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1-800-HOSPICE
MARCH 28, 2023
The Importance of Prognostic Conversations In response to research revealing the importance of prognostic conversations and low patient recall of prognostic conversations, Margaret Isaac, MD and Randall Curtis, MD outlined a systematic approach for this patient communication. 2 Patient recall of prognostic conversations can be poor.
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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.
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1-800-HOSPICE
MARCH 21, 2023
Recently, Oreofe Odejide, MD, of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and colleagues published an analysis of hospice utilization among patients who died with lymphoma, and they made recommendations for improving patient care. Length of hospice enrollment and subsequent depression in family caregivers: 13-month follow-up study.
GeriPal
MARCH 24, 2023
For a deeper diver into these issues, check out some of the following links: Ira’s Stat new article “Hospice care needs saving” GeriPal’s episode on the growing role of private equity in hospice care Acquisitions of Hospice Agencies by Private Equity Firms and Publicly Traded Corporations. Eric: Lack of a caregiver.
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JULY 20, 2023
We did the Geriatric 5M approach to telemedicine with Lauren Mo. And the Ryan Haight Act I think was passed in 2008, which was in response to a young person who died of an opioid overdose. It’s been a little while since I did direct patient care. Alex: Hope so. So that song was already taken so we can’t do it.
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