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Providers Work to Solve Palliative Care’s Biggest Growing Pains

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Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice launched its palliative care service line in 2007, mainly providing these services in hospital-based settings. Strains on reimbursement, referrals and staffing represent the biggest obstacles to palliative care providers’ viability and growth.

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VNHS Leveraging Tech to Optimize Hospice Patient Experience

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For example, VNHS implemented its remote patient monitoring program in 2007. The company has pioneered a number of technologies that are becoming increasingly common in the post-acute space. More recently it has dipped its toes into the realm of predictive analytics. “We

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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. Today we have the honor of interviewing Susan Block, MD, one of the pioneering leaders in the fields of palliative care, particularly psychosocial aspects of palliative care. We’ve got a lot to cover.

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Executive Shifts at Amedisys, AMOREM, VITAS; Compassus, Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoint New Clinical Leaders

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Ginn began leading financial teams at Amedisys in 2007, while Guidroz previously served as senior vice president of accounting at Amedisys since June 2018. In connection with her appointment, Scott Ginn will no longer serve as the company’s principal accounting officer.” VITAS has locations across 14 states, including Texas and Kansas.

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Understanding Policymakers’ Frame of Reference Crucial to Hospice, Palliative Care Advocacy

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In 2007, Olajide established the tech firm Axxess with a mind toward improving the efficiency of health care delivery to allow providers to devote more time and resources to their interactions with patients. These are real issues. How do we better manage routing and scheduling? So we need innovation across the board.

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

Hospice News

Established in 2007, the nonprofit hospice today announced a new partnership with health and community care technology company WellSky Hospice & Palliative. The company operates more than 250 locations in 30 states and in the District of Columbia, caring for roughly 210,000 patients and families annually. Richardson Community Hospice.

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Hospice Worker, Patient Safety Concerns Impact Access in Underserved Communities

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But overalll, ann estimated 27,400 injuries occurred among upwards of 896,800 home health care workers in 2007, according to a report from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the U.S. Hospice workers’ personal biases and perceptions of these communities also contribute to inequities, McCann-Davis said.

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