Dr. James Rudolph is the Director of LTSS COIN. Prior to that, Dr. Rudolph served as the Boston Site Director of the New England GRECC, the acting VABHS Chief of Geriatrics and Palliative Care, and the Director of the Delirium Patient Safety Center of Inquiry. Dr. Rudolph’s research interests focused on improving the care of older patients, especially identifying high-risk patients at a vulnerable time in their lives. Dr. Rudolph’s research, teaching, program innovation, and clinical work has all been directed towards developing innovative clinical tools, resulting in measurable improvements in the care of older patients at the local, regional, and national levels.