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Blue Monarch CEO: Hospice Startup Seeks to Raise Bar on Quality

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I began taking care of hospice patients back in 2015 after moving to San Diego and working in a hospital setting for a while. I often saw slow response times as patients waited sometimes days for nurses to provide care. I get into the field right alongside our staff to provide hospice care.

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Palliative Care Conference: A Discussion with nVoq

Hospice News

.” They want to know how quickly we can have a goals-of-care conversation with the patient. Do you have a doctor and a social worker that can work on, for instance, Medicaid eligibility. I had my standard two times a week nursing, one time a week social worker, once a month chaplain, once every other month music therapist.