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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

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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. Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. Susan: I do.

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

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AccentCare is a portfolio company of the private equity firm Advent International that provides hospice, palliative care, personal care, non-medical services, home health, care management and high-acuity home care. Among the hospices making investments in analytics is Wisconsin-based Sharon S.

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On the Value of Social Work in Palliative Care

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by Vickie Leff ( @VickieLeff ) Another year, another study proving the value of the palliative care social worker. This adds to what we already knew: involvement of social work impacts quality of care and patient satisfaction (Auerbach, 2007; O’Donnell et al., Broadly, we provide psychosocial care to patients and families.

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

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They were 37% more likely to say they needed more help with personal care. Families who said the hospice referral occurred too late were 119% more likely to express concerns about care coordination. Medicare and most other insurances require that people not receive cure-oriented care while in hospice. 2007; 34: 120-125.