Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Patient Priorities Care – Helping Your Patients Identify their Health Priorities

In 2014, clinicians, patients, caregivers, health system leaders, payers, and funders from across the country came together to identify the key problems facing older adults with multiple chronic conditions. Their charge was to propose feasible and effective strategies for improving…

#3: AGS Geriatrics Virtual Patient Case: End-of-Life Issues, Transition to Hospice Care, Patient and Family Communication for a Patient Who Has Acute Respiratory Failure Following Esophagectomy

There is a significant shortfall of trained geriatricians to meet the healthcare needs of the older adult population, and older people are likely to need non-primary care from non-geriatrician specialists. The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the American…

#2: AGS Geriatrics Virtual Patient Case: Assessing Capacity, Goals of Care, and Decision Making in the Context of a Patient with an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Comorbidities

There is a significant shortfall of trained geriatricians to meet the healthcare needs of the older adult population, and older people are likely to need non-primary care from non-geriatrician specialists. The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the American…

HPM FAST Psychiatry and Cognition 3rd Edition

Serious or life-threatening illness requires whole-person care. Cognitive and behavioral symptoms need to be appropriately assessed and managed. Neurological diseases require specific knowledge. Delirium is a symptom that is frequently present and inadequately recognized and treated near the end of…

HPM FAST Prognostication 3rd Edition

Accurate prognostication is critical to recognizing the need for hospice and palliative care and advanced planning in patients with advanced disease. Unfortunately, formal education on how to use prognostication is often lacking. Providers need evidence-based education on prognosticating a variety…