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Equity Metrics Should Be An Essential Component Of Hospital Rankings

Katherine R. Peeler Crandall E. Peeler Joseph R. Betancourt Jose F. Figueroa Thea L. James Valerie L. Ward Grace J. Chan
Health Affairs Blog

In March 1966, at a press conference prior to the Second Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stated that “of all the…

Petrie-Flom & Coalition to Transform Advanced Care Welcome New Senior Fellow image

Petrie-Flom & Coalition to Transform Advanced Care Welcome New Senior Fellow

Petrie-Flom Center

The Petrie-Flom Center is excited to announce our 2021–2022 Senior Fellow in Advanced Care and Health Policy, Cheryl Matheis! Project on Advanced Care and Health Policy The Project on Advanced…

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Petrie-Flom Welcomes New Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience!

Petrie-Flom Center

The Petrie-Flom Center is excited to announce our 2021–2022 Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience, Elyssa Spitzer! Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience The Project on Law and Applied…

Medical Stereotypes: Confronting Racism and Disparities in US Health Care image

Video now available! Medical Stereotypes: Confronting Racism and Disparities in US Health Care: A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium

February 12, 2021
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Check out the conversation on Twitter @PetrieFlom using #MedicalStereotypes. Watch fully captioned video of the event. Event Description Minority racial and ethnic groups in the US have long experienced disparities…

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Video now available! Detecting Dementia: Technology, Access, and the Law

November 16, 2020
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Online Viewing Check out the conversation on Twitter @PetrieFlom using #DetectingDementia. Watch fully captioned video of the event. Event Description Advances in neuroimaging, genetics, and mobile health apps are creating…

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Continued bans on nursing home visitors are unhealthy and unethical

Jason Karlawish, David C. Grabowski and Allison K. Hoffman (Academic Fellow Alumna)
Washington Post

In March, after an outbreak of covid-19 in a Seattle nursing home launched the pandemic in the United States, long-term care facilities generally shut their doors to visiting family and…

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Long-Term Care Policy after Covid-19 — Solving the Nursing Home Crisis

Rachel M. Werner, Allison K. Hoffman (Academic Fellow Alumna), and Norma B. Coe
The New England Journal of Medicine

Nursing homes have been caught in the crosshairs of the coronavirus pandemic. As of early May 2020, Covid-19 had claimed the lives of more than 28,000 nursing home residents and staff in…

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Artificial Intelligence and Disability/Dependency: Equity, Access, and Interdependence

March 24, 2020
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Online Viewing Couldn't join us for the live webstream? Join the conversation on Twitter with #AIanddisability, and check out the speakers' slide presentations below! You can also watch the…

As Second U.S. Death Reported Out Of Washington Nursing Facility, Fears Mount For Vulnerable Elderly Population

Kaiser Health News

KHN Morning Briefing: Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations Authorities in the Seattle area reported four new cases Sunday night. Researchers say that it's likely the…

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State Barriers to Home-Based End of Life Care Project: Call for Student Research Assistants, Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School

Deadline: Open until filled.

The Problem An estimated 40 million adults in the US are living with or have had a serious illness in the last three years. Evidence demonstrates that palliative care, which focuses…

If Power Outages Are California’s New Normal, What About Home Medical Needs?

Mark Kreidler
Kaiser Health News

[...] “That is the real travesty of this PG&E plan,” said Sandy Jay, a nurse practitioner at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Sonoma County, about 130 miles southwest…

Research Assistant for the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior, Massachusetts General Hospital

Deadline: Open until filled.

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General Summary Under the direction of Dr. Francis Shen, JD, PhD, the Executive Director of the MGH Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior (CLBB), the research assistant will conduct…

2019 Petrie-Flom Center Annual Conference: Consuming Genetics: Ethical and Legal Considerations of New Technologies

May 17, 2019
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Couldn't join us for the conference? Join the conversation on Twitter with #DTCgenome! And check out many of our speakers' slide presentations and our "Consuming Genetics" blog symposium! The…

Providing Value and Redesigning Care for Serious Illness

April 26, 2019
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Description The shift to value-based care presents opportunities to improve care delivery for advanced illness. This panel featured thought leaders who identified key challenges and shared their visions for a…

