Hospice News
JANUARY 29, 2024
Palliative care in general can reduce health care costs by more than $4,000 per patient, according to a July 2017 study in Health Affairs. Palliative care in general can reduce health care costs by more than $4,000 per patient, according to a July 2017 study in Health Affairs. Palliative care is an evolving field.
GeriPal
JANUARY 18, 2024
Jessie, last time we had you on in 2017, we asked you the question, should palliative care fellowship training include management of chronic pain? 2017 podcast. Summary Transcript Summary The CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain excludes those undergoing cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care.
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GeriPal
MAY 12, 2022
Rajagopal (goes by “Raj”), one of the pioneers of palliative care in India. Raj is an anesthesiologist turned palliative care doctor. He is also author of the book, “ Walk with the Weary: Lessons in Humanity in Health Care ,” and was featured in this Atlantic article. Social pain and loneliness. Community-based palliative care networks .
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.
GeriPal
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
And so the definition of advance care planning really switched in, I think, 2017, 2018, there was kind of a United States definition and then an international consensus definition. Summary Transcript Summary. There is a lively debate going on in academic circles about the value of Advance Care Planning (ACP). Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast.
GeriPal
MARCH 3, 2022
I want to say like 2017, 2018, something like that. He, his Twitter feed though is brilliant. And we did one with Tom Gill about the precipitating events project back in 2017, early days for us when he talked about restricting symptoms and hospice. It was amazing. It was really, really crazy. Alex: When did he die? Alex: Yeah.
GeriPal
JUNE 30, 2022
And we looked at the electronic health records at both of those hospital systems, the MGB network, folks who had fee-for-service Medicare coverage from October 2015 to about September 2017, 6,800 patients. You’ll have a feeding tube. Alex: But I’m talking about-. Joel: Talk about it. Alex: You probably did, yes. Joel: Yeah.
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