Respecting Choices or penalizing them: do DNR orders affect quality ratings?
March 21, 2016
by: Lena Makaroun, @LenaKMakaroun Since 2010, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has been reporting hospital quality measures…
by: Lena Makaroun, @LenaKMakaroun Since 2010, the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has been reporting hospital quality measures…
by: Kara Bishoff (@kara_bischoff) Back in 2015 we wrote a post asking for input on what articles should belong on…
byJeffrey M Levine MD As a geriatric fellow back in the 1980’s I became intrigued by the wide prevalence of…
Eric Widera, MD (@ewidera) In 1824, Jeremy Bentham published the “Book of Fallacies” in which he criticized fifty arguments used…
Plot Summary: A palliative care provider must leave her safe suburban surroundings and head for the heart of the big…