How We Die: It’s Less about Who You Are and More About Where You Live
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Doctors want to believe that they will die differently than the rest of the US. Just…
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) Doctors want to believe that they will die differently than the rest of the US. Just…
by: Meera Sheffrin (@doctormeera) The SPRINT trial came out about 6 months ago– it was supposed to revolutionize the way…
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) This week’s JAMA IMincludes a case of a woman in her 90s with advanced dementia who…
Do you think palliative care is important for patients and families? Do you think palliative care is essential for the…
By Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Hospice has taken some tough blows in the last few years. Funding cuts. A reporter at…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD We’re thrilled to announce that our other major project (other than GeriPal, that is) has undergone…
Case As a geriatrician it is not uncommon to have patients present in clinic with signs of infection like cellulitis,…
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) and Alex Smith (@AlexSmithMD) In other merger and acquisition news today, palliative care was bought today…
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD, and Eric Widera, @EWidera We know this will come as a surprise to many of our…
by: Lena Makaroun, @LenaKMakaroun Since 2010, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has been reporting hospital quality measures…