Christine K. Cassel

Christine K. Cassel Christine Karen Cassel (born September 14, 1945) is an American physician, author, medical ethicist, and professor of Geriatrics geriatric medicine. She was elected in 1992 a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and in 1996 became the first women president of the American College of Physicians (ACP). Quotes On April 20, 1988, throughout the United States and Canada, the first certification examination in Geriatrics geriatric medicine will be administered. Those who pass will be awarded a certificate "of recognition of added competence" in geriatrics. This is a landmark event, for several diverse reasons.Geriatrics has emerged as a well-defined field of expertise. Since the now almost legendary National Academy of Medicine Institute of Medicine committee, chaired by Paul Beeson, issued its report in 1979,1 stating that there was clearly a distinct area of geriatric medicine that could be identified by its special body of knowledge and approach to patient care, there has been growing acceptance of that assertion. While at first many in academic medicine and community practice were skeptical, saying "I have been taking care of old people for years already," there is an increasing understanding of better ways to evaluate patients, establish the goals of treatment, and achieve those goals. 1987 Certification: Another step for geriatric medicine JAMA 258 11 1518–1519 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/368220 The science of Ageing aging has advanced dramatically. As recently as 20 years ago, theories of the Ageing#Programmed factors cellular and genetic factors controlling the aging process were just beginning to emerge and were largely theoretical. ... In the last 2 decades, advances in genetics and molecular biology have led to extraordinary new understandings in how cells age, how apoptosis programs cells to die, and how neuroendocrinology plays a role in the lifespan of organisms. ... The dual challenges for the 21st century are to link progress in basic science and clinical research to effective clinical care, and to create a health care system with properly trained physicians to provide evidence-based care for the growing numbers of older people. Use it or lose it: Activity may be the best treatment for aging JAMA 288 18 2002 2333–2335 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/195481 The landscape of the US Health system health care system continues to undergo change. As market forces are invoked to drive lower cost, better access, and improved quality, the entities in the health care market continue to diversify. For instance, Apple Inc. Apple (with personal electronic health records), Amazon (company) Amazon/JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan and Chase/Warren Buffett Buffett (with the promise of an affordable nonprofit employer health care system), CVS Health CVS/Aetna (combining a health plan with Walk-in clinic retail clinics), emerging Walgreens-Express Scripts ExpressScripts-The Cigna Group Cigna relationships, and Walmart (in discussion to acquire Humana) represent major relatively recent developments. CVS/Aetna is the most well-developed of these changes. Nearly 6 years ago, the growth of retail clinics was described as a potentially positive disruptor, especially in the expansion of access and convenience.1 Many clinicians were concerned about lack of continuity and delegation of care to nonphysicians, yet these clinics seemed to offer a more accessible and less costly point of care compared with emergency department visits or even physicians’ office visits. If retail clinics could overcome the limits of legacy electronic health records to connect to other components of patients’ care, this model could even create a virtual comprehensive “system” as a point of connectivity and care coordination. Can retail clinics transform health care? JAMA 319 18 2018 1855–1856 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2678844 10.1001/jama.2018.2172 External links Christine Karen Cassel (1945 – ) Oregon Encyclopedia (oregonencyclopedia.org) https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/cassel_christine_karen_1945_/ Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the National Academy of Medicine Category:University of Chicago alumni Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Women physicians from the United States