LIFE IN THE END ZONE

For years, Medicare has defined a visit with the doctor, what it calls an "encounter" as comprising the history, physical exam...

Here's a short video pitched to physicians, extolling family caregivers and explaining how partnering with caregivers can help both ph...

Here is a short video I made for family caregivers.

            A new study of 5700 consecutive COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the New York area is making waves   because it reports a hig...

Frontline physicians are reporting a mysterious phenomenon—as hospitals began preparing for and in some cases started receiving an onslaugh...

The Commonwealth Fund just released a study reporting on primary care office visits in the COVID-19 era and it’s disturbing. In-person off...

Futurism is all the rage: worn down by the relentless drumbeat of Coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths, the mind-numbing unemployment st...

Yesterday, the New York Times published a short article I wrote about what family caregivers can do to try to keep vulnerable older famil...

             For over 100 years, scientists and infectious disease specialists have been anticipating another influenza pandemic like the 1...

            As a geriatric and palliative care physician, I have provided medical care to many patients in their homes. They are typically ...