HopeHealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Over his military career, “Buzz” Tilton flew everything from fighter jets to transport planes. At age 92, his community and hospice team honored him with a veteran pinning ceremony. The post Hospice program honors 92-year-old veteran for military service appeared first on HopeHealth.

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JUNE 11, 2024

“The biggest fear was the high cost of transportation to patients. We knew we needed an infrastructure upfront to allow us to provide things like medical transportation and nonmedical transport, which is a huge deal here.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 27, 2022

Social determinants are non-medical needs that can have a significant impact on the trajectory of patients’ health, such as nutrition, transportation, social or caregiver support, and housing, among others. In addition, about 38% of individual plans covered transportation benefits. For example, 2016 research found that close to 3.6

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Hospice News

JANUARY 11, 2024

The center offers seniors access to primary care, therapies, skilled care, social and emotional support and day care at the Empath LIFE Day Center and Medical Clinic; in-home care and support and transportation to and from Empath LIFE or other approved specialists. That eliminates fragmented care.”

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Hospice News

JUNE 7, 2024

We have a lot of seniors on our service that have challenges affording housing, food, transportation and care. Compounding a serious illness or terminal illness, many patients and their caregivers faced challenges with mobility and being able to get transport for medical care both on the island or the mainland. It’s a double whammy.

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Hospice News

JULY 29, 2022

The company, whose holdings include SCAN Health Plan, most recently invested an undisclosed dollar amount in the non-emergency medical transport (NEMT) broker SafeRide Health. About 38% of individual plans covered transportation benefits. Transportation is a key social determinant of health.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Tapping into untapped social determinants of palliative care Health literacy challenges and transportation needs represent two of the biggest categories of non-medical and social needs that palliative care programs often overlook, Patni indicated. Keeping both health literacy and transportation needs in mind is key, she stated.

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Hospice News

JULY 31, 2024

I’m proud of the fact that the FY25 budget allocates key funding to better support Massachusetts students and families, to increase access to affordable health care and to provide for a safer and more reliable public transportation system,” said Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano (D-Quincy).

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AUGUST 12, 2024

They will have access to an interdisciplinary team including physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, therapists, dieticians, transportation drivers and personal care aides.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Beneficiaries in dual-eligible special needs plans (D-SNP), for example, will have access to an “Extra Benefits Card” that includes a monthly allowance that can be used for food, utilities, transportation, rent and other essentials.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Social determinants are non-medical needs that can have a significant impact on the trajectory of patients’ health, such as nutrition, transportation, social or caregiver support, and housing, among others. In addition, about 38% of individual plans covered transportation benefits. For example, 2016 research found that close to 3.6

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OCTOBER 2, 2023

The health care company operates a hospice and palliative care program that works to reduce hospice revocations and ambulance transportation, as well as improve care coordination and patient and family engagement, Acadian indicated in a fact sheet. The community-based care operation is one of six divisions of Acadian Companies.

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Hospice News

JULY 8, 2022

Some patients delay or cancel health care appointments because of insurance status, affordability, transportation difficulties, or a lack of social support, according to Griffith. Patients could face a lack of transportation access. In addition, about 38% of individual plans covered transportation benefits.

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MARCH 24, 2023

The extension reflects growing recognition of the importance of social determinants of health and nonmedical needs such as housing, nutrition, transportation and home modifications, among others.

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Diversity Nursing

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Emergencies can happen anywhere and patients need to be transported to facilities via ambulance or flight. This is when Critical Care Transport Nurses (CCTNs) are needed. The motto of the Cleveland Clinic critical care transport teams is “no patient too sick, no patient too far.” Do I love every minute of it?

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Hospice patients often need to be transported between different health care settings, most commonly by ambulance. As we continue to serve an increasing number of patients in the surrounding communities, the need for patient transportation will increase,” Holmes said in an announcement. “In

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

PACE programs help provide assistance with transportation to medical appointments, adult day services, advance care planning, durable medical equipment and medication management, among other services. PACE providers can additionally help connect hospice patients to find transitional care when revocations and live discharges occur.

