Professor of Medicine, St Louis Univ

Internal Medicine

Joseph Flaherty is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He studied medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Saint Louis University School of Medicine is ranked 67 in research and 57 in primary care medicine He over the years received 2 awards: "America's Top Doctors" and "Top MD". Dr. Joseph Flaherty is also published. He has 46 publications published. The lastest publication: "The effect of aging on bone mineral metabolism and bone mass in Native American women.'

Publications

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• Do nutrients play a role in delirium?
• Matching the environment to patients with delirium: lessons learned from the delirium room, a restraint-free environment for older hospitalized adults with delirium.
• Antipsychotics in the treatment of delirium in older hospitalized adults: a systematic review.
• The evaluation and management of delirium among older persons.
• Observational study of 1-year mortality rates before and after a major earthquake among Chinese nonagenarians.
• An ACE unit with a delirium room may improve function and equalize length of stay among older delirious medical inpatients.
• Nursing homes in China?
• Cancer screening in older patients: life expectancy, prioritization, and health literacy.
• Insomnia among hospitalized older persons.
• China: the aging giant.
• Delirium is a serious and under-recognized problem: why assessment of mental status should be the sixth vital sign.
• Antioxidants and hormones as antiaging therapies: high hopes, disappointing results.
• Elder abuse and neglect in long-term care.
• Zero tolerance for physical restraints: difficult but not impossible.
• Urinary incontinence and the terminally ill older person.
• Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
• The use of complementary and alternative medical therapies among older persons around the world.
• Anti-aging.
• Delirium: a call to improve current standards of care.
• Geriatricians, continuous quality improvement, and improved care for older persons.
• A consensus statement on nonemergent medical transportation services for older persons.
• A model for managing delirious older inpatients.
• The adolescence of geriatrics.
• The development of outpatient Clinical Glidepaths.
• Putting the "home" back in nursing home.
• It's never too late: health promotion and illness prevention in older persons.
• The determinants of attitudinal change among medical students participating in home care training: a multi-center study.
• The quality of mental health care for African Americans.
• Patient-centered design: conceptually modeling the health care consumer.
• Impact on caregivers of supporting urinary function in noninstitutionalized, chronically ill seniors.
• "Who's taking your 5th vital sign?".
• The mental status vital sign.
• Diabetes mellitus among ethnic seniors: contrasts with diabetes in whites.
• Examining the effect of intervention to nutritional problems of the elderly living in an inner city area: a pilot project.
• Psychotherapeutic agents in older adults. Commonly prescribed and over-the-counter remedies: causes of confusion.
• The effect of aging on bone mineral metabolism and bone mass in Native American women.
• Validation of an instrument designed to assess medical student attitudes toward home care.
• A student-run Geriatric Home Health Care Program.
• Decreasing hospitalization rates for older home care patients with symptoms of depression.
• Polypharmacy and hospitalization among older home care patients.
• Use of alternative therapies in older outpatients in the United States and Japan: prevalence, reporting patterns, and perceived effectiveness.
• The development of a mental status vital sign for use across the spectrum of care.
• Cognitive impairment and hypertension among Chinese nonagenarians and centenarians.
• Association of cognitive impairment with serum lipid/lipoprotein among Chinese nonagenarians and centenarians.
• Association between body mass index and cognitive function among Chinese nonagenarians/centenarians.

Schools

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• Saint Louis University School Of Medicine

• Kansas City University Med Center

• Saint Louis University

Doctors Specialties

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• Geriatric Medicine
• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• America's Top Doctors
• Top MD

Education

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• St Louis University School of Medicine
• University of Kansas School of Medicine
• Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1710995568
NPPES Provider LastName		FLAHERTY
NPPES Provider FirstName		JOSEPH
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		63110
NPPES Provider State		MO
Specialty Description		Geriatric Medicine
Total Claim Count		6762.0
Distinct Opioid Count		6.0
Opioid Claim Count		308.0
Percent Opioid Claims		4.55

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1710995568
Last Name Of The Provider	FLAHERTY
First Name Of The Provider	JOSEPH
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