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Keys to Discussing ‘Hard Realities’ in Pediatric Advance Care Planning Conversations

Hospice News

Researchers reviewed electronic medical record data for nearly 2,000 adolescents and young adults who died between 2003 and 2019. When their last documented goals of care were evaluated, 69% of these patients chose care that focused on palliation, the study found.

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Health Disparities and Black Communities

Minority Nurse

To this day, the legacies of structural racism live on in health disparities that would have no place in 21st-century America if we had already learned our lessons and lived up to the potential outlined in our country’s founding documents. Nonetheless, disproportionately negative statistics don’t lie.

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Voices: Deanna Heath, VP of Hospice and Palliative Care Services, KanTime

Hospice News

Deanna Heath: I have worked in the post-acute space since 2003 with a focus in hospice. KanTime can capture affiliated providers, documents and palliative care-to-hospice transitions seamlessly by overlaying medical records for easy reference. Hospice News: What career experiences do you most draw from, in your role today?

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AlayaCare Announces Acquisition of Arrow Solutions

AlayaCare

Founded in 2003 by the owners of a home care agency, Arrow Solutions is distinguished by the desire and capability to create solutions that meet each home health agency’s client specific needs.

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The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps

1-800-HOSPICE

Among patients whose charts document a prognostic disclosure, nearly half of patients report not having a prognosis conversation. 2003; 51 (10): 1398-1403. 2003; 51 (10): 1398-1403. 2003; 51 (10): 1398-1403. 2003; 327: 745-748. 2 Patient recall of prognostic conversations can be poor. Fried T, Bradley E, O’Leary J.

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Behind the Screen But Not Behind the Scenes: Virtual Nurses Provide Clinical Support, Additional Expertise

Minority Nurse

In 2003, she was one of the first nurses to practice from behind a camera as part of a teleICU. Numbers skyrocketed from 2.1 million in the year before the pandemic to 32.5 million from March 2020 to February 2021. Teresa Rincon, PhD, RN, FCCM, is a pioneer in virtual nursing.

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Analysis of U.S. Food and Drug Administration Draft Guidance on Clinical Trials with Psychedelic Drugs

Healthcare Law Insights blog

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance document with foundational considerations for researchers that are developing psychedelic drugs for the treatment of medical conditions. The document frequently refers readers to existing guidance while noting key considerations that are unique to psychedelic drugs in each section.