New Prognostic Models for Older Adults: Alex Lee, James Deardorff, Sei Lee
October 27, 2022
Dr. Faith Fitzgerald once quipped that prognostic modeling is the “punctilious quantification of the amorphous.” She has a point. Prognosis…
The State of COVID19 in Boston: Podcast with Zara Cooper, Rachelle Bernacki, and Ricky Leiter
April 21, 2020
In today’s podcast we talk with Zara Cooper, Rachelle Bernacki, and Ricky Leiterabout the state of COVID at the Brigham…
How to Recommend to Stop Cancer Screening: An Interview with Nancy Shoenborn
June 17, 2017
What should you say to your older patient when it’s time to stop cancer screening? This week’s GeriPal Podcast features…
Just ask-tell-ask: Physician-Surrogate discordance about prognosis in the ICU
May 18, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD I’m sure that all of us have encountered this scenario: the doctor thinks patient’s prognosis is…
Announcing ePrognosis: Communication – using video to teach prognosis communication
April 7, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD We’re thrilled to announce that our other major project (other than GeriPal, that is) has undergone…
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…
Prognostic Disclosure and Other Palliative Care Needs in Dialysis Patients
June 7, 2013
“Doctors are terrible at prognostication.” This is a line that I often hear from other doctors in clinical practice. While…
Most Patients with Incurable Cancer Think Chemo Might Cure Them
October 25, 2012
Deer Valley, Utah, from our lodge at the NPCRC retreat I’m at the National Palliative Care Research Center’s Annual Foley…
Eprognosis gets Half a Million Hits in the First Week
January 19, 2012
Eprognosisis barely a week old, and we’ve already had over 500,000 pageviews (150,000 unique visitors). For perspective, GeriPalis about 3…
Prognostic Indices In Patient Care: Useful or Waste of Time?
January 10, 2012
Many clinical decisions in older persons are dependent on life expectancy. For example, as life expectancy declines, cancer screening is…