Barton Associates
MAY 8, 2025
Temporary medical staff, such as locum tenens physicians , nurse practitioners (NPs) , physician assistants (PAs) , and dentists travel across the country to work short- and long-term assignments at healthcare facilities that are short-staffed. Bring specialized skills that might be otherwise lacking among permanent staff.
GeriPal
APRIL 14, 2022
Our experts include Katie Fitzgerald Jones (palliative nurse practitioner and doctoral student at Boston College), Zachary Sager (palliative care physician at the Boston VA and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), and Janet Ho (physician at UCSF in addiction medicine and palliative care). We got some really special guests with us.
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GeriPal
JUNE 5, 2025
Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. Furthermore, only about half of nursing home residents nearing the end of life receive hospice care. So, how can we improve palliative care for individuals in nursing homes? Like, what does that part look like?
GeriPal
JANUARY 25, 2024
However, its main predictors are age, comorbidity, and healthcare utilization. And then, you chose for the intervention to include a nurse and a social worker. Were these palliative care trained nurses and social workers? Eric: VA people will know what that is. David: Yeah. It used to be a much more complicated model.
GeriPal
APRIL 10, 2025
Yael Shenkers negative study of primary palliative care for cancer , Randy Curtiss negative study of a Vital Talk-ish intervention , Lieve Van den Blocks negative study of primary PC in nursing homes. Eric 19:30 Should we add that to special effects as our producer? Why do so many (most, all??) So, like, I don’t. No difference.
GeriPal
APRIL 6, 2023
We welcome all professions, including but not limited to physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, nurse practitioners, case managers, administrators, and pharmacists. Did your intervention Lexy actually have any effect on utilization, which again, somewhat argue is the reason that services palliative care get funded?
GeriPal
JULY 13, 2023
It’s really special to be here and to be talking about this paper, which was really important to Randy. Should it be decreased utilization, decreased use of CPR? Erin: Yeah, I can go first. Well, I’m sure Ruth and Bob have lots to say about this too. As you mentioned, this is Randy’s. Just love your thoughts.
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