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Nominations for BCEN’s 2025 Distinguished Awards, which recognize individual emergency, trauma and transport nurses for specialty certified excellence and advocacy, will open in early 2025.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Empath LIFE Day Center and Medical Clinic will also provide transportation to medical appointments within the post-acute health system’s network of specialists and in-home care services, along with guidance and educational services for caregivers. .

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Hospice News

APRIL 2, 2024

By collaborating with the many teams involved in a patient’s experience at Dana-Farber — from transportation to registration to clinicians — the Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program seeks to make cancer care more equitable and accessible at every step.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

PACE allows hospices to offer services to address social determinants of health , such as homemaking, transportation, home modification and others.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 16, 2023

BCEN announces the 2023 winners of the annual national BCEN Distinguished Awards , recognizing one top board-certified RN in emergency, pediatric emergency, trauma, flight, and critical care ground transport nursing specialties. Read about each in the 2023 BCEN Distinguished Award Meet the Winner series.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

The coaching program provides caregivers with guidance on medication management, insurance navigation, transportation, advance care planning and care coordination. This also includes one-on-one contact as wanted and needed as the relationship develops.” Patients do not need to be hospice eligible for caregivers to receive these services.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 19, 2024

Today is Certified Nurses Day, and the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) is celebrating its over 50,000 “ RN-credible ” specialty-certified emergency, trauma, transport, and burn nurses and nationally certified nurses in every specialty.

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JUNE 4, 2024

These individuals also often experience heavy financial burdens tied to expensive health care and medication costs, as well as higher expenses around transportation to medical appointments and caregiving, they added.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Critical thinking, confidence and a sense of pride and accomplishment top the list of benefits of the Certified Transport Registered Nurse (CTRN) credential, according to a recent peer-reviewed research article in Air Medical Journal.

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Hospice News

JUNE 18, 2024

The department has also examined new methods of providing more care in the home to reduce the need to transport patients to a hospital and employs a case manager, Hickman said.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The congress will take place in the Barcelo Sants Hotel which is above the Sants railway station and is easily accessible by public transport from the airport and the city centre. From 16 – 18 May 2024 we will gather in the beautiful city of Barcelona, Spain for the 13 th World Research Congress of the EAPC.

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Hospice News

APRIL 5, 2023

For one, CMS will require participating health plans to offer supplemental benefits to address health-related social needs in at least two of three health-related social needs areas: food, transportation and housing insecurity and/or living environment. Currently, providing those benefits is optional for VBID payers.

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Hospice News

APRIL 9, 2024

The CHRONIC Act allowed Medicare Advantage payers to expand coverage of supplemental benefits such as home-based palliative care, meal delivery services, transportation assistance, adult day services, caregiving support. Since then, community-based palliative care growth has been slow but steady in the MA landscape, according to Grant.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Factors such as access to safe housing, clean air and water, transportation options, and green spaces all influence health outcomes. Transportation and infrastructure also play a significant role in health outcomes. Clean air and water are essential elements directly impacting respiratory health and overall physical well-being.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

“People who live in socially vulnerable areas that are more economically depressed may find it harder to access medication in ‘pharmacy desserts’ than people in more affluent areas who perhaps have the means and more transportation at their disposal.”

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Hospice News

JANUARY 30, 2023

“For the underinsured and uninsured who lack equitable access to necessary medical care, this increased support enables Capital Caring Health to meet patients where they are by delivering transportation services, supplementary meals, and essential medical supplies.”

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 12, 2024

Similar to nurse paramedics, flight nurses are trained to care for patients during emergency air transport. Examples of places flight nurses work include hospitals, private medical transport companies, and the Air Force. 5 Specialties to Consider Flight Nursing Yes, some nurses work on flights!

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Hospice News

JULY 17, 2024

The new services also address patients’ nonmedical and psychosocial needs such as transportation, meals, companion support, assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs) and social determinants of health.

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JUNE 18, 2024

What about transportation and safe housing? “It’s important for an organization to create a very comprehensive plan in how they work very effectively with some of the key community-based organizations,” Lin told Hospice News. When we talk about health equity, do they have access to nutritious food? All of those are important.

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AJN Off the Charts

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Transporting critical patients from the ED to the ICU requires coordination of multiple clinicians from both units, which can lead to delays. Being in the ED allows me to immediately start the level of care the patient requires even before transport begins. Leading and managing these coordination efforts is a challenge.

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