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

GeriPal

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?

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The Language of Serious Illness: A Podcast with Sunita Puri, Bob Arnold, and Jacqueline Kruser

GeriPal

And I think when COVID started, I was in a number of meetings about how we were going to think about CPR from this point forward, given that it was would really expose healthcare workers to easy transmission of this virus that we didn’t fully understand yet. And that person came back to life.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

So they need mainstream healthcare, and they need housing support. 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?,” But nothing in healthcare. We spend money in healthcare.