Upstate Medical University and Dr. Ken Schmader, from Duke University Medical Center and the Director, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center at Durham VA Health Care System, as they discuss the rec...
Settings of Care
Join Dr. Tim Farrell, from University of Utah and the VA SLC GRECC and Dr. Mariah Robertson, from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, as they discuss vaccine access across settings of care. They also discuss community partners and assets for reac...
Vaccine Hesitancy
Join Dr. Sharon Brangman, from SUNY Upstate Medical University and Dr. Jorie Butler, from the University of Utah, as they discuss the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy and interventions to reduce it. They discuss patient groups that are likely to...
Vaccination Coding
Join Dr. Sharon Brangman, from SUNY Upstate Medical University and Dr. Robert Zorowitz, from Humana, as they discuss Medicare coverage for vaccinations and the various codes used when reporting vaccinations and vaccination counseling.To...
Quality Improvement and Vaccination (including EHR, Immunization Information System [IIS])
Join Dr. Tim Farrell, from University of Utah and the VA SLC GRECC and Dr. Nuzha Amjad, from UTHealth Houston, McGovern Medical School, as they define Quality and Improvement and for Model for Improvement and various strategies to improve vacci...