During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people unexpectedly needed critical care such as ventilators but were unable to communicate their end-of-life wishes to their loved ones. Researchers like me, who ...

Three years ago Palm Springs resident Richard Bass went to visit a friend who was in the hospital after experiencing a fainting spell at home. The elderly gentleman lived alone and shared his concern ...

Advance care planning by all races grew substantially from fall of 2019 through the middle of 2021 for patients at 22 clinics in New York through video intervention, a study published Feb. 24 in JAMA ...

Dr. Chino welcomes Dr. Yael Schenker to discuss a new clinical trial testing the best way of engaging patients with Advance Care Planning (ACP), the process of understanding personal values, life ...

Koda Health brings a scalable, digital-first approach to a historically complex and emotional process, said Sanjay Doddamani, M.D., founder and CEO of Guidehealth ...

When the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic swept through Switzerland in the spring of 2020, most of the world’s attention ...

Nursing homes could soon be measured on their ability to capture advance care planning documents for their patients, according to a federal publication. On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

There's an unsung success story about the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. At its outset, U.S. hospitals faced huge challenges, as influxes of patients strained resources, while doctors were ...