Christine Seel Ritchie
@RitchieCS
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Palliative care doctor, geriatrician, researcher @AAHPM, @PCRCGroup @MGHPallCare @MonganInstitute
Joined June 2011
New š°@AnnalsofIM TLDR: We find the average older adult in traditional Medicare spends 3 weeks per year getting health care, mostly (17 days) ambulatory care like office visits, tests, and treatments. 11% of these adults spent 50+ days per year (!). https://t.co/49Wq5lWo7U
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Apply to our open #research and #admin positions today & join the amazing CASI team! We welcome applicants interested in #palliativecare, #geriatrics, #seriousillness, & #healthpolicy
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@MGHPalCareGeri @MGHMedicine
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Happening right now: PCRC's Webinar on Concurrent Hospice-Dialysis Care. PCRC Investigator Development Center Presenters: Natalie Ernecoff, PhD and Jane Schell, MD, MHS. Please join!
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šš¾ @AlexisDrutchas, @amywisteria & @RitchieCS, three #PublicVoices Fellows with @TheOpEdProject & @MGHMedicine, explain how most of us want to die at home but #Medicare makes it nearly impossible (via @Health_Affairs). https://t.co/Q04jnpiXMU
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Medicareās insufficient funding for in-home caregiving support for those receiving hospice makes dying at home unaffordable and impossible for far too many. Medicare should institute hospice policies...
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Great webinar today about reimagining home-based care with @DukeMargolis @PatrickConwayMD Julian Harris MD, MBA and Curtis Cunningham.
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This will be a fun and highly practical webinar on grant resubmissions. You will learn some great tips!
New or Re-new? Don't miss Dr. Benzi Kluger's presentation on whether and how to renew a palliative care R01! @BenziKluger Register on our website:
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Very excited to reflect with this august group on social capital in palliative care research. Please join us on Monday Nov 22.
We are honored to have Dr. Patricia M. Davidson et al. present on Social Capital in Palliative Care Research for our PCRC audience this Monday 11/22 @ 5pm Eastern. @UOW_VC @DavidCurrow @KristinBindley See our website to register: https://t.co/WyucKlmj6I
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Get important insights from @TamrynGray and others on the very important issue of supporting family caregivers within our healthcare communities
Tomorrow: Join @BeckersHR and @AARPpolicy for the Nov 9 webinar on supporting family #caregivers. There's still time to register: https://t.co/LViLvK7T1o
@TamrynGray @SparrowHealth @ROCRegional @susanpolicy #morethanavisitor
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For #caregivers and #physicians of loved ones with #dementia, we have compiled resources centered around #MGH and #SuffolkCounty. Please feel free to ask questions or comment below with other resources that have been helpful for you!
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How can perceptions and (mis)conceptions about #PalliativeCare change through education? Read more in the context of end-stage liver disease (#ESLD) management: https://t.co/tdQ9W8kv5Z
@donlan_john @NnekaUfereMD @TIndriolo @VjacksonJackson @raychungmd @Areejmd Lara Traeger
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Everywhere we turn, we see this crisis--The AMA needs to declare a national mental health emergency https://t.co/wObDhKnHjk via @statnews
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The AMA can help create a large-scale effort to tackle the mental health crisis in the U.S. if it calls it the way doctors and patients all over the country see it: This is an emergency, full stop.
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Happy Monday! Read about a #PalliativeCare intervention for patients undergoing #HCT. 160 patients from @MassGenBrigham were enrolled. Take a look at their symptom management strategies & supportive care medications in the graphs below! Full article: https://t.co/D7g185yIWu
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Don't miss today's webinar kicking off our new Implementation Science SIG led by @devon_check and @caralmcdermott: "Implementation Research in Palliative Care: Foundations and Current Applications." Register here
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Nice framework for conversations over time with persons living with cancer. @MGHPalCareGeri
This week, read about a new 3-part communication framework based on the severity of the patients' #prognosis. It promotes early #PalliativeCare conversations on end-of-life #cancer treatment & medical decision-making. https://t.co/uGlABem9Rc
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Come join our growing community!
Come join us at @MGHMedicine! We're adding to our team of gerontology/geriatrics or palliative care researchers. Build your research & join an enriching, collaborative research community! More details: https://t.co/qmu0l9fCqi
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Findings from this study give pause to relying too heavily on virtual careāAssociation of the COVID-19 Pandemic With the Prevalence of Homebound Older Adults in the United States, 2011-2020 | Geriatrics | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network
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This cohort study evaluates the prevalence of homebound older adults in the US from 2011 to 2020 and assesses whether the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a change in prevalence.
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An Alzheimer's drug appears promising, but Medicare should wait to cover it | TheHillāadvocating for coordinated dementia care programs that support those with dementia and those caring for them
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Medicare should prioritize payment for evidence-based care coordination interventions that more immediately aid dementia sufferers and their caregivers.Ā
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Mi-Kyung Song is presenting the next NINR Directorās Lecture on September 14, 2021 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am. Ā Click here for more information:Ā https://t.co/VJ2kLfbpbC
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