Great talk by Kelly McMasters on distinguishing palliative treatment from palliative care. Surgeons get it! #GI19
Academic medicine: do we live in Jurassic Park or Sherwood Forest? Are we alligning our principal to our principle? #MidWims – at Austin, TX
Comparison is the thief of joy. Thank you, Sam - father of Lilli Marks #MidWims – at Austin, TX
Advancement depends not only on skill, but on visibility. Volunteer to be on a committee, give a talk. #MidWims – at Austin, TX
Women in leadership need to learn to manage the transition from worker bee to queen bee. It's a new job- not the old job+new job. #MidWims – at Austin, TX
Don't confuse the power of the position with your personal power. #MidWims – at Austin, TX
Appreciate Peggy Maguire's reminder that care, especially at the end of life, is personal #iomendoflife – at Washington, DC
Agree with Dr. Wah- focus on EOL quality needs to stays on patients and not $. #iomendoflife – at Washington, DC
Quality metrics are needed. Who determines quality? Not payers, not prof orgs, PATIENTS.#iomendoflife – at Washington, DC
AHA and others call for "appropriate " care use at EOL. Appropriate as determined by. ...THE PATIENT #iomendoflife – at Washington, DC
Dr. Cassel calls for quality metrics in EOL care. Why not start by rethinking emphasis on 30d mortality?#iomendoflife – at Washington, DC
Thank you Dr. Gawande for showing that surgeons have been and continue to be thought leaders on quality & compassionate care #iomendoflife – at Washington, DC
#IOMendoflife Sen. Warner: death = profit center for commercial payers when default at EOL is more intensive care which may be unwanted – at Washington, DC
#IOMendoflife. Proud to be here at Natl Action Conf representing Am Coll of Surgeons discussing how to improve EOL care for all Americans
Strength in numbers to get the IOM message out: how about joint press release from the 11 sponsoring HPM boards? – at Philadelphia, PA