Life as a Healthcare CIO: Following up on yesterday’s post about ICU dashboards, I think it is equally important to document end of life care preferences in the electronic health record. The HIT Standards Committee…
Life as a Healthcare CIO: Following up on yesterday’s post about ICU dashboards, I think it is equally important to document end of life care preferences in the electronic health record. The HIT Standards Committee…
TEDMED: Thinking about death is frightening, but planning ahead is practical and leaves more room for peace of mind in our final days. In a solemn, thoughtful talk, Judy MacDonald Johnston shares five practices for…
MyTownMatters: Have You Had the Conversation Yet? It’s not easy to talk about…but it’s one of the most important conversations you can have with your loved ones. The Conversation Project was founded by Boston Globe…
Boston.com: Pulitzer-winning former Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman was at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare’s 11th annual “Celebration of Women in Healthcare” event the other night to talk about “The Conversation Project,” her movement…
The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Harriet Stern Warshaw knows personally how hard it is to get people to talk about death and what kind of care they want at the end of their lives. Her brother,…
American Journal of Nursing: In 1997 the Committee on Care at the End of Life at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report, Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. Everyone is…