When older adults enroll in hospice, symptoms improve
April 19, 2016
By Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD Hospice has taken some tough blows in the last few years. Funding cuts. A reporter at…
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…
Is Prevention Possible? Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Recurrent Lower Extremity Cellulitis
April 6, 2016
Case As a geriatrician it is not uncommon to have patients present in clinic with signs of infection like cellulitis,…
Martin Shkreli (aka PalliBro) buys Palliative Care
April 1, 2016
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) and Alex Smith (@AlexSmithMD) In other merger and acquisition news today, palliative care was bought today…
GeriPal acquired by Pallimed
April 1, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD, and Eric Widera, @EWidera We know this will come as a surprise to many of our…
Respecting Choices or penalizing them: do DNR orders affect quality ratings?
March 21, 2016
by: Lena Makaroun, @LenaKMakaroun Since 2010, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has been reporting hospital quality measures…
Top 25 Studies in Hospice and Palliative Care (#HPMtop25)
March 14, 2016
by: Kara Bishoff (@kara_bischoff) Back in 2015 we wrote a post asking for input on what articles should belong on…
Pressure Ulcers: An Underappreciated Public Health Issue
March 7, 2016
byJeffrey M Levine MD As a geriatric fellow back in the 1980’s I became intrigued by the wide prevalence of…
Chronic Cancer versus Non-Cancer Pain: A Distinction without a Difference?
March 3, 2016
Eric Widera, MD (@ewidera) In 1824, Jeremy Bentham published the “Book of Fallacies” in which he criticized fifty arguments used…
10th Annual GeriPal / Pallimed Party
March 3, 2016
Plot Summary: A palliative care provider must leave her safe suburban surroundings and head for the heart of the big…