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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

It did not change the frequency of palliative care consultation, the timing of such, ICU mortality, or six-month mortality. Kate: I think the main one for me being asked on the fly is that one of the nudged specialist palliative care consultation, which we know has limitations. I’m just stunned even writing that! Why another study?

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

GeriPal

However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. So, there was this study called, Acute Care for Elders, where they developed these specialized units and they had specialized attention to multidisciplinary geriatric domains for inpatient hospitalized older adults, and they showed great outcomes.

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Comics and Humor in Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nathan Gray

GeriPal

I think that there are times when we use humor to cope, and that’s a special and very tender space for of people to share in, but is not something that you want to expose to the light of the world. ” And I thankfully haven’t had anybody decline an appointment or something that I knew of because I did this.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

GeriPal

We were the highest utilizers of telemedicine in the whole UCSF health system at that time which we’re very proud of. But in California where I practice medical aid and dying is legal and similar to other issues that are controversial in some places, many physicians do not prescribe or do visits for medical aid and dying consultations.