Rural Palliative Care: Karl Bezak, Jeanie Youngwerth, Adie Goldberg, and Gregg Vandekieft
April 9, 2026
Rural populations in the United States face unique healthcare challenges. These communities tend to be older, have higher mortality rates,…
Pragmatic Trial to Increase Advance Care Planning: Anne Walling, Neil Wenger, & Rebecca Sudore
April 2, 2026
Today we’re delighted to talk with Anne Walling, Neil Wenger, and Rebecca Sudore about a pragmatic implementation trial aimed at…
CMS’s Age-Friendly Hospital Measure: Julia Adler-Milstein, Stephanie Rogers, and Shari Ling
March 26, 2026
In 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began requiring hospitals participating in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting…
Leadership, Quality, and the Future of Hospice: Guests Chris Comeaux and Cordt Kassner
March 5, 2026
Today we’re doing something different. Today, dear listeners, you get two podcasts for the price of one! (OK, our podcasts…
Unilateral DNR? Gina Piscitello, Erin DeMartino, Will Parker
February 19, 2026
Do you think your hospital should allow unilateral DNR orders? Under what circumstances? Through what process? Do you think that…
The Future of Palliative Care? Community-Based Models with Alan Chiu, Mindy Stewart-Coffee, and Ben Thompson
January 22, 2026
“I just want to say one word to you. One word. Plastics… There’s a great future in plastics.” This iconic…
Uncertainty In Medicine: Jonathan Ilgen and Gurpreet Dhaliwal
January 15, 2026
All Posts · Decision Making · Diagnosis · Geriatrics · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Palliative Care · Prognosis
The only certainty in medicine is uncertainty. It touches every aspect of clinical practice, from diagnosis to treatment to prognosis…
Is Attending to Clinician Distress Our Job? Sara Johnson, Yael Schenker, & Anne Kelly
December 18, 2025
All Posts · Geriatrics · Hospice and Palliative Medicine (HPM) · Palliative Care · Social Work · Stress
Have you had one of those consults in which you’re thinking, huh, sounds like the patient’s goals are clear, it’s…
Rehab and Death in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Sarguni Singh, Christian Furman, and Lynn Flint
December 11, 2025
In this week’s podcast, we sit down with Drs. Sarguni Singh, Christian Furman, and Lynn Flint, three authors of the…
Inflammaging: Brian Andonian, Sara LaHue, Joe Hippensteel
December 4, 2025
Six years ago we had John Newman on GeriPal to talk about Geroscience (Song choice Who Wants to Live Forever…