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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

GeriPal

A little over a decade ago, Ken Covinsky wrote a GeriPal post about a Jack Iwashyna JAMA study finding that older adults who survive sepsis are likely to develop new functional and cognitive deficits after they leave the hospital. I want to say like 2017, 2018, something like that. It was amazing. It was really, really crazy.

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

Juliet and Rachelle are two of the authors of a recent JAMA viewpoint titled “Shifting to Serious Illness Communication.” . Also see the image below from Alex’s editorial in JAGS , a Venn diagram of advance care planning and serious illness communication. Shifting to Serious Illness Communication. Transcript. What is it?

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

Prior authorization varies by plan but often requires patients or their providers to get permission (also called precertification, preauthorization, or preapproval) before filling prescriptions, scheduling imaging, surgery, or an inpatient hospital stay, among other expenses. The cause of his illness remains unknown.