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Key Research Trends: Telehealth Impacts, Global Gaps in Hospice, Goal-Concordant Care

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This article details recent key research findings on hospice care, including the effects of telehealth utilization among terminally ill pediatric patients, along with barriers to improved goal-concordant end-of-life care in Asia, Canada and Europe.

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Changing Hospice Conversation Key to Improving Caregiver Support

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Support for family caregivers of seriously ill patients is both limited and fragmented, but changing the conversation about the end of life could fill some of the gaps. It’s a very heavy burden of caregiving to then step out and start finding the resources that they need.”.

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Lawmakers Take Bipartisan Approach to Hospice, Palliative Care Policy

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Some federal legislators are working to address workforce issues in the hospice space, as well as bolstering support for family caregivers. In a fractious political environment, hospice and palliative care policy is one area in which members of both parties find common ground. We don’t have to do that,” Blumenhauer said.

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St. Croix Hospice Leverages Predictive Analytics to Boost Quality

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The post-acute data analytics company develops machine learning solutions designed to identify patients in need of home health, hospice or palliative care services as early as possible in the course of their illnesses. Having] these unique insights and focus on end-of-life care also helps St.

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CMMI Working on Payment Models That Include Palliative Care

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MCCM beneficiaries ultimately appeared to have received better-quality end-of-life care according to established quality measures, such as spending more days at home at the end of life,” CMMI authors wrote in a report attached to the paper.

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Breaking Down Costs, ROIs of Hospice-Death Doula Partnerships

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Through the arrangement, Goodwin Hospice staff, primarily social workers, refer families to Present for You’s death doula services, particularly when caregivers may need more respite or families are in need of greater touch points and communication, Eulers stated.

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Health Systems Expanding Into Hospice Could Disrupt Competitive Playing Field

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“But it’s looking for ways to partner with them and provide true quality end-of-life care. Some hospices have been successful in being a partner in research, education and filling gaps in care. Home health and hospice are critical to the continuum of care. It has not turned out to be a good thing for patients.

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