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Voices: Michael Porpora, President – Hospice Division, OnePoint Patient Care

Hospice News

This article is sponsored by OnePoint Patient Care. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Michael Porpora, President – Hospice Division, OnePoint Patient Care, to talk about the current state of hospice pharmacy, technology and staffing. I was amazed at how she was able to handle it all.

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How the Right Investments Can Help Hospices Reduce Turnover

Hospice News

The Dallas-based home health and hospice provider has placed retention among its top three priorities, behind patient care and quality, he said. Turnover remains a big risk Health care workers have increasingly dropped out of the workforce in the past few years, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare (NASDAQ: DH).

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Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss – Is it time to challenge definitions of hearing recovery?

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Different hearing recovery criteria are used in practice resulted in confusion over definitions and how hearing recovery is identified5. Improvement is seen as synonymous with recovery, although identified changes may have little impact on a patient’s quality of life. However, management of steroid drug, dose, and regimes vary (2,3,4).

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7 Ways Hospitals Can Improve Patient Care

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Because patients’ perception is heavily tied to the success of a health care organization, like a hospital, it’s important to get patient-centered care right. Here are some ways your facility can prioritize and improve patient care for the benefit of patients, their families, and the entire health care organization.

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The Barriers Creating Pediatric Palliative Care Inequities

Hospice News

Georgia in 2020 passed legislation that requires the state’s health department to provide palliative care consumer and professional information and education programs. Additionally, the regulation requires the health department to include continuing education opportunities for health care providers in these services.

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Palliative Care Providers Get Creative to Boost Utilization

Hospice News

“The unique nature of working from your home — our settings [and] our beloved companion animals — invites similar sharing from the people we care for as they let us into the things that matter most of them [and] that make the most difference.”. Yoda began to show a lot of interest in talking and interacting with patients early on, said Mize.

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Future Leaders Class of 2022: Lauren O’Dwyer, CFO, Anvoi Hospice and Anvoi Management

Hospice News

When I was getting into health care out of public accounting, I knew specifically that hospice was a field that I was interested in. I definitely would not be where I’m at today without my family. These situations that we’ve had to face have definitely been opportunities and learning experiences for leaders in the hospice industry.

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