Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Their frontline experience provides invaluable insights into patient care, workflow efficiency and the overall functioning of our healthcare system. Despite the margin pressures witnessed in home health, this shift opens doors to value-based arrangements for end-of-life care.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, for instance, has a team of palliative care providers “embedded” into its oncology clinic and ALS Center, according to David Wu, the program’s director. Minneapolis-based Livio Health was later acquired in 2022 by Lifespark, a senior health care company in the state.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 4, 2023

“It’s almost as if two pieces aren’t talking to each other on inpatient care,” Gurian said. You take on more risk for oversight for providing it, but you don’t get the same force of consequences for not doing this level of patient care.

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Hospice News

MAY 4, 2023

And throughout health care, change is certainly in the air, with value-based payment models as key drivers. For one, care coordination is a watchword within the value-based programs. The results will improve the patient experience by lowering the total cost of care and delivering quality outcomes.”

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Diversity Nursing

JULY 19, 2023

Although technology could never replace compassion and human interaction, it can significantly improve and streamline processes and procedures to ensure patients receive the best quality care. Healthcare technologies can make patient care better, easier, and more efficient, especially with a large patient load.

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Hospice News

MAY 18, 2022

Underlying the company’s strategy is a drive to develop solutions designed to support patient care as consumers navigate their way through the health care system. The post-acute technology company WellSky is spreading its wings over new geographies while growing its client base and expanding its product portfolio.

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Hospice News

APRIL 1, 2024

Another key aspect is care coordination and collaboration. Whether it’s clarifying steps, asking questions or sending updates, the ability to communicate across the care team is a fundamental feature of the solutions we’re committed to providing.

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AlayaCare

MARCH 8, 2018

All the information Care Coordinators need is readily available to them, updating instantly and reducing overhead. Solution Since the eReferral information is inputted directly, data-entry processes are eliminated, thereby reducing the chance of error.

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High Peaks Hospice

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Position Description: The Hospice Nurse Practitioner works in collaboration with the hospice team to provide hospice care services to patients and families in a variety of patient care settings. The Hospice Nurse Practitioner provides consultation, assessments, and evaluation of the plan of care.

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AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AUGUST 11, 2023

In our discipline of palliative care, understanding the unique needs and characteristics of the population is essential for providing effective and high-quality care. By addressing these dimensions, clinicians enhance the quality of care and the overall well-being of patients. Hayes, Douglas McCarthy, David C.

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Hospice News

MARCH 18, 2024

Any time you’re going to bring a technology platform into your organization, it has to serve a purpose with the end goal being improved patient care. King: The need at the end of the day would be to improve patient care or at the very least, help the organization to allot its resources in such a way to do that.

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Hospice News

MAY 19, 2023

The organization also provides community education and bereavement services, and offers a Pet Peace of Mind program, which provides financial resources and volunteer pet care assistance to hospice patients, as well as assistance rehoming companion animals as needed.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 25, 2023

But researchers say COVID-19 did contribute to a decline in one pivotal category: designating a nurse and physician – ideally both – as pediatric emergency care coordinators. “This is especially positive given EDs were navigating the pandemic at the time of the survey.” EDs reporting physician and nurse PECCs decreased to 28.5%

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

When I was 17, I got my first job in healthcare as a patient transporter, and then I worked my way up. Then I also worked as a patient care tech in the neuro ICU during nursing school. First, I worked as a surgical assistant in surgery, cleaning up all the rooms and sterilizing them before and after procedures.

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Diversity Nursing

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Because Nurses are at the forefront of every patient interaction, there are many things that we wish our patients knew and understood about how we work and handle our everyday tasks. Every Patient is a Priority, but You May Have to Wait. Our days are jam-packed with patient care tasks, documentation, and care coordination.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For almost 40 years as the Director of Nursing for Throughput Operations at Montefiore Health System in New York, Elodia Mercier, RNC, MS, has been advancing patient care and creating and defining new roles for fellow nurses and other providers. After consecutive years of consistently meeting high Press Ganey (patient.

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Hope Hospice

APRIL 14, 2020

Here’s the story, as told by Joan Alford, RN, Hope’s former patient care coordinator: We had received a donation of a hot-air balloon ride from the City of Livermore’s Centennial Celebration. Our “Balloon Lady” was ecstatic and asked me to go along with her.

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Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway

MAY 8, 2023

We call nurses the lifeblood of healthcare, and they're also the connective tissue and the veritable mitochondria, the cellular powerhouses of the delivery of patient care. Ask most members of the public, the media, and even legislative bodies, and they'll tell you that nurses take care of sick people in hospitals.

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Hospice News

JULY 11, 2023

Now, as a product manager, I channel these experiences towards improving outcomes during the most critical moments of patients’ lives, an aspect of care often overlooked despite its importance. My commitment extends beyond individual patient care to working with organizations to make a larger impact on improving outcomes.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

That’s really a significant investment that we’ve made and innovation in how we care for staff with personal days, recognition, we have a fleet car program, all the things that we can do to make this the most desirable place to work in our communities. One of our team members helped us develop our patient care coordination app.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Utilizing technology in their staffing processes can aid hospices in better care coordination, reduce unnecessary patient visits, and cut staff travel costs, Teslik added. Other hospices have leveraged remote patient monitoring systems, integrated electronic health records (EHR), and predictive analytics.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Accreditation In support of improving patient care, UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 27, 2023

I was working in home Health back when it was first introduced back in 2010, as a way for c m s to not only create structured penalties for hospitals with excessive readmissions, but also to reward and incentivize those providers for effective care coordination and collaboration with post-acute providers across the care continuum.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While home healthcare has been making big strides towards care meeting the patient at their location (ie: home) on their schedule, we may need to settle for the client/patient choosing the location and the care provider picking the time. Messaging tools tying the care team together will gain more traction.

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AlayaCare

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While home healthcare has been making big strides towards care meeting the patient at their location (ie: home) on their schedule, we may need to settle for the client/patient choosing the location and the care provider picking the time. Messaging tools tying the care team together will gain more traction.

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