Specialty Geriatrics and Palliative Care
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Featured
Advances in Palliative Care and the CORE Program at Mass General Cancer Center
Areej El-Jawahri, MD, explains the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Outcomes Research and Education Program (CORE) and discusses the advances in palliative care at Mass General Cancer Center.
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Featured
Combining Claims Data, EHR Best for Identifying Seriously Ill Populations
Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH, of the Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, and colleagues found that searching both electronic health records and claims data is optimal for identifying adults of any age with serious illness, operationalized as serious medical conditions.
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Frailty Status Affects Outcomes of Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized With HF
Tamra Keeney, DPT, PhD, and team found that from 2008–2015, post-acute care use increased among frail Medicare beneficiaries discharged after hospitalization for heart failure. Although the number of days spent alive at home improved, mortality and readmission rates were highest among beneficiaries classified as frail.
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Embedding Palliative Care Physicians in the ED Facilitated Goals of Care Conversations Early in COVID-19
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers report that when palliative care physicians were embedded in the ED early in COVID-19, they had a goal of care conversation with 59% of acutely ill patients they saw in collaboration with emergency physicians, and 61% of conversations included discussion of prognosis.
Geriatrics and Palliative Care Contributors
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Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Director of Research, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Mongan Institute Center for Aging and Serious Illness, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Medical Grand Rounds: Innovations in Geriatric Medicine
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Emily L. Aaronson, MD, MPH
Assistant Chief Quality Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Embedding Palliative Care Physicians in the ED Facilitated Goals of Care Conversations Early in COVID-19
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Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Addressing Global Palliative Care Disparities
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Juliet Christine Jacobsen, MD, DPH
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Embedding Palliative Care Physicians in the ED Facilitated Goals of Care Conversations Early in COVID-19 -
Leah B. Rosenberg, MD
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Group Report: Psychological Aspects of Palliative Care -
Margarita Alegria, PhD
Chief of the Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Geriatric Care for Populations That Have Been Disadvantaged in Service Delivery: Q&A With Margarita AlegrÃa, PhD -
Vicki Jackson, MD
Chief, Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Group Report: Psychological Aspects of Palliative Care
Geriatrics & Palliative Care
The Division of Palliative Care & Geriatric Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital offers a wide range of clinical expertise including inpatient services, outpatient programs and home based programs.