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Palliative Care Startups Require Creativity, Flexibility

Hospice News

On the flip side, factors challenging this market are high costs of treatment and fragmented delivery models which can result in subpar care coordination providing patients with less-than-ideal outcomes. Our program is staffed by nurse practitioners and social workers, under the oversight of our medical director.

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Compassus’ Laura Templeton: Education, Better Reimbursement Needed to Foster Palliative Care Growth

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Your palliative care team can be instrumental in listening to the goals of a patient and helping to guide them around the care they desire. It’s building a care plan that is right for the patient and a care coordination plan that addresses that fragmentation. Palliative care is a good care coordinator.

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Healthcare Apps and the Power of Coordinated Care

Chicago Caregiving

Communication-based healthcare apps stand to improve complex care coordination, which is especially important for older adults. Consider all of the care providers involved in the typical person’s medical care: primary care physician, therapist, gynecologist or urologist, dentist, dermatologist….the

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Interactive Decision Trees: A Game-Changer for Caregiver Support Services

Caregiver Support Services

They provide access to valuable information and resources. They provide the support and power you need to make informed decisions and give the best care to your loved one. Online Resources The internet is a wealth of information for caregivers, but navigating the vast array of resources can be overwhelming.

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Palliative Care News Conference: Palliative Prowess

Hospice News

Deanna Heath: At one point palliative care was hospital-based, now it’s so much more home-focused. It doesn’t just focus on the physical, it also focuses on the emotional and the spiritual with the use of social workers and spiritual counselors. Can palliative care function without numerous systems?

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HSPN Palliative Care: Fireside Chat with Contessa and Netsmart

Hospice News

We also have some workforce management tools and in particular, an ONC-certified EHR that’s designed to provide value-based care that has components for comprehensive care coordination and care navigation components in it.

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Voices: Josie Aquino, LMSW, ACC,  Director, Product Management, VNS Health

Hospice News

I have channeled my passion for working with underserved communities, beginning as a licensed social worker for a large hospital system, where I experienced firsthand the disparities in healthcare access and limitations in delivering whole-person care. For more information on Voices, please contact sales@agingmedia.com.