ACEP Day 1 on Twitter by the numbers (24 hour period): 648 participants 2942 items 3.4 million impressions Full data/transcripts available from Symplur at: http://bit.ly/15EwfbI Stuff I’ve learned: Sadly, I think the Seattle convention center is not quite big enough for a crowd this size. Over 6200 4-day registrants – a record. #ACEP13 — movinmeat […]
Palliative
Coalition to Transform Advanced Care Summit – Impressions
CTAC held its National Summit on Advanced Illness Care on Jan. 29-30 at the National Academy of Sciences. The summit name in and of itself doesn’t say much, but the twitterfeed piqued my interest. CTAC2013 focused primarily on ways to improve the quality of care we provide towards the end of life. To visit their […]
Symposium on Palliative Care in the ED
Now, back to business after a prolonged absence due to personal circumstances. Hopefully someone is still visiting… 😉 Since they don’t have a website yet, just wanted to post a flyer here about the upcoming 1st Annual Symposium on Palliative care in the Emergency Department to be held February 6th at the North Shore University Hospital in […]
Wink Wednesday #002
Logging noteworthy linkage from the endless Twitter feed and other ephemera of the past week. Click on the image below for the Storified tweets + links. This week: Hurricane Sandy – In the wake of the NYU/Langone episode, one patient’s story (from The New Yorker) More Narrative – “Outside Hospital” and a little perspective Ultrasound and Critical […]
An Ethical Framework for Futility, per @Apathetic_cynic
“Futile Care = Benevolent Malfeasance” By @Apathetic_Cynic