Hospice News

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Breast cancer patients often lack access to palliative care services, but the needle may be moving as researchers dig into common barriers and clinical and financial outcomes. A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014. the researchers indicated.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

It takes time to build up the payment, referral and workforce resources needed to support a sustainable palliative care program, according to Dr. Stephen Goldfine, chief medical officer at Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice. The New Jersey-based nonprofit offers hospice and palliative care, among other services.

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

Physicians in training need greater exposure to geriatric training in order to better grasp the needs of older patients, including during transitions to hospice, according to Dr. Julia Lowenthal, a geriatrician from Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

Others include a geriatric home-based primary care medical group called Welcome Health; Housecall Providers, an in-home primary and palliative care business; and the PACE program MyPlace Health, a joint venture between SCAN and Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA). This included what he called a clinical-first palliative care model. SCAN is a $4.3

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GeriPal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2022

The post Palliative Care in A Conflict Zone: Help Us Support Our Hospice and Palliative Care Colleagues in Ukraine appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Families are unable to visit their loved ones and patients suffer from limited access to care and medications.

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GeriPal

MARCH 4, 2024

The post #HPMParty is returning to Phoenix during the 2024 AAHPM/HPNA meeting appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. The best networking happens when the convention center closes!

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GeriPal

APRIL 27, 2023

Attendee 5: That we are so integrated into the very fabric of healthcare that it’s a no-brainer in every single discipline because you know what? We deepen ourselves into the fabric of care and we make healthcare work for people who are seriously ill. We’ve got a very large palliative care practice,” Rodgers told PCN.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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GeriPal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

That’s why we do this podcast- to address real world issues in palliative care, geriatrics, and bioethics. Summary Transcript Summary Often podcasts meet clinical reality. But rarely does the podcast and clinical reality meet in the same day. Lynn Flint, author of the NEJM perspective titled, “Rehabbed to Death,” joins Eric and I as co-host.

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GeriPal

MAY 12, 2022

Alex: We are honored to welcome Dr. Rajagopal, who goes by Raj, who is the author of Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Healthcare. Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. Social pain and loneliness. Raj: Thank you. Thank you, Eric.

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GeriPal

APRIL 26, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Comfort Home Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Experienced healthcare professionals work closely with patients and their families to develop personalized care plans. Medical home healthcare agencies, like Comfort Home Care, offer specialized dementia and Alzheimer’s care services. The Benefits of Medical Home Health Care 1.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Today we have the honor of interviewing Susan Block, MD, one of the pioneering leaders in the fields of palliative care, particularly psychosocial aspects of palliative care. Eric: So Susan, very big thank you for joining us on this podcast. We’ve got a lot to cover. But before we do, we always start off with song requests. Susan: I do.

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Hospice News

JUNE 9, 2022

I am an acute care and adult and geriatric certified nurse practitioner. This article is sponsored by Axxess. This article is based on a Palliative Care conference Q&A with Tina Taylor, Vice President of Palliative Care Compassus and Christina Andrews, Director of Professional Services at Axxess. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022.

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GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Matt Tyler (aka Pallidad for those on Twitter ): Matt is the Hospice and Palliative care doctor who created How To Train Your Doctor , which helps patients living with serious illness find tips on “owning” their healthcare plan on his Instagram and YouTube pages. He was also the one who we have to thank for suggesting this podcast!

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Hospice News

JULY 25, 2023

On the other hand, these regulations can have direct impacts on how providers grow and sustain their services, Melinda Gaboury, co-founder and CEO of Healthcare Provider Services Inc., Cagle was one of the contributing researchers of the recently unveiled data from the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. A projected 12.7

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GeriPal

JUNE 9, 2022

In the US, geriatrics “grew up” as an academic profession with a heavy research base. Clinical growth of geriatrics programs has lagged academic research, despite the rapid aging of the population. . Summary Transcript Summary. This was in part due to the tremendous support of the National Institute on Aging. By diagnosis?

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Anne: Right.

