Hospice News
AUGUST 26, 2022
Kauai Hospice Recruits Retired Emergency Doc as Medical Director. Dr. William “Monty” Downs is stepping into a new role as medical director of Hawaii-based Kaua‘i Hospice after retiring from 50 years in the emergency department at Wilcox Health Medical Centert. Wilcox Health is part of Hawaii Pacific Health.
Hospice News
JUNE 28, 2023
Hospice of the Chesapeake Appoints New CMO Maryland-based Hospice of the Chesapeake recently named Dr. Marny Fetzer as its new chief medical officer. Fetzer is currently system medical director for palliative care and hospice services at Illinois-based Ascension Health.
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Hospice News
MAY 5, 2023
Through the program, the HopeHealth palliative care team at The Miriam Hospital will conduct monthly consultations with patients to assess their ongoing care needs following an ED visit or hospitalization. A visit to an emergency department can be one of the most vulnerable times of a person’s life,” Curley said in an announcement.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Clinicians face relatively high rates of burnout “due to the secondary trauma and emotional exhaustion that develops from working with death and dying daily,” Aprille Waldrop, social services manager for Florida-based Hospice of Health First told Palliative Care News. Nursing is not the same kind of work it used to be.
Hospice News
JANUARY 19, 2023
Many people living with serious medical illnesses also suffer from comorbid behavioral health issues,” the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) indicated in a 2020 report. Awareness of even the basic tools to address some of this will greatly empower our medical community.”
Hospice News
JUNE 21, 2022
Empath Health is the parent company of Tidewell Hospice and Suncoast Hospice, and offers a range of other senior care services. The company provides hospice, home health, palliative and personal care to more than 12,000 patients daily across the Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida areas. Both Wade and Jacoby joined Jet Health 2021.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp. Prior to Calvary Hospital, he was COO at the Jacobi Medical Center. He joined the health system as medical director 24 years ago. Established in 1980, Houston Hospice provides care across 13 counties statewide.
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