Hospice News
DECEMBER 18, 2023
A growing number of educational and academic institutions also have created partnerships with providers to create new pathways for palliative care clinical training, with many focusing on nurses, social work and pharmacy students – areas that are hurting for qualified professionals.
Hospice News
MARCH 5, 2024
So productivity cannot be as robust for some of the social work, chaplain or nurse visits. This is down from 56% of respondents in 2023. A wide variety of palliative care services have cropped up nationwide in recent years, but not all have remained viable. Reimbursement and staffing challenges are the most significant factors.
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
visits in the last seven days of life between May and November 2023. Our findings showed improvement in HCI measures which drive quality, including increased nursing and social work visits and time spent in the home to support patients and their loved ones and caregivers in the last seven days of life,” Nangle said.
The Nurse Break
JANUARY 16, 2023
There are so many fields to work in that you can literally never get bored. Work in the Navy/Airforce or Army , working in the most rural and remote locations across Australia and abroad. Social Work. Everyone will at some point in their lives be cared for by a nurse. Paediatrics. Palliative Care. Paramedics.
Daily Nurse
APRIL 4, 2023
In January 2023, Northwell Health Cancer Institute piloted Cancer Care Direct to its 83,000 employees across its health system, offering staff and their family members access to nurse navigators. Conway attended the meeting with the surgeon at her patient’s request and coordinated social work meetings.
Hospice News
JUNE 5, 2023
The conversation took place on April 20, 2023 during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The article below has been edited for length and clarity. Hospice News: Medicare Advantage comes up a lot in discussions at palliative care but that is not the only avenue for reimbursement. We spoke earlier about Medicare Advantage.
Hospice News
JUNE 1, 2022
Hospice and palliative care need greater recognition among disciplines across the board, beyond medicine and nursing, according to Eunju Lee, palliative care social worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. But clinical education will need a much larger boost to ensure a sustainable workforce, according to many providers.
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