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Rahee M. Nerukar, MD The AAHPM Next Gen Scholars for Equity in Hospice and Palliative Medicine program sponsors residents from underrepresented communities who are interested in hospice and palliative medicine […]
By: Kristin Forner, MD FAAHPM As an inpatient palliative care clinician, I often feel that my day-to-day clinical work is arduous and sorrowful, and I leave the hospital most days having only helped a handful of people. Having just come off the opiate epidemic in Appalachia, I moved to Washington, D.C. and my urban hospital …
By Lama El Zein There is an increasingly broad push for a movement towards improving the quality of care at a lower cost for everyone, but especially for patients with serious illnesses, given the historically high cost of their care. The waste in the healthcare system in the United States has been estimated to reach …
Here’s a roundup of the 6 most-read Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM) articles of the past 30 days, documenting key concerns, emerging trends, and topics of interest that were most relevant to the hospice and palliative care community. 1.) Opioid- Induced Itching: Morphine Sulfate and Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Jerald Katcher, MD | Declan Walsh, …
We are excited to announce the launch of our new website, which offers useful tools to assist you in finding the perfect hospice and palliative care program. In addition, it includes real-life stories from patients who have greatly benefitted from palliative care, as well as a support care team. Our primary goal is to provide …
Author: Ruth M. Thomson, DO MBA HMDC FACOI FAAHPM As one of AAHPM’s delegates, I had the privilege of representing the field of Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD) 2023 Annual Meeting held in Chicago in mid-June. At the meeting, I presented the lead testimony for our delegation on …
These were the the Most Read articles of the past 30 days of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM), the official journal of AAHPM. Opioid-Induced Itching: Morphine Sulfate and Hydromorphone Hydrochloride Jerald Katcher, MD, Declan Walsh, MSc, FACP Opioids in renal failure and dialysis patients Mervyn Dean, MB, ChB, CCFP Proceeds of the …
These were the the Most Read articles of the March issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM), the official journal of AAHPM. The Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome: A Review of the Implications, Etiology, and Treatments Leon Margolin, MD, PhD, Doris K. Cope, MD, Rachel Bakst-Sisser, MD, Joshua Greenspan, MD Opioids in renal failure …
Read the Most Read articles of the February issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM), the official journal of AAHPM. Stories of cancer pain: a historical perspective Michelle Winslow, PhD, Jane Seymour, RGN, PhD, David Clark, PhD J. Randall Curtis’s Legacy and Scientific Contributions to Palliative Care in Critical Care Elizabeth Dzeng, …
Authors: Ashley Kiefer Autrey, MD, Emma Jones, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM and Rachel Thienprayoon, MD, MSCS, FAAP, FAAHPM As highlighted by Dr. Eric Goodlev in his April AAHPM blog post, the “Palliative Care Measures Project” produced two novel patient-reported outcome performance measures (PRO-PMs) focused on the needs of palliative care patients. The first measure regards how …
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