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Predictive Analytics ‘Gives Hospices a Lens’ into Quality, Compliance

Hospice News

That helps with the HVLDL metric and the last three days of life, and also impacts our quality scores, because we’re building that relationship with them all throughout their journey and ramping up intensity as we get to those final days for the patient and the family.” Richardson Community Hospice.

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Why Do Most People Receive Less Time in Hospice than Recommended?

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Hospice is tailored to symptom control, emotional support, and care coordination during end-of-life care. When patients receive too little time in hospice, families are more likely to be dissatisfied with the end-of-life care. They were 37% more likely to say they needed more help with personal care.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

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Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. And man, I still remember those sessions, some of the most powerful learning experiences of my career as a palliative care doctor. There was a little bit of teaching about end of life care.