Ain’t No Party Like a GeriPal / Pallimed #HPMParty at #HPM17
February 15, 2017
Come one, come all to the 11th annual GeriPal / Pallimed party during the Annual Assembly of AAHPM and HPNA,…
House Calls are Old-School
January 21, 2017
Dr. Heidmann on the way to an apointment. This sunny Saturday morning, I drove to a couple of house calls…
Advance Care Planning Volunteer Certification?
January 14, 2017
The Colorado Health Foundation has recently funded a host of proposalsaround our state to increase advance care planning (ACP) in…
How to Incorporate the Results of a New Trial of Palliative Care in Lung and GI Cancers
January 4, 2017
by: Eric Widera (@ewidera) A little over 6 years ago, Jennifer Temel and colleagues published a trial of patients with…
Descriptive terms for older people: older is in and elderly is out
December 30, 2016
“Never be the first to use a new descriptive term for older people nor the last to give up an…
Palliative care: the long view
December 21, 2016
by: Alex Smith, @AlexSmithMD In 1976, Balfour Mount published a landmark description of the first palliative care unit, in the Royal…
Antipsychotics Worsen Delirium and Make You Die (Slightly) Faster…
December 6, 2016
Antipsychotics are often used to treat delirium, although the evidence behind their efficacy is pretty minimal. That evidence is…
Palliative Care as the Standard of Care for Stem Cell Transplants
November 23, 2016
Today was a big day for palliative care. Really big. Why? Because today we have the strongest evidence to…
Honoring Veterans
November 11, 2016
This Veterans’ Day, stop and think about the World War II Veteran. The average veteran of WWII is now over…
Aligning Quality and Cost Savings Through Home Based Palliative Care
October 31, 2016
by: Timothy Poore (@TimCPoore) More than 90% of non-institutionalized people over the age of 65 in the United States receive…