Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Developed in the late 1990s and undergoing incremental changes, until recognised that this pathway represented a number of significant failings, led to the publishing of a damning report by The Leadership Alliance for the Care of Dying People in 2014. What is Palliative and End of Life Care?
Hospice News
APRIL 5, 2023
Barnett, in her public comments on the proposal, contends that hospice patients are often too sick to travel for an in-person examination and that they need to receive pain management quickly upon admission. Pain management is a cornerstone of hospice care and can have a substantial impact on patient and family satisfaction.
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Hospice News
JANUARY 26, 2024
Digging into palliative care barriers Not enough cancer patients with malignant ureteral obstruction (MUO) receive concurrent palliative care services when the need arises, according to a study published in January in Urology Practice, a journal of the American Urological Association (AUA).
Hospice News
JUNE 14, 2023
Researchers compared trends among states that had palliative care lows on their books against those that did not. More than half (50.1%) of cancer decedents in the study died at home or in hospice, the JAMA study found. Georgia is among the most active, passing nine palliative bills since January 1, 2020, the data showed.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Whitaker has been at the helm of the nonprofit since 2014, serving as COO prior to that. She became a hospice nurse for By the Bay Health in 1996, then named Hospice of Marin, taking on various roles in clinical leadership throughout her more than 27-year tenure.
Hospice News
AUGUST 18, 2022
Through the JV, the two organizations formed the Luminis Health Gilchrist Lifecare Institute as a way to provide an “integrative continuum of care for the elderly across multiple settings,” in communities statewide, according to a recent announcement. You can’t do that if you don’t contract and work with someone to provide hospice care.
Hospice News
JULY 15, 2022
Widespread workforce shortages also have hospices struggling to offer competitive compensation in a shrinking resource pool. Sequestration was established in 2014 by the Budget Control Act. Its suspension during COVID-19 has been a lifeline for hospice leaders pummeled by a mix of several financial and operational challenges.
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