Get Out the Vote GeriPal Style II
June 16, 2011
“Hospice Care” is up against “Institute for Healthcare Improvement” (IHI) in the ModernHealthcare finals! OK, it’s kind of a ridiculous idea. …
The Third Annual Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards
May 3, 2011
The Cunniff-Dixon Foundation in collaboration with the Hastings Center and the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life…
Palliative Care Consultations: An Answer to Medicaid’s Woes
March 8, 2011
With Medicaid spending ballooning to $381 billion in 2009, states are considering a lot of different ways to decrease costs…
Hospice Face-to-Face (FTF) Encounters for Recertification
February 25, 2011
As of January 1 2011 Medicare has mandated that all Medicare patients receiving hospice care in the home be seen…
Presidential Proclamations on National Hospice Month
November 2, 2010
Thirty-three years of presidential proclamations have solidified November as National Hospice Month. It is interesting to go back in the…
Potpourri from Clinical Work III
September 16, 2010
Interesting issues and questions from my recent stint on the inpatient hospice and palliative care service. Hospices are not supposed to…
3 Issues of Hospice
July 20, 2010
by: Robert Killeen MD Three Issues of Hospice I’d like to address three recurrent problems I’ve found in the field…
Palliative Care Grand Rounds – 3 Degrees of Separation
July 7, 2010
It’s that time again. Geripal is hosting Palliative Care Grand Rounds. This time we are going to try a little…
The breadth of life-sustaining treatment
June 25, 2010
In a recent story in the New York Times, Katy Butler described her parents’ experiences with illness, the health care…
End Stage Dementia: What to do with treatment?
June 21, 2010
Hospice programs provide much needed care and support for patients, families and caregivers for people with end-stage dementias. Thanks to…