Division News

Goals-of-care conversations are a necessary tool in gathering information about patients healthcare wishes. 

"These conversations are intended to elicit the values, preferences, and wishes of a patient so that all care is concordant with those patient wishes," says Kristen Lakis, Duke Palliative Care Strategic Services Associate.

Duke CARES 

Duke Health leaders have selected 10 high-potential innovation projects to be implemented as part of the Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI)’s annual call for project ideas in the areas of novel strategies to improve value of care delivery, advance health equity, amplify digital solutions for care and monitoring, strengthen provider and staff experience and well-being and enhance patient engagement and experience.

Of the 10 projects selected, 7 are being led or include faculty and trainees from the Department of Medicine.

The March 23, 2021 session of Duke Medicine LEADS featured Stephen Telloni, MD, and Noppon Setji, MD, presenting, "Where There's Smoke, Is There Fire? Two Systems-Based Approaches to Identifying Safety Issues and Improving Quality of Care at Duke."

Local artist honors essential workers by painting 45 portraits in 45 days 

The Duke Outpatient Clinic (DOC) team was recognized with the annual Interprofessional Education (IPE) team award at the virtual Duke Health Education Day, on Friday, March 12th 2021.

Susanne Haga, PhD, reflects on a year of life throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are proud to show off the work of Nicole DePasquale, PhD, an Assistant Professor in Duke General Internal Medicine. Dr. DePasquale is the lead investigator on a study entitled Self-management in older adults with chronic kidney disease: Help from family care partners and its relationship with patients’ psychological and health-related well-being.

The Division of General Internal Medicine is pleased to share with you the first Annual Report for the 2020 calendar year.

Duke Health teamed up with the Latino Community Credit Union, through the LATIN-19 initiative, to create a vaccine clinic for Latinx community members.

Congratulations to Dr. Lawrence (Andy) Mumm on his promotion to Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, effective March 1, 2021.