Is antiepileptic therapy indicated for primary prevention after an ischemic stroke?
August 17, 2015
Mrs. C is a 79 year old nursing home resident woman who suffered an ischemic stroke about 10 months ago…
ePrognosis 2.0: PPS and Cancer screening
August 7, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD The geriatrics, general medicine, and palliative care communities have spoken, and we’ve been listening. ePrognosisis the…
What’s your favorite reference book in geriatrics and palliative care?
August 3, 2015
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD It’s summer, and the new fellows have started. I usually post around this time about a…
Fifteen minutes of fame? Aging policy’s big week
July 23, 2015
Last week was a huge week in aging policy. On Monday, the White House hosted the once-a-decade Conference on Aging,…
A strategy to improve cardiac arrest survival: Do it less on those who don’t want it or won’t benefit from it
July 22, 2015
On June 30, 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report titled “Strategies to Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival: A…
Secondhand Antibiotic Exposure in Nursing Homes
July 9, 2015
Antibiotics are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in nursing homes. Past studies have shown that around 2 out…
A Giant Thank You to CMS: Advance Care Planning Has Value
July 8, 2015
Today it is time to celebrate! Today the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is taking…
ePOLST: It’s about damn time!
July 7, 2015
By: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD The following is a quote from an Emergency Medicine physician I interviewed for a study about…
ABIM Discontinues Requirement for Maintaining Underlying Board Certification
July 3, 2015
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has had a lot of, well, lets just say difficult press this year. There…
A Master of Science Program in Palliative Care?
June 29, 2015
We’re in trouble. There just aren’t enough specialists in palliative care to palliate all the suffering out there. One estimate…