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Hospices Gear Up to Reach More Heart Failure Patients, Enhance Quality 

Hospice News

Though a growing body of evidence indicates that giving heart failure patients access to palliative care can improve outcomes, those services — as well as hospice — remain underutilized, a 2011 study in the journal Progress in Cardiovascular Illness found. Recently, the Chemed Corp.

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Fleece Takes Helm as Empath Health CEO, Begins ‘One Hospice’ Initiative

Hospice News

Fleece began his career as a health care lawyer. In 2011, he co-authored the book “The New Age: The Future of Health Care in America,” with the futurist David Houle, which examined the ways the system could evolve in the coming years. . I wasn’t seeking hospice.”

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Partners In Care, Summit Health Join Forces on Palliative Care

Hospice News

Hagfors previously served as CEO of the Bend Memorial Clinic – now known as Summit Health – from 2011 to 2016. Summit Health offers primary, urgent and specialty care services, including palliative care. The two providers will use a central medical record platform to further improve care coordination.

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Caring for Medically Complex Children Takes a Village

Nurse.com

In a 2011 paper published in Pediatrics , authors pointed to increased survival rates of infants born prematurely, those with various congenital anomalies or chronic conditions, as well as children who today are more likely to survive cancer and other illnesses. Another nurse and I were the daytime care coordinators,” Whitfield said.

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Elodia Mercier

Minority Nurse

As a recipient of a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) award for her participation in community affairs in 2011, Mercier is an important nursing leader , and we’re proud to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2024.

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