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

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by CHAP. 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. It has also helped me serve our partners in this space as a National Medical Director for CHAP.

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Lateral Agility: The Key to Breaking Silos in Healthcare

Healthy Workforce Institute

A Chief Medical Director and the Nursing Director reached out to me for help to improve the relationships between their physicians and nurses. The medical director shared how she and her physicians and providers meet regularly, discuss issues, incorporate skill development, etc.

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

GeriPal

If you are interested in signing the position statement “Core Roles and Responsibilities of Physicians in Hospice Care”, click here. Ira: I like the article. I don’t want Ava Kofman’s article to draw all our attention because the issues that she brought out had been brought out before. She’s filming us today.

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HSPN ELEVATE: Hospice Clinical Innovation Trends

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by Axxess. 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. HSPN: Thank you.

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Evaluating Alternate Payment Models in Hospice and Palliative Care

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by Netsmart. The article below has been edited for length and clarity. Talk about the clinical model and what VBID means for the palliative and hospice patients that we serve and their families. This discussion took place on September 7, 2023 during the Hospice News ELEVATE Conference.

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

GeriPal

Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back to GeriPal podcast, Brooke Calton, who is a palliative care physician and faculty at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and is also newly the Medical Director of palliative care at Devoted Health. You wrote the SF Chronicle article on an op-ed. Brooke: Thank you.

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7 Simple Ways to Get Organized for Hospice Nurses

Hospice Nurse Hero

Just like a broken record, I keep repeating this simple way to get organized in almost every article I write. In the rare instances where your patient won’t allow you to document at the bedside, then you should go to your car and complete your charting. RELATED ARTICLE: Hospice IDG: Top Time Wasters and How to Avoid Them.