5-Minute Clinical Update and Grand Rounds with Dr. Thomas McGinn

Virtual Grand Rounds/Clinical Update: Lessons Learned in Age-Friendly Medicine

CommonSpirit Health Physician Enterprise Season 4 Episode 13

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand and analyze the key challenges facing healthcare systems in addressing the needs of an aging population with increasing rates of chronic and advanced illnesses.
  • Describe the intersection of age-friendly care, geriatric and palliative care principles, and their synergistic application in improving the quality of life for individuals with multiple medical conditions.
  • Identify strategies for implementing a more integrated and compassionate age friendly care approach that addresses the medical, functional, emotional, and social well-being of both patients and their family caregivers.

Speaker:

  • Maria Torroella Carney, MD, FACP, Professor, Institute of Health System Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research; Chief, Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Northwell Health; Associate Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

Moderator:

  • Gary Greensweig, DO, FAAFP, System SVP/Chief Physician Executive, Physician Enterprise; Interim Chief Medical & Quality Officer (CMQO)

Panelists: