Welcome #HAPC26 to San Diego. We are so glad you're here. We are ready to talk about our work, learn about yours, and share some excellent places to eat. Think: Lionfish, Seneca, Ironside. #PalliativeCare w @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social, @ucsdhealth.bsky.social, & @scrippshealth.bsky.social

#hapc26 attendees! This weekend buy the special edition AAHPM shirt! $5 from every T‑shirt supports the AAHPM Access Fund, helping U.S.-based members attend the 2027 Annual Assembly. Get yours at the AAHPM Resource Center—while supplies last! #wearitforward #hapc26

#Hospice doesn’t need faster intakes. It needs time. Time to earn trust, to stabilize families, to prevent the 2 a.m. panic that sends people back to the ED. Earlier enrollment and stable teams save money because they save people from suffering. #HAPC26 #HAPC #Palliative #PalliativeCare

A pediatrics team in Queensland just did something palliative care keeps talking about but rarely delivers: they cut specialist wait time from 18 months to 48 hours using tools they already had. No heroics. No new platform. Just disciplined design. And it made me ask: what’s our excuse?

If you’ve felt exhausted, anxious, or numb in the face of nonstop political turmoil, you’re not imagining it and you're definitely not alone. @sarahsloat.bsky.social looks at the research on the psychological and physical toll of polycrisis.

Autonomy is not the sacred pillar we pretend it is. Every day, families in crisis are asked to make life‑and‑death decisions alone, under fluorescent lights, at 2 a.m. We call it “respect.” It often feels like abandonment. #HAPC #PalliativeCare #Bioethics #MedEd

“Pablo, a medical student who volunteers here, is originally from Central America. He's a community liaison, involved with planning security for both volunteers and patients.” - @npr.org

Thank you for this thoughtful discussion! I have worked with physicians who had a "savior complex." They were the only ones who knew how to care for the patient. Unsolicited recs that help patient care were often viewed as an annoyance or an affront to their skill.

@thehill.com reports, “Warren, Hawley introducing legislation to break up ‘Big Medicine.’” Something all of the US can get behind: dismantling PBMs.

If you think the physician on a Palliative Care team is the boss, you’re missing the story. The real work happens when physicians stop performing heroics and start making space. Teams—not saviors—change how patients and families experience our work. (1/3)

The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

#Hospice is failing because we built a structure that can’t support reality. If we want it to survive, we need to rebuild the benefit around comfort, continuity, and caregiver capacity—not paperwork and wishful thinking. rounds-and-rants.ghost.io/hospice-is-b... #HAPC #Palliative #HealthPolicy

"I am my own original sin. One someone is always willing to forgive. Until enough of you demand that I be better."

Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/

ICE, CBP, and other law enforcement agencies are buying our personal information from data brokers instead of getting a warrant. Tell Congress: The government cannot be allowed to buy its way around the Fourth Amendment.

@geripal.bsky.social broke the news: #PalliativeCare 3.0 isn’t theoretical. It’s here. And the field is practicing like the old rules still apply. 🤠 #Palliative #HAPC