Eric Widera wins Cunniff-Dixon Foundation Award!
January 11, 2011
Congratulations to GeriPal co-founder Eric Widera for winning an early career Cunniff-Dixon Foundation Award for improving care of patients near the…
Death Panel Legacy
January 5, 2011
Yesterday, legislation that would have reimbursed physicians for advance care planning discussions was stripped from Medicare regulations related to the…
A Negative Palliative Care Trial?
December 21, 2010
There has been a lot of good news about palliative care in the last year. Most notably is one well…
AND orders: A Confusing Conjuction that Attempts to Allow a Natural Death
December 6, 2010
Paula Span has an excellent article out today in the NY Times titled “D.N.R. by Another Name.” In it, she…
“Allow Natural Death”???
December 6, 2010
I want to alert readers of a fantastic debate that just started at the New York Times New Old Age Blog about…
The Legacy of SUPPORT: 15 years later
November 30, 2010
November 2010 marks the 15th anniversary of the publication of the SUPPORT Project, the largest study of end of life…
Palliative Care and Accountable Care Organizations – A Call for Comments
November 27, 2010
Accountable care organizations (ACO’s) are coming with a goal of creating a health care system that delivers higher quality care…
KUDOS to the Palliators who took the ABMS Boards on 11-16-2010
November 17, 2010
Geripal Readers, please join us in congratulating all the Palliators who took the ABMS Hospice and Palliative Medicine Boards yesterday.…
Sex and Aging
November 14, 2010
Photo by Patrick Q It’s time to get comfortable with the notion that older Americans have satisfying sexual relationships. Studies…
This Week in the GeriPal Blogosphere
November 4, 2010
Every time I get off the phone with Christian Sinclair (AAHPM board member, Pallimed rock-star, and social media guru) I…