What to do when your patient is racist?
April 22, 2014
by: Alex Smith, @alexsmithMD I’d like GeriPal reader’s help with an issue that has vexed me since medical school. As…
#Geriatrics and #Palliative Care Consults via #Twitter!
April 1, 2014
by: @AlexSmithMD Here at GeriPal, we have really tried to push the envelope with the use of social media in geriatrics…
3 Blogs Waiting to be Started: PediPal, PalliTech, and GeriPal EM
March 24, 2014
Every once and a while Eric and I are contacted by people hoping to start a blog. Sometime people follow…
Tell CMS to protect appropriate palliative care prescribing
February 25, 2014
Attention all Geriatric, Palliative Medicine, and Primary Care Providers: Act now to prevent the adoption of strict, punitive regulations impacting…
Still Needed: Guidance for the “GeriPal” Patient with Heart Failure
January 30, 2014
As a (geriatric) primary care provider and (palliative medicine) specialist who cares for patients with heart failure (HF), the 2013…
Communication training: is simulation enough?
December 5, 2013
A video example of palliative care communication techniques in the wrong hands by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Major paper in JAMA…
The Quality of Palliative Care: It Can and Must Be Measured
November 11, 2013
Is it important to provide high quality palliative and supportive care in patients with serious illness? Does it matter if…
On Cooks and Cookbooks: Failure of a Palliative Care Pathway
October 30, 2013
by: Alex Smith @AlexSmithMD Wouldn’t it be great if we came up with a standardized approach to caring for hospitalized…
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…
Community Health Workers: Key to Reducing Disparities in End-of-Life Care
September 9, 2013
Despite recent attention, dying in the United States is a complex and often suboptimal experience for patients and providers alike…