ACP Decisions

"Sometimes being a patient in our health care system is a good reminder of what is important to a patient and an opportunity to assess the gaps in care from a patient experience perspective." Thank you Aswita Tan-McGrory! ajmc.com/authors/aswita…

"American physicians have been abandoning traditional primary-care practice — internal and family medicine — in large numbers. Fewer medical students are choosing the field that once attracted some of the best and brightest." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

What Matters to Me: An Equity Lens on Patient Experience -- thank you Aswita Tan-McGrory for sharing your story and perspective. ajmc.com/authors/aswita…

"Let us all commit to making health care more personal. By working together with intention, we can improve care for all patients and families, especially those who are most vulnerable." jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Several concerning findings about the affordability of Medicare for seniors with close to one in five being underinsured or struggling to afford their premiums. commonwealthfund.org/publications/i…

A goals-of-care video resulted in higher rates of GOC documentation compared with usual care, including patients who were Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, non-English speakers, & people living with Alzheimer disease/related dementias. ow.ly/6NRE50PMQCf

People are so isolated and so lonely, and that has such a negative impact on their quality of life .. if there's ways that we could support people by connecting them with others, then we absolutely should do that." npr.org/sections/healt…

"American physicians have been abandoning traditional primary-care practice — internal and family medicine — in large numbers. Fewer medical students are choosing the field that once attracted some of the best and brightest." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

“Without a doubt, this is the most important thing that has happened to the federal budget in the last 20 years,” nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Thank you Mr. Carter for another powerful, and moving act. Your "choice is a fitting final gift of candor from a former president to an American public that has long been uncomfortable with our own mortality." nytimes.com/2023/08/28/opi…

"Health system executive teams are in a bind as expenses rise faster than reimbursement rates, and margins are expected to stay slim for the next few years." beckershospitalreview.com/finance/health…

Medicare & health care delivery systems are increasingly testing payment & care delivery models to improve hospice use via concurrent care. This is an important opportunity for innovation to help people living with serious illness and their families. ow.ly/u2i850PBbtw

"In this qualitative study of Latinx people receiving home dialysis, barriers to home dialysis included misinformation, limited education, & issues with maintenance. Facilitators to home dialysis included an improved lifestyle and strong support system." jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

"Caring for a loved one with a serious illness can be daunting for anyone. For some men, especially those who are older, the transition can also be unfamiliar and jarring." washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/…

Convos re: driving can be challenging because they touch on topics like loss of autonomy and & changes in caregiving burdens -- advance driving directives could potentially help with these emotionally charged conversations. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

"[T] he Carters prove that hospice can be an invaluable resource for anyone facing a life-limiting illness, regardless of their prognosis." finance.yahoo.com/news/jimmy-car…

Strong relationships. Trust. Undivided attention. Problem Solving. Adequate Time. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

"Expanding digital health services to the geriatric population will thus require simpler, user-tailored mobile devices with fewer buttons, larger text and improved color contrast. Devices need to be user centered ..." nature.com/articles/s4159…

Just 15% of people with health care debt said they have a lot of trust that providers have patients’ best interests in mind. That’s about half the rate among people without such debt. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

"What I didn’t anticipate is that I would walk out feeling profoundly grateful for all the ordinary, messy, glittering life I’ve been blessed to live so far." latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…