Quality Indicators Can Cause Harm in Older Patients: An Inconvenient Truth
November 13, 2011
Quality indicators are used to measure the quality of health care delivered to patients. Quality indicators are used extensively in…
What Drugs Should You Avoid In the Elderly: An Update on the Beers Criteria
November 11, 2011
Dr. Mark Beers Should you always avoid the use of metaclopromide in the elderly (I still use it in some…
Is hospital observation status the new pathway to frailty?
November 4, 2011
Have you noticed that your hospital is using the observation status more instead of simply admitting the patient? Three recent…
Geriatric Palliative Medical Education – Yeah! There is a place tostart from…
November 2, 2011
Have you heard of the Portal for Online Geriatric Education (POGOe)? The Portal of Geriatric Online Education (http://www.POGOe.org/) is a…
Some days I hate POLST
October 28, 2011
There are days I hate the POLST form (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment). In concept, it’s significantly better than…
The Biggest Questions in Palliative Care and Geriatrics Finally Answered
October 21, 2011
Every week we have been posting a lot of questions on GeriPal about some of the biggest issues in geriatrics…
Jane Gross on the Failings of Medicare
October 20, 2011
In the most recent Sunday New York Times, Jane Gross gives a devastating critiqueof Medicare’s Failure to support the needs…
Take the “H” out of AAHPM/HPNA? Let’s Discuss.
October 14, 2011
All Posts · American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Hospice · Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA)
Should the word “hospice” be taken out of the professional society names: “American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine,” and…
Inappropriate prescribing
October 14, 2011
It’s been a while since I posted but I had to share frustration! This week I saw a new patient…
Poster Sessions at Medical Meetings: A Better Approach
October 11, 2011
The poster session is a ubiquitous part of most medical and scientific meetings. The format is pretty much always the…