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Voices: ??Dr. Khai Nguyen, National Medical Director, Geriatrician, CHAP

Hospice News

In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Dr. Khai Nguyen , National Medical Director, Geriatrician for CHAP, to talk about the age-friendly care movement. All of it has shaped who I am today, and these experiences help me better empathize with people as patients in the community care setting.

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Meet Nancy Colobong Smith, American Nephrology Nurses Association’s President-Elect 2023-24

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She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). My current role is as the Clinical Nurse Specialist and ARNP for Renal, Dialysis, and Transplant at the University of Washington Medical Center. How do you keep up with all the industry changes around patient care and technology?

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Shelise Valentine

Minority Nurse

Shelise Valentine is an important nursing leader , and we’re pleased to profile her as part of the Champions of Nursing Diversity Series 2023. Meet Shelise Valentine, the Director of Clinical Education at Healthcare Risk Advisors. I was recruited to become an assistant nurse manager and hospital-wide nurse education manager.

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Evaluating Alternate Payment Models in Hospice and Palliative Care

Hospice News

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Daniel Schwartz, Chief Strategy Officer at Elara Caring, Devin Woodley, VP of Managed Care Contracting and B2B Sales at VNS Health, Gavin Baumgardner, VP and National Medical Director for Complex and Palliative care at Amedisys, and Anthony Spano, Director of Client Development at Netsmart.

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HSPN ELEVATE: Hospice Clinical Innovation Trends

Hospice News

This article is based on a Hospice News discussion with Faith Protsman, regional medical director at VITAS Healthcare, Raianne Melton, senior clinical manager of professional service at Axxess, and Cheryl Hamilton Fried, president & CEO at Blue Ridge Hospice. It’s named after our very first patient that we cared for at VITAS.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

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2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. JAMA IM 2023 A shout-out to my NPR episode on 1A titled the “State of Hospice Care” DISCLAIMER While we filmed in Montreal during the Annual Assembly, all opinions expressed in this podcast are independent of AAHPM and HPNA, or the Annual Assembly.

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Telemedicine in a Post-Pandemic World: Joe Rotella, Brooke Calton, Carly Zapata

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See the AAHPM Legislative Action Center [link] Write to the DEA, with guidance from AAHPM’s comments to the DEA March 2023. Happy to be here Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome Carly Zapata, who is a palliative care physician faculty at UCSF and directs the Palliative Care Fellowship at UCSF. Stories trump data.