Harvard Medical School Annual Bioethics Conference 2019: Controlling Death: The Policies, Practices, and Ethics of Choosing When We Die

April 11-12, 2019

Couldn't join us? Check out the Harvard Gazette's coverage of the event! Alvin Powell, "As the end nears, who’s in control?: Center for Bioethics examines physicians…

Our Aging Brains: Decision-making, Fraud, and Undue Influence

April 27, 2018
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Couldn't join us? Check out the conversation online! #OurAgingBrains @PetrieFlom @mghclbb Check out some of the panelists' slide presentations below! With over 70 million Baby Boomers retiring, elder financial exploitation…

The Development and Certification of Decision Aids: Promoting Shared Decision-Making for Patients with Serious Illness

April 18, 2018
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Couldn't join us for the event? Check out some of the panelist' slide presentations below! Decision aids can be highly-effective tools to promote shared decision making and support patients…

Sixth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

December 12, 2017
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Couldn't join us? Check out the conversation on Twitter: @PetrieFlom #healthlawpreview2018 and some of our speakers' slide presentations below! Description The Sixth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review…

Dementia and Democracy: America's Aging Judges and Politicians

November 15, 2017
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Couldn't join us for the event? Check out some of the panelists' slide presentations below! Description Our judiciary and our elected officials are getting old. Five of the nine…

Health Law Workshop: Francis X. Shen

September 25, 2017

Presentation Watch Professor Shen's inaugural lecture as the 2017-2018 Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience: "The Neurolaw Revolution"! Topic: "How Dangerous are Youth Sports for the Brain? A…

Academic Fellow Alum Matthew J. B. Lawrence Joins Faculty at Dickinson Law (Penn State)

Dickinson Law, Penn State University

Matthew J.B. Lawrence has joined the faculty of Penn State’s Dickinson Law as assistant professor of law. An expert in the fields of health law and administrative…

Petrie-Flom Welcomes New Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience!

Petrie-Flom Center

We’re excited to announce our 2017–2018 Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience, Francis X. Shen! Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience The Project on Law and Applied…

Critical Pathways to Improved Care for Serious Illness: Concluding Convening

June 23, 2017

Download the Report "Toward a Serious Illness Program Design & Implementation Framework" from the roundtables! Couldn't join us for the event? Check out the slide presentation below! At this…

Critical Pathways to Improved Care for Serious Illness

March 10, 2017

This discussion continued at a second roundtable event on June 23, 2017. Learn more on the website! Download the Report "Toward a Serious Illness Program Design & Implementation Framework" from the two…

Health Law Workshop: Frances Kamm

November 28, 2016

Presentation Topic: “Advanced and End of Life Care: Cautionary Suggestions” This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the workshop, please contact…

The 21st-Century Advanced Illness Care Team: How Team-based Care is Moving Medicine Beyond the Clinic into the Home and Community

November 2, 2016
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Care for advanced illness is moving beyond the hospital and physician office and into the home and community. Addressing the needs of the individual with advanced illness increasingly requires an…

The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) Launches Service Affiliate C-TAC Innovations,: Which Includes Respecting Choices®

The Coalition to Transform Care (C-TAC) is the Petrie-Flom Center's partner in the Project on Advanced Care and Health Policy, launched in March 2016. La Crosse, WI - C-TAC expands…

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Leading Experts Discuss Why the Time Is Right to Transform Advanced Care

Petrie-Flom Center and C-TAC

June 23, 2016—On Tuesday, June 21, The Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), a non-profit organization with a vision of improving advanced illness care for all Americans, and the Petrie-Flom Center…

Aligning Policy and People: Why the Time is Right to Transform Advanced Care

June 21, 2016
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Couldn't join us in person? Join the conversation on Twitter! @PetrieFlom and @CTACorg are live-tweeting using #POAC #advancedcare Description This conference was the inaugural event of the Project on…

Petrie-Flom & Coalition to Transform Advanced Care Launch Project on Advanced Care & Health Policy

Petrie-Flom Center

The Project on Advanced Care and Health Policy will foster development of improved models of care for individuals with serious advanced illness nearing end-of-life, through interdisciplinary analysis of important health…