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New Pediatric Center Aims to Improve Patient, Family Support

Hospice News

The center will be located in Jacksonville, Florida, and create a dedicated, child-friendly space for pediatric palliative and hospice patients and their families to receive caregiver support and engage in recreational and therapeutic activities.

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VITAS Appoints Three New Executives; Chemed CFO to Retire

Hospice News

A 26-year veteran at VITAS, Nygaard will oversee hospice locations in close to a dozen county and major metropolitan markets, including the Orlando area, Jacksonville, Pensacola and Brevard County, among several others. Jennifer Nygaard, senior vice president of operations, VITAS She joined the company in 1997 as an admissions coordinator.

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Community Hospice & Palliative Care Pediatric Program Doubles Nursing Workforce as Census Grows

Hospice News

The program is offered in collaboration with the Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Nemours Children’s Specialty Care, and the University of Florida-Jacksonville. The Community PedsCare program’s main referral sources are hospitals and pediatric physicians, along with emergency and outpatient care clinical settings, she said.

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Hospices Strengthening Ties to Tech, Pharmacy Companies to Support Families, Staff

Hospice News

Philadelphia-based Enclara Pharmacia recently expanded its Neighborhood Connections network with eight new pharmacy members in Miami and Jacksonville, Florida, markets. The program is intended to reduce barriers to hospice medications and services.

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Forcura Partners with AlayaCare to Support the Entire Home-based Care Market

AlayaCare

About Forcura Forcura, a healthcare workflow management company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, facilitates continuity of care and improves business performance for providers via its automated workflow, collaboration and analytics SaaS solutions. For more information, visit AlayaCare.com.

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Compassus Makes Moves in C-Suite; Workforce Retention at Core of AccentCare’s Leadership Change

Hospice News

Last year the company expanded its Neighborhood Connections network by adding on eight pharmacy members in Miami and Jacksonville, Florida. The company manages a network of more than 7,000 retail and institutional pharmacies, as well as its own automated fulfillment service.

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Initiative Reduces Alarm Fatigue at Florida’s Mayo Clinic

Daily Nurse

“ Implementing a Unit-Based Alarm Management Bundle for Critical Care Nurses ” details how the 27-bed SICU at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, implemented a standardized approach to alarm management and improved nurses’ knowledge for configuring the settings to match the monitoring needs of individual patients better.

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