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cool study of my health code, a (non commercial) tablet-based #EndOfLife intervention for patients in the ER to get #GoalsOfCare conversations started & advanced #ACEP26

1 in 4 ED-initiate hospice & palliative care consults don’t end up being completed of those completed, <12h average time, much faster for hospice than palliative #acep26

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small study of EM residents: report low amounts of palliative education, low confidence in skills, they WANT more palliative care education, and maybe a link with improved burnout #ACEP26

Remember we used to live tweet conferences with such intensity?! It was so hopeful, and actually pretty useful. Those were the days. Thank you for doing a bit of it now.

My parents were in PACE for a while, and it did not work out for complex and challenging reasons, but I really liked that they were able to provide generous palliative care and hospice-type services without the patient having to sign up for HOSPICE.

Now it happened to be (after my parents moved and were no longer in PACE) that my Dad’s values turned out to be: do every last thing to keep me alive as long as possible no matter how many times I have to go to the hospital…