MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care

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The MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care is a not-for-profit unit of MJHS health system, supporting community-based palliative care through education, research, and quality management.

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    • Aug 11, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 52m AVG DURATION
    • 32 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care

    Consent to Care: The Why, When, and What -- Pauline Lesage, MD, LLM

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 59:25


    This podcast discusses the complexity of obtaining an informed consent, especially in the context of the patient lacking capacity.

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    Palliative Care and the Post-Stroke Patient -- Mara Lugassy, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 59:53


    The purpose of this podcast is to enhance knowledge of the role of palliative care in managing complications of stroke. 

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    Management of Nausea and Constipation in Advanced Illness -- Pauline Lesage, MD, LLM

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 66:03


    The goal of this podcast is to review the etiology, pathophysiology, and management of nausea and constipation, two common symptoms in advanced illness. 

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    Professor's Rounds: Integrating Palliative and Critical Care -- J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 58:05


    The purpose of this podcast is to increase your understanding of the principles and practices that facilitate high quality primary and specialty care in the ICU and review the existing evidence for specific approaches to integrating palliative care in the ICU.

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    A 75-year-old man with CHF, COPD, chronic kidney disease, and frequent falls after medication change -- Michael Zablow, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 30:06


    The purpose of this podcast is to analyze how polypharmacy can cause falls and other side effects in the elderly.

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    An 89-year-old woman with increasing weakness, declining function, and weight loss -- Michael Zablow, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 28:07


    The purpose of this podcast is to discuss the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of frailty in the geriatric population. The presentation will use discussion of clinical cases to illustrate a practical clinical treatment approach aimed at improving the patient’s symptoms and quality of life.

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    A 62-year old man with chronic kidney disease, insomnia and dysthymia -- Mara Lugassy, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 32:04


    The purpose of this podcast is to enhance the knowledge of primary care physicians and nurse practitioners in the palliation of a patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD)with symptoms of insomnia and dysthymia.

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    A 45-year-old woman with locally extensive cervical cancer, chronic pain, and a history of IV drug use -- Martin Grossman, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 28:38


    The purpose of this podcast is to enhance the knowledge of primary care physicians and nurse practitioners in the palliation of cancer-related pain in a patient who has a history of IV drug abuse.

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    Professor's Rounds: Ensuring the Delivery of High Quality Care Throughout the Cancer Trajectory -- Jennifer Temel, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2019 60:26


    The purpose of this podcast is to understand the importance of symptom management and communication about prognosis and end-of-life care preferences in patients with advanced cancer and the role that palliative care can play in addressing these important aspects of cancer care. 

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    2018 Update of the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care: Process and Outcomes -- Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2019 59:51


    This palliative care podcast reviews the National Consensus Project Guidelines, 4th edition, released in 2018. 

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    What Matters Most to Those with Serious Illness -- Amy Berman, RN, LHD, FAAN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2018 60:36


    We live in an aging nation and world. More people will experience serious illness, and it is possible to help people live well in the face of serious illness, get the care they want, and avoid the care they don't want. 

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    Cultural Sensitivity to Improve Patient-Family Experience -- Martin Grossman, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 60:11


    This podcast focuses on aspects of care influenced by cultural values and beliefs. 

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    Interdisciplinary Case Conference: An 83-year-old woman with dementia and weight loss -- Russell K. Portenoy, MD, et al.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 60:03


    This podcast will describe the interdisciplinary assessment and management of a complex patient with advanced dementia and weight loss, who is facing a decision to withdraw or withdraw and restart artificial nutrition.

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    Professor's Rounds: Screening, Diagnosis, and Management of Delirium in Palliative Care -- Eduardo Bruera, MD, FAAHPM

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 60:30


    The purpose of this podcast is to provide education to clinicians on the frequency, clinical presentation, contributors, assessment, and management of delirium in the palliative care setting. 

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    Interdisciplinary Case Conference: COPD, Dementia, and a Distressed Family -- Russell K. Portenoy, MD, et al.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 60:43


    The purpose of this podcast is to describe the interdisciplinary assessment and management of a complex patient with advanced pulmonary disease and dementia, with a focus on the patient and family as the unit of care.

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    Professor's Rounds: Embracing the Complexity of End-of-Life Care: What Advance Directives Are Not Enough? -- Joan M. Teno, MD, MS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 54:34


    At the end of this podcast, the participant will appreciate that advance directives are important, but not sufficient to change end-of-life care. Rather, complex interventions are needed that are aimed from the individual to the state government.

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    Interdisciplinary Case Conference: Pain and Substance Use Disorder in a Complicated “Survivor" -- Russell K. Portenoy, MD, et al.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2018 60:28


    The purpose of this podcast is to describe the interdisciplinary approach to the assessment and management of chronic pain in a patient with an indolent cancer and a history of substance use disorder.

