GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I think back in what, May 2016, you published a randomized controlled trial, first author, palliative care and the ED randomized study, cancer patients. 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?

Patient-Centered 78

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In the same way that no one’s going to fight you or no one’s going to say, yes, do that colonoscopy because George Clooney did it on ER. And that person came back to life. And I think our own fantasies of lifesaving play into that as well.

Illness 136

Illness IT Patient-Centered Families 136

GeriPal

APRIL 20, 2023

We met them at the steps of the jailhouse or in the ER after being up all night and said, “Hey, do you want to fill out a million pieces of paper for a 50/50 chance of getting housing?,” I remember deep in the recesses, 2016, I think it was, a New England Journal piece came out saying that we need to reframe the debate about cost.

Mental Health 124

Mental Health IT Community Individual 124