News, Resources, and Events Tagged "Aging"
Equity Metrics Should Be An Essential Component Of Hospital Rankings
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
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…
Petrie-Flom Welcomes New Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience!
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…
Video now available! Medical Stereotypes: Confronting Racism and Disparities in US Health Care: A Health Policy and Bioethics Consortium
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…
Video now available! Detecting Dementia: Technology, Access, and the Law
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…
Continued bans on nursing home visitors are unhealthy and unethical
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…
Long-Term Care Policy after Covid-19 — Solving the Nursing Home Crisis
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…
Viewpoint: Potential Legal Liability for Withdrawing or Withholding Ventilators During COVID-19: Assessing the Risks and Identifying Needed Reforms
With an anticipated shortage of ventilators for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), hospitals, physicians, and nurses may have to make an unprecedented decision: should they withdraw or withhold ventilators from…
Artificial Intelligence and Disability/Dependency: Equity, Access, and Interdependence
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
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…
State Barriers to Home-Based End of Life Care Project: Call for Student Research Assistants, Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School
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?
[...] “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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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!
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
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
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
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
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…
Leading Experts Discuss Why the Time Is Right to Transform Advanced Care
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
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
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…