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The Value of Palliative Care Consults in the Hospital Emergency Department

Hospice News

Between 2014 and 2017, these patients accounted for more than 20% of all emergency department (ED) visits in the United States, according to the U.S. Patients and clinicians can benefit from having palliative care consults available in hospital emergency departments, though currently few providers have done so. ROI,” the authors found. “ED-palliative

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State Palliative Care Laws Impact Where Patients Die

Hospice News

During that time frame, “prescriptive” palliative laws stipulating that health care providers communicate all end-of-life care options was associated with a 12% to 18% increased likelihood of cancer patients dying at home or in hospice, researchers found.

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From Access Barriers to Educational Gaps: The Research Trends Impacting Future Palliative Care Delivery

Hospice News

Patients 18 years and older at the Loyola University Medical Center who received an MUO diagnosis from May 2014 and August 2020 were included in the analysis. More than half (53.9%) the patients utilized hospice services, with an average length of stay of 12 days, the study found.

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Hospital, Health System Activity Creating ‘Very Disruptive Point’ in Hospice M&A Landscape

Hospice News

A total of 109 transactions in the hospice and home health space involved a hospital and health system from 2014 to 2021, according to market analysis data that The Braff Group shared with Hospice News. There were 12 total divestitures where hospitals and health care systems sold hospice and home health assets between 2014 and 2022.”.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: An Epilogue

Pallimed

in Pallimed on September 12, 2022 (1). Ballantyne disclosed her work in “legal consulting,” but did not clarify that this work involved receiving payments from law firms participating in multidistrict litigation against opioid manufacturers and distributors, which she had disclosed in several articles (1, 8, 9-12). September 12, 2022.

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3 Nonprofit Hospice Providers to Watch in 2023

Hospice News

The initial rollout covers a 12-county region in southwest Ohio, but the organizations plan to expand statewide and beyond, according to Anthony Evans, president of Pure Healthcare. The company’s affiliate Suncoast acquired its PACE program in 2012, prior to the formation of Empath in 2014. It increases costs. It reduces outcomes.

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Love and Loss with A Soul Animal

Elaine Mansfield

I trusted sweet Willow would befriend a new dog, but I’d never had a Lab or any dog live past 12. 2014, photo by Chad Lieberman Her wounded back legs began to spasm, but every pain killer prescribed by the vet gave her extreme digestive distress, so I gave her CBD oil and an herb called Boswellia for joint inflammation.

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