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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

primary palliative care interventions seem to fail, whereas specialized palliative care interventions have a relatively robust track record of success. You know, most, most ERs admit, you know, far fewer than 50% of their patients. They go to observation and go home or just get discharged straight from the ER? No, no, no.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

How many patients is my hospice nurse case manager responsible for on any given day? It’s going to be published as a special report in JPM I hope in May with as of today, 279, I think HPM physician colleagues, signatures including 21 of the living past presidents of the academy. Management, it’s hard. Who sees you?

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