Geriatrics and Serious Illness

Geriatrics and Serious Illness
For older people, surgery poses risks that aren’t always made clear | Washington Post
August 19, 2019
“How does your health affect your day-to-day life? When you think about your health, what’s most important to you? What…

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Geriatrics and Serious Illness
New clinical pathway reduces rate of debilitating complications for frail elderly trauma patients
April 8, 2019
In a recent study,…

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Cancer and Comparative Effectiveness
Katherine C. Lee, MD, on Emergency Surgery and End-of-Life Care
November 28, 2018
Featured at ASCO Post,…

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Geriatrics and Serious Illness
“Frailty Pathway” Leads to Safer, Standardized Geriatric Trauma Care
August 24, 2018
Older patients face a…

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Geriatrics and Serious Illness
Survival, Healthcare Utilization, and End-of-life Care Among Older Adults with Malignancy-associated Bowel Obstruction
June 19, 2018
Malignancy associated bowel obstruction (MBO) is a late complication of intra-abdominal malignancy…

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Black patients were less likely to use post-discharge rehab services & more likely to have an injury-related ED visit after traumatic injury. Reflecting this week on how we can continue to combat racial inequities in trauma care. https://doi.org/10.1097/ta.0000000000003032 #MLKDay2021 #FORTEProject

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Very important conversation featuring @BrittanyMonaye @zaracMD @KBulloc2 Dara Duncan, RN and Rev. Dr. Jeffrey T. Garland. Hope all of my #hapc colleagues as well as others focused on achieving equity in healthcare and other fields can attend! https://twitter.com/johnahartford/status/1351269405611745281

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FORTE receives grant to utilize smartphones to collect long-term outcomes data
January 5, 2021 The Gillian Reny Stepping Strong Center for Trauma Innovation has awarded the FORTE study with an injury…
January 5, 2021
Cutting into Inequity | Brigham Clinical & Research News
October 22, 2020
In the Direction of Impactful Research
Aga Khan University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard researchers come together for a course on research fundamentals By Haniya…
October 21, 2020
Mental Health Care Challenges and Barriers for Non-English-Speaking Trauma Survivors in the Era of COVID-19
COVID-19 is severely impacting the entire transplant system. While much of the national attention has been turned towards transplant centers…
October 1, 2020
An Honest Look in the Mirror – Cultivating a Culture of Equity in Surgery
September 18, 2020

Geriatrics and Serious Illness

For older people, surgery poses risks that aren’t always made clear | Washington Post

New clinical pathway reduces rate of debilitating complications for frail elderly trauma patients

Katherine C. Lee, MD, on Emergency Surgery and End-of-Life Care

“Frailty Pathway” Leads to Safer, Standardized Geriatric Trauma Care

Survival, Healthcare Utilization, and End-of-life Care Among Older Adults with Malignancy-associated Bowel Obstruction