Susan Nelson MD

Great guidance @NationalPOLST @LouisianaPOLST @VyncaHealth

⁦@PatientQoL⁩ Coalition is asking Congress to pass S2287 and H4425 #pcheta to improve care for patients with serious illness. Over 50 major health care organizations support this bill.

Palliative docs leading medicine and getting a seat at the table. #palliativecare #hapc #midwims @SoniaMKhunkhun @DrAnneMWalling

This was great! Thank you.

December evening on Canal, New Orleans

Pediatric pc at children’s hospital New Orleans is “the Pelican Krewe”!

We are representing #PalliativeCare #hapc #pedpc @aamc #midwims conference. So grateful to see my friend @analeech3 as soon as I walked in this morning and now we are sitting at the same table! #Empowerment #peermentor

Congratulations!#hpm

Would you correct spelling on AREA flooding map inset?

At the end of a family meeting, every time I hear patient/family say "Thank you" to me, the very person who gave them the worst news in their life, I think what matters is not the news we deliver, but the way we deliver it.

Good news!! My co-presenter, @bbkollas, and I have been accepted to the 2024 Annual Assembly of Hospice & Palliative Care on the topic, "Liability for Under-prescribing Opioids in Vulnerable Patients with Severe Pain. See you in March 2024, @AAHPM!! #hapc #hpm

I cheered in my car when @WilliamDale_MD said "Geriatric Assessment is part of a precision medicine approach, beyond just genetics" YES YES YES. Great work to all on these guidelines!

Advance directive vs. MOLST/POLST/MOST… (part 1 - AD) …Sorry to smooth jazz fans out there. #graphicmedicine #hapc

This upcoming Saturday, September 23rd, is the deadline to register to vote in Louisiana. As governor, I've protected your right to vote. Now I ask you to use it. Make your voice heard. Visit GeauxVote.com to register or update your existing registration. #lagov

Hospitals are dangerous places for older adults. What if thiugh we brought the hospital to their home? That’s the focus on this weeks @GeriPalBlog podcast. geripal.org/hospital-at-ho…

Great program!

Our patient page in @JAMAInternalMed "How Can Palliative Care Help Me" Palliative Care is SPECIALIZED Care! It improves people's lives & helps caregivers PC is based on need, not prognosis PC is appropriate at any age & is based on need, not prognosis jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Great patient information page from @JAMAInternalMed How Can Palliative Care Help Me? Palliative Medicine is valuable at any point in the course of serious illness. Irrespective of prognosis jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

Don’t miss CAPC Chief Executive Officer @BrynnBHealth at the 2023 CTAC-CAPC Leadership Summit in Washington, DC, Oct 23 and 24. Register now, and if you are attending, book your hotel right away! ow.ly/529b50PCzfV #CTACCAPCSummit23 #hpm #hapc @CTACorg

Dr. Krista Harrison (@klharrisonPhD) first authored a perspective in the @NEJM titled, "Toward Gerineuropalliative Care for Patients with Dementia." Co-authors include Nicole Boyd and Dr. Christine Ritchie (@RitchieCS). #geriatrics #hpm nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Reforming the Medicare Hospice Benefit—Unintended Consequences jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…