Do Not Hospitalize orders for nursing home residents with advanced dementia
October 8, 2013
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithMD Advanced dementia is a terminal illness needing palliative care. Unfortunately, there is a great divide between this…
ePrognosis: What are the Next Steps
October 3, 2013
by: Alex Smith @alexsmithmd We need your help. We’ve come a long way with ePrognosis, our online and now mobile…
Adding Prognosis to Cancer Screening Decisions: The ePrognosis Cancer Screening App
October 2, 2013
The goal of cancer screening is to identify asymptomatic cancer well before it causes symptoms or death. This means that…
Dumb Policy: 3-Night Hospital Requirement for Medicare SNF
September 16, 2013
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD The patient was elderly and was hospitalized for a COPD exacerbation. Fortunately, her breathing problems were…
A Fascinating Case Over Who Has the Right Over The Remains of a Loved One
September 14, 2013
On June 12, Betty Jean Collins of Warsaw, Missouri, executed a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Choices (DPOA-HC)…
Outcomes of In-Hospital CPR: Not as Rosy as Some May Say
September 11, 2013
Back in March, the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published a study of long-term outcomes among survivors of in-hospital…
A Hospice Nurse’s Experience of Assisted Suicide
August 28, 2013
by: Amy Getter, RN, MS. is a Hospice nurse who delivers care to the dying. Stories about hospice care at…
The Fellowship Match Game: Gearing Residents and Programs up for the NRMP Match
August 23, 2013
Now is the time of year that residents are starting to interview at programs across the U.S. in preparation for…
Research Amplifies Need for Patient-Centered Goals of Care Discussion
August 10, 2013
How important is reducing the risk of one ailment if it increases the risk of another? A class of drugs…
2 MUST Views: Portraits of the Elderly as They Once Were and Jane Lotter Obituary
August 2, 2013
I wanted to draw GeriPal readers attention to two websites that you must view. Really, right now. If you have 5…