Christine Seel Ritchie

Palliative care doctor, geriatrician, researcher @AAHPM, @PCRCGroup @MGHPallCare @MonganInstitute

[Ishani Ganguli MD, MPH @IshaniG]

New 📰@AnnalsofIM

TLDR: We find the average older adult in traditional Medicare spends 3 weeks per year getting health care, mostly (17 days) ambulatory care like office visits, tests, and treatments.

11% of these adults spent 50+ days per year (!).

https://t.co/49Wq5lWo7U

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

So wonderful to see! #NASEM #seriousillnessscience

[MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) @MGH_CASI]

Apply to our open #research and #admin positions today & join the amazing CASI team! We welcome applicants interested in #palliativecare, #geriatrics, #seriousillness, & #healthpolicy

https://t.co/GbuJAK5mL0

@MGHPalCareGeri @MGHMedicine

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

Happening right now: PCRC's Webinar on Concurrent Hospice-Dialysis Care. PCRC Investigator Development Center Presenters: Natalie Ernecoff, PhD and Jane Schell, MD, MHS. Please join! https://t.co/6vxpKqFE8b

[The OpEd Project @TheOpEdProject]

👇🏾 @AlexisDrutchas, @amywisteria & @RitchieCS, three #PublicVoices Fellows with @TheOpEdProject & @MGHMedicine, explain how most of us want to die at home but #Medicare makes it nearly impossible (via @Health_Affairs).

https://t.co/Q04jnpiXMU

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

Great webinar today about reimagining home-based care with @DukeMargolis @PatrickConwayMD Julian Harris MD, MBA and Curtis Cunningham.

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

Life lessons from ⁦@JRandallCurtis1⁩ Deep gratitude for all you teach us. #hapcresearch

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

This will be a fun and highly practical webinar on grant resubmissions. You will learn some great tips!

[PCRC Group @PCRCGroup]

New or Re-new? Don't miss Dr. Benzi Kluger's presentation on whether and how to renew a palliative care R01! @BenziKluger

Register on our website: https://t.co/WyucKlDTYg

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

Very excited to reflect with this august group on social capital in palliative care research. Please join us on Monday Nov 22.

[PCRC Group @PCRCGroup]

We are honored to have Dr. Patricia M. Davidson et al. present on Social Capital in Palliative Care Research for our PCRC audience this Monday 11/22 @ 5pm Eastern. @UOW_VC @DavidCurrow @KristinBindley
See our website to register: https://t.co/WyucKlmj6I

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

Get important insights from @TamrynGray and others on the very important issue of supporting family caregivers within our healthcare communities

[AARP Policy @AARPpolicy]

Tomorrow: Join @BeckersHR and @AARPpolicy for the Nov 9 webinar on supporting family #caregivers. There's still time to register: https://t.co/LViLvK7T1o @TamrynGray @SparrowHealth @ROCRegional @susanpolicy #morethanavisitor

[MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) @MGH_CASI]

For #caregivers and #physicians of loved ones with #dementia, we have compiled resources centered around #MGH and #SuffolkCounty. Please feel free to ask questions or comment below with other resources that have been helpful for you!

[MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) @MGH_CASI]

How can perceptions and (mis)conceptions about #PalliativeCare change through education? Read more in the context of end-stage liver disease (#ESLD) management: https://t.co/tdQ9W8kv5Z

@donlan_john @NnekaUfereMD @TIndriolo @VjacksonJackson @raychungmd @Areejmd Lara Traeger

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

Everywhere we turn, we see this crisis--The AMA needs to declare a national mental health emergency https://t.co/wObDhKnHjk via @statnews

[MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) @MGH_CASI]

Happy Monday! Read about a #PalliativeCare intervention for patients undergoing #HCT. 160 patients from @MassGenBrigham were enrolled. Take a look at their symptom management strategies & supportive care medications in the graphs below!

Full article: https://t.co/D7g185yIWu

[PCRC Group @PCRCGroup]

Don't miss today's webinar kicking off our new Implementation Science SIG led by @devon_check and @caralmcdermott: "Implementation Research in Palliative Care: Foundations and Current Applications." Register here https://t.co/v5J3QMZoqo

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

Nice framework for conversations over time with persons living with cancer. @MGHPalCareGeri

[MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) @MGH_CASI]

This week, read about a new 3-part communication framework based on the severity of the patients' #prognosis. It promotes early #PalliativeCare conversations on end-of-life #cancer treatment & medical decision-making.

https://t.co/uGlABem9Rc

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

Come join our growing community!

[MGH Center for Aging and Serious Illness (CASI) @MGH_CASI]

Come join us at @MGHMedicine! We're adding to our team of gerontology/geriatrics or palliative care researchers. Build your research & join an enriching, collaborative research community! More details: https://t.co/qmu0l9fCqi

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

Findings from this study give pause to relying too heavily on virtual care—Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic With the Prevalence of Homebound Older Adults in the United States, 2011-2020 | Geriatrics | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network https://t.co/K8H1ktAKJr

[Christine Seel Ritchie @RitchieCS]

An Alzheimer's drug appears promising, but Medicare should wait to cover it | TheHill—advocating for coordinated dementia care programs that support those with dementia and those caring for them https://t.co/0NHTBNCCmm

[PCRC Group @PCRCGroup]

Mi-Kyung Song is presenting the next NINR Director’s Lecture on September 14, 2021 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am.  Click here for more information: https://t.co/VJ2kLfbpbC