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    Nurses Transforming Hospice and Palliative Care -- Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 60:23


    This podcast aims to inspire nurses working in a palliative and hospice care system to take a leadership role in transforming care in the direction of the Quadruple Aim. Triple Aim includes a focus enhancing patient experience, improving population health, and reducing costs and is widely accepted as a compass to optimize health system performance. Yet nurses and physicians and other members of the healthcare workforce report widespread burnout and dissatisfaction, which are associated with lower patient satisfaction, reduced health outcomes, and possible increased costs.  

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    Interdisciplinary Case Conference: A 76-year-old Man with Progressive Renal Insufficiency -- Russell K. Portenoy, MD, et al.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 58:04


    The purpose of this podcast is to describe both evidence-based practice and collaborative practice undertaken by a professional team--physician, nurse, and social worker--providing ongoing care for the patient with severe and progressive renal dysfunction.

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    Oncologic Emergencies for the Palliative Care Specialist -- Seema Varma, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 51:29


    The purpose of this podcast is to facilitate ongoing learning for early recognition, diagnosis, and management of oncologic emergencies in the palliative care setting.

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    Integration of Palliative Care into Emergency Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities -- Tammie E. Quest, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2018 60:50


    This podcast educates health care professionals about the role of palliative care in the emergency department (ED).

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    Improving Serious Illness Conversations Through Tools, Training, and Systems Changes -- Susan Block, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2018 58:23


    This podcast provides a basic understanding of a multicomponent intervention that is designed to assure universal access to serious illness conversations for all patients can benefit.

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    Self-Care for Nurses: Staying in Balance -- Lisa Rosenzweig, PhD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2017 56:15


    The purpose of this webinar is to increase nurses’ awareness of 1) the risk for compassion fatigue and burnout when caring for palliative care and hospice patients and their families, and 2) the self-care strategies used to avoid the risks.

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    Palliative Care: Changing the Health Care Landscape Through Emerging Models -- Russell K. Portenoy, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2016 43:49


    This podcast will define specialist palliative care, provide a status report on palliative care programs in the U.S., and describe the emergence of community-based palliative care as a key event in the reform of the health care system. 

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    Creative Arts Therapy: Restoring Communication and Relatedness -- Lucanne Magill, DA, LCAT, MT-BC

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2016 45:58


    The purpose of this podcast is to inform learners about the ways Creative Arts Therapies can improve communication and relatedness in patients with advanced illness and their families, and to enhance understanding about the role of the Creative Arts Therapist within interdisciplinary teams.

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    Opioid Therapy in the Medically Ill: Side Effect Management -- Ebtesam Ahmed, PharmD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2016 58:44


    The purpose of this podcast is to discuss strategies to minimize adverse effects of opioids, such as dose reduction, symptomatic management, opioid rotation, and changing the route of administration, in patients who receive opioid analgesics for pain management. 

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    Grief and Bereavement -- Alessandra Strada, PhD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2016 45:22


    The purpose of this podcast is to enable learners to increase their knowledge of the types of grief, and the assessment and management of grief and bereavement in order to provide better care to patients and their families. 

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    Recognition and Management of the Imminently Dying -- Russell K. Portenoy, MD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2016 50:59


    Care of the imminently dying patient is a “best practice” of specialist-level palliative care. This podcast describes the physiological changes that occur in the period prior to, and during, active dying; clinically useful indicators and measures for predicting imminent dying; and clinical strategies that are important in the management of patients at the end of life. 

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    Music Therapy Strategies for Symptom Management -- Lucanne Magill, DA, LCAT, MT-BC

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2016 42:25


    The purpose of this podcast is to inform you about the use of music therapy strategies to assist in the treatment and management of symptoms.

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    Understanding Existential Distress and Meaning-Oriented Therapies in Patients with Advanced Illness -- E. Alessandra Strada, PhD

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2016 43:49


    The purpose of this podcast is to explore the constructs of existential distress and meaning in advanced illness. Elements of existential psychology and psychotherapy will be reviewed to facilitate an understanding of the topic.

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    Assessment and Management of Anxiety and Depression in Advanced Illness -- E. Alessandra Strada, PhD

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2016 59:15


    The purpose of this podcast is to review the clinical manifestation of anxiety and depression in patients with serious and advanced illness across the continuum of care, including assessment, differential diagnosis, and treatment planning.

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    Pain Assessment and Cultural Diversity -- Lara Dhingra, PhD

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2015 42:16


    The goal of this presentation is to provide a better understanding of culture-specific factors and their impact on pain experience to guide pain assessment, and to highlight strategies for pain measurement in diverse populations with advanced medical illness. 

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