What’s the academic environment like for Pitt #HPMfellows? Well that's what we're here to discuss in our latest #FellowshipFriday thread. ❓ More info: dom.pitt.edu/dgim/spc/fello…

We're excited to have Dr. Scheunemann as our Innovations in Palliative Care Science speaker for July! Learn more: palcare.pitt.edu/innovations-in…

It’s been a great orientation week! So happy our new #hapc & #pedpc fellows are here in the Steel City! Reed, Gregg Robbins-Welty, MD, MS, HEC-C, Aditi Jain, MD, Jen, and Sean took in a Pittsburgh Pirates game today! Great to spend the holiday weekend at America’s 🇺🇸 #1 ballpark! #LetsGoBucs

Impact of a family support intervention on hospitalization costs and hospital readmissions among ICU patients pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38954149/ Bottom line: an ICU family support intervention decreased hospital costs, readmissions, and may increase hospice use. Pitt Critical Care Medicine Palliative Research Center

Beginning in the fall of 2024, Johns Hopkins University will provide tuition-free Medical School for most medical students and expand aid for future nurses and public health pioneers. Learn more: bit.ly/45SW76F

Research by Gina Piscitello, Jane Schell, Bob Arnold, & Yael Schenker reveals a targeted #GoalsOfCare initiative leads to similar documentation rates across racial groups in hospitalized patients. This approach may help reduce disparities in #EndOfLifeCare. spcare.bmj.com/content/early/…

Fantastic news!

PaRC and Pitt Nursing's Teresa Hagan Thomas has published a moving article in Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read her story and listen to a podcast where she discusses it, online now from JCO Cancer Stories: buff.ly/3WrsB4Z

The emerging trajectories of non curable cancer

📚Thanks to Ben Corn for leading our new paper in Psycho-Oncology on the evolution of hope-enhancing interventions➡️Much work has emerged since the creation of Hope Theory🎨art +science of hope=good #cancer care🔗: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/po…

Really a pleasure to work with and learn from these amazing colleagues committed to enhancing hope in cancer care.

Primary care providers' involvement in opioid prescribing remains high in #HeadAndNeckCancer survivorship. Safety interventions should target primary care, as is typical with non-cancer opioid reduction efforts. acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn… OncoAlert Yael Schenker Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Join us tomorrow morning as @lpsheun presents our next Innovations in Palliative Care Science seminar on transitional care delivery for patients and families experiencing critical illness. Pitt Geriatrics. #geripal #hapc Join us in person or zoom: buff.ly/45E2d9A

Waiting on the runway in Atlanta with no air. Delta pilot is urging everyone to report. Too hot for old planes in 95 degree Southern summer.

Dr. Teresa Hagan Thomas and Dr. Heidi Donovan have published protocols and initial results from a large, nurse-led academic-clinical partnership aimed at integrating caregiver support into care for individuals with breast cancer. #nurseledresearch #hapc buff.ly/4dQ6Mlu

Researchers, check out the student loan repayment support available via the NIH Loan Repayment. It's a game changer!

📚Yael Schenker, Bob Arnold, & I ask in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM)🤔Are #PalliativeCare specialists expected to provide an extra layer of support to all primary team members (beyond our obligation to patient/family?)➡️We worry this model is not reasonable nor sustainable🔗: jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-…

Thank you Randi Weingarten 🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓🟣🌴🥥!