Improving health care for people living with serious illness

A new study published in JAMA Network Open and led by Carine Davila, Palliative Care Physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, in partnership with the Coalition, highlights critical disparities in the experience of patient-clinician communication among adults with serious illness.

David Sontag, director of ethics for Beth Israel Lahey Health, discussed the HCA Program in a recent interview on WHYY’s, The Pulse. 

After ten beautiful meetings of our Massachusetts Patient and Community Review Board our pilot year has come to an end. Designed to provide a thoughtful space for patients and community members to share their insights and experiences with healthcare researchers and program developers, our Board members really shined. They shared from both their personal and professional experiences interacting with the health care system.