Mark A. O'Rourke, MD

Medical oncologist in Greenville, South Carolina with interests in palliative and end-of-life care, advance care planning, & symptom control & quality of life.

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

Leveraging Goals of Care Interventions to Deliver Personalized Care Near the End of Life https://t.co/QHnDmO25GO
Excellent discussion of perhaps the most critical issue for cancer care delivery! @ASCO #SWOGonc @AAHPM @NCICancerCtrl

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

The lenders, the lobbies, and the fight for a 36% rate cap in South Carolina https://t.co/PEM3bPF9Aq. This 4 minute audio clip is an excellent summary of the status of Senate bill 518, which I strongly support! @scsenategop @SCSenateDems

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

SC lawmakers debate cap on payday loans. Here's how that would change the lending industry. I support S518! https://t.co/a2DQsxsIDP via @greenvillenews

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

Senate bill 518 will limit predatory lending in South Carolina by capping interest and fees on consumer loans at 36% APR. Protects the poor in distress. Allows fair practices by lenders. Good for SC! Call your legislator today!

[SC State University @SCSTATE1896]

Register for today's virtual/ in-person town hall hosted by South Carolina Fair Lending Alliance. The discussion on ending the debt trap in SC begins at 6pm.

Register here: https://t.co/slLmhtuDLP

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

SC lawmakers debate cap on payday loans. Here's how that would change the lending industry. I support S518. https://t.co/a2DQsxsIDP via @greenvillenews

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

I encourage South Carolinians to use this link to advocate to their state senators. @UWGreenvilleSC @GreenvilleNews

[SCACED @SCA4CED]

BIG news! Senate Bill 518 was introduced yesterday to cap interest rates at 36% which will provide the same protections active duty military and their families enjoy. Please take a moment to go to https://t.co/lTHeGV9y6S to ask your senator to support this legislation.

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

Primary Care–Specialist Relationships, Intrinsic Motivation, and Patient Experience of Care https://t.co/XdoWYPAml3 via @JAMAInternalMed part of @JAMANetwork Agree health systems can improve provider experience to benefit of patients. See our commentary, https://t.co/KdRRet2XmC.

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

See our commentary, https://t.co/KdRRet2XmC. "Replace the advance directive with a patient activation approach to serious illness communication" may be particularly helpful for African Americans.

[Advance Care Planning for African Americans @ACPforAA]

The healthcare agent in your Advance Directive should be someone who you trust to honor your wishes. It does not have to be a family member, spouse, or partner.

Visit our website for more information: https://t.co/HYGsahOeoy

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

Health systems can act to facilitate serious illness conversations! See our commentary on a patient activation approach. https://t.co/KdRRet2XmC

[Kayla Wolofsky @KaylaWolofsky]

@RicharLisa @vitaltalk @UHN @ZimmTeamLab IMO palliative care should be a mandatory rotation for medical students and all specialties ( not just GIM). ACP, serious illness conversations and GOC conversations are a skill and take time to learn and lots of practise!

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

End-of-Life Preferences in Older US Adults—Bridging the “What Matters” Chasm https://t.co/i6RXnpHXZs via @JAMANetworkOpen part of @JAMANetwork Consider a patient activation approach to serious illness conversation. See our commentary. https://t.co/KdRRet2XmC

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

@haiderwarraich @rbloise24 @PalliativeMed_j @YaleNursing @BIDMChealth @BrighamResearch @NAIinterpret @PacInterp @AAHPM As a clinician who has had many serious illness and EOL discussions using translators over the decades, I commend the investigators for this research. People with limited English proficiency are indeed a vulnerable group.

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

@haiderwarraich @rbloise24 @PalliativeMed_j @YaleNursing @BIDMChealth @BrighamResearch @NAIinterpret @PacInterp @AAHPM As a clinician who has had many serious illness and EOL discussions using translators over the decades, I commend the investigators for this research. People with limited English proficiency are indeed a vulnerable group.

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

@GrantWilliamsMD @rochgerionc @ramsedhom @WilliamDale_MD @Ashley_Rosko1 @GeriOncMD @OncElias @CPresGeriOncMD Agree. Long overdue across America.

[Grant R. Williams, MD, MSPH, FASCO @GrantWilliamsMD]

@ramsedhom @rochgerionc @WilliamDale_MD @Ashley_Rosko1 @GeriOncMD @OncElias @CPresGeriOncMD I think this is a great question, and we have started to systematically include our geriatric assessment and treatment preferences reports in our pancreatic tumor board recently. https://t.co/pQuotaguIe

[Gretchen Crowe @GretchenOSV]

Me in confession: My Advent has been terrible.

Priest: The Christian life is a marathon. Get up off the mat. Have hope.

Sharing in case you need to hear that, too.

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

A paradigm change is overdue: See Replace the advance directive with a patient activation approach to serious illness communication. @JAGSjournal @CAPCpalliative @ASCO #hpm @NHPCO @AAHPM
https://t.co/nmuEXWILp5

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

@AGSjournal @UofSCSOMG @theprismahealth This commentary challenges the central role of the living will in advance care planning, better framed as serious illness communication.

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

Check out our commentary: Replace the advance directive with a patient activation approach to serious illness communication https://t.co/MRz4OFFFJg

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

Check out our commentary: Replace the advance directive with a patient activation approach to serious illness communication https://t.co/MRz4OFFFJg

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

@ILikeMyLiberty For some people in financial distress and debt, a loan only makes the situation worse. One cannot borrow one’s way out of debt. There are safety nets available to people in financial distress. Vulnerable people warrant protection from high cost, harmful lending.

[Mark A. O'Rourke, MD @markaorourke]

@andrewdreyfus @manalipatelmd @StanfordMed @VAPaloAlto Serious illness creates a need for medical conversations. Patient activation is the key to making these serious illness conversations helpful for the patient, provider & health system.