ABIM Discontinues Requirement for Maintaining Underlying Board Certification
July 3, 2015
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has had a lot of, well, lets just say difficult press this year. There…
A better way to care for frail patients: Independence at Home
June 24, 2015
Last week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a report that I think will change how geriatric…
Flags of Grief
June 19, 2015
by: Genevieve Flagello, LMSW, ASW I am a social worker two years into my career, currently working with veterans on…
What should we call the physician-assisted act of intentionally killing oneself near the end of life
June 4, 2015
By: Eric Widera (@ewidera) It was a big day in California today. The California Senate passed SB 128 which would…
The house calls imperative and what you can do about it – right now.
May 28, 2015
A timely study came out in JAMA IM this week that highlights the need and potential demand for home-based delivery…
New guidelines address conflicts over “potentially inappropriate” treatment in the ICU
May 27, 2015
By: Laura Petrillo, @lpetrillz Summary Decisions about life-sustaining treatment in the intensive care unit are among the most ethically fraught…
Outcomes of In-Hospital CPR in Patients Receiving Dialysis
May 22, 2015
We’ve talked a lot about the prognosis after receiving in-hospital CPR in this blog (here, here, and here to name a…
Yes, There is a Medical App for That
May 20, 2015
At this years AGS Annual Meeting, Manuel Eskildsen, Alice Pomidor, Amit Shah, Niharika Suchak, and I led a session aimed…
#ThickenedLiquidChallenge on Making Sense of Alzheimers
May 8, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Check it out folks, the #ThickenedLiquidChallenge is now a featured video on MakingSenseofAlzheimers.org, a new site out of…
Not All Hospices are Alike
April 21, 2015
by: Patrice Villars We all want the best possible end of life care for patients, our families, ourselves. Most of…