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Hospice News

JUNE 2, 2022

This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. The discussion has been edited for length and clarity. Banks: I ran a hospice and palliative care. We had two palliative care clinics.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

And so here’s a picture of four healthcare providers behind bars. ” The first healthcare provider said, “I said withdrawal of care. Heck, I’m not even sure to call it a podcast, as I think to get the most out of it you should watch it on YouTube. Why, because today we have Nathan Gray joining us.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The post End of the Year Thanks, Thoughts, and Updates appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. If you are interested in sharing job openings by becoming a named sponsor of a podcast for $1,000 per show, email us at eric.widera@ucsf.edu. . Eric and Alex.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. In day-to-day practice, It’s hard to imagine providing excellent hospice or palliative care services without access to a team social worker. But are we really taking full advantage of ALL social workers have to offer our field? by: Anne Kelly, LCSW, APHSW-C. Transcript. Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Barbara: Yay.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The post GeriPal #HPMParty at the 2023 AAHPM / HPNA Meeting in Montreal appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. Also, if you have trainees coming to the meeting, make sure you send them the invite. The more, the merrier.

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GeriPal

MARCH 17, 2022

The post GeriPal Needs Your Feedback appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional. So, if you have 3 minutes (really, we tested it and it takes 3 minutes to do) here is the link to the survey: [link]. Alex & Eric.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Alex: We are delighted to welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Kellie Flood, who is a geriatrician at the University of Alabama Birmingham and associate Chief Quality Officer for Geriatrics and Care Transitions. And also to have those folks proactively assessing and addressing geriatric syndromes. Kellie, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Jennifer’s study is most widely known for the “kicker” – not only did it improve quality of life, palliative care was associated with a couple months longer survival. . Areej’s study is remarkably novel in that it is, to our knowledge, the first study of palliative care during curative treatment. . hint: coping). Celine Dion. Transcript.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A notable trend driving interest from payers and other buyers are data that provide a window into the value proposition of hospice services when it comes to cost-savings and quality, according to Nick Westfall, CEO of VITAS Healthcare, subsidiary of Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE). It’s all about how you go about servicing the community.

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GeriPal

APRIL 18, 2024

Skepticism on the ability of predictive models to transform healthcare Consolidation of EHR’s into the hands of a very few companies, and potential for the drug and device industry to influence care delivery by tweaking AI in ways that are not transparent and already a sort of magical black box. Bob: Exactly. It could be anybody.

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GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

In the first podcast, we talked with Guy Micco and Marilyn MacEntyre about poetry and aging. In this second part in our series, we welcome Mike Rabow and Redwing Keyssar to talk about palliative care and poetry. . As with aging, poetry operates on multiple levels within the palliative care space. . Poetry puts us in our patient’s shoes.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 17, 2023

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Sharon Brangman, who is a SUNY Distinguished Service professor and chair of the Department of Geriatrics and director of the Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease. The field of geriatrics has been, I would say, somewhat negative on these drugs. ” Eric: Nice. So I agree.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Though his narrow definition of suffering as injured or threatened personhood has been critiqued , the central concept was a motivating force for many of us to enter the fields of geriatrics and palliative care, Eric and I included. Today we talk about suffering in the many forms we encounter in palliative care. Wallace, C.L., In Donesky, D.,

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

AlexSmithMD Additional links: JAMA paper on clinical research risks, climate change, and health Geriatric medicine in the era of climate change Health Care Without Harm: [link] Practice Green Health: [link] Global Consortium for Climate and Health Education: [link] Transcript Eric: Welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Ruth: Yeah. No, I agree.

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GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

We talk on this podcast about potential uses of AI in geriatrics and palliative care with natural language processing guru Charlotta Lindvall from DFCI, bioethicists and internist Matt DeCamp from University of Colorado, and prognosis wizard Sei Lee from UCSF. Sei Lee is Professor of Medicine at UCSF in the division of geriatrics.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 26, 2023

Alex: We are delighted to welcome Ramona Rhodes, who is a geriatrician and palliative care doctor, and member of the Board of Directors for the American Geriatric Society. Alex: And speaking of the American Geriatric Society, we are delighted to welcome Nancy Lundebjerg. Eric: And Alex, who do we have with us today? Ramona: Thank you.

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GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

Alex: And we are delight to welcome Lindsey Yourman, who is a geriatrician, she’s a longtime friend and mentee, and is now a peer and is a key component of the ePrognosis working group and helped originate the ideas that led to ePrognosis and she’s now San Diego County’s Chief Geriatrics Officer. Welcome to GeriPal, Lindsey.

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