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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

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Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. David: We used the VA specific care assessment needs score, which- Eric: Oh, the CAN score. David: Right. David: Yeah. Eric: Okay.

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Should we prioritize the unvaccincated for treatment? Govind Persad and Emily Largent

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It means that we’re still having those one-on-one conversations between primary care providers and individuals who are vaccine hesitant to try to educate them and understand and respond to their concerns. And just trying to figure out when somebody got a vaccination for me is exceedingly confusing, it takes a while.

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

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Yeah, that’s a more complicated story. But yeah, it’s complicated. I 100% agree with Corita that we felt our people were trained in communication, in goals of care, even delivering bad news, that is things we were not trained before. No difference in their primary outcome. And it was like 29eds. Is that right?

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Palliative Rehab?!?: Ann Henshaw, Tamra Keeney, and Sarguni Singh

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And so I did all of my research training in health services research, health policy, and then was very grateful to be recruited by Dr. Christine Ritchie when she transitioned here to MGH in September of 2020. And so I knew that I wanted to do something related to palliative care because I work with people with advanced and serious illness.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

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If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. 2020 Hospital at Home-Plus: A Platform of Facility-Based Care.

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