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Is the Lifespan & Care New England Merger good for Rhode Island?

The Direct Doctors Difference

The Providence Journal conversely, ran a much more balanced assessment article. Every time large health organizations merge or consolidate, the purported benefits are advertised far and wide: continuity of care will improve, costs will go down, quality of care will go up and the health ecosystem will dramatically change.

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What’s next for value-based care

Permanente Medicine

  This webinar explores what’s next for value-based care and the differences that set it apart from fee-for-service models and the importance of rewarding value over volume. The common refrain for value-based care is that it rewards value over volume. Let’s meet our guests. With me is Ceci Connolly.

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Should Palliative Care be in the Survivorship Business? A Podcast with Laura Petrillo, Laura Shoemaker

GeriPal

This episode is a must-listen for those navigating the evolving landscape of cancer care, and asking not just how we treat cancer, but how we support people who are living with it. And we’re still early palliative care trials are on. And so that’s a challenge when, like everything that you see is a nail. Are you a hammer?

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

On the other hand, there is a concerning side, described in this Guardian article titled, I’m a life coach, you’re a life coach: rise of an unregulated industry. I was coaching someone this morning, who really wanted to know, what does your clinic template look like, and how do you respond to patient messages? Beth: Thank you.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. A huge part of this decision rests on (1) her previously stated wishes, values, and goals (prior to the onset of dementia); and (2) the outcomes of surgery for patients with dementia. Summary Transcript Summary. She falls and breaks her hip.

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Hospice in Prison Part 1: An interview with Michele DiTomas and Keith Knauf

GeriPal

Through a series of events, I started working as a consultant to the Department of Corrections in around 2006, and I was assigned to the California Medical Facility. And so the article focuses on the work of these three men who were mostly gang involved and did something really bad when they were young. Michele: Yep. Eric: A few years?

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Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

We talked with Thor Ringler, who helped found the My Life My Story Project at the VA and beyond, and Heather Coats about the evidence base for capturing patient stories. – @AlexSmithMD Here’s a link to an article about the Palliative Story Exchange. ** This podcast is not CME eligible. And we had these amazing stories.

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