Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

New York-based United Health Services (UHS) Binghamton General Hospital has opened a new palliative care unit. The new unit is intended to expand access among patients in need of both community- and facility-based palliative care. These individuals’ often have a host of physical, mental and psychosocial needs that palliative care services can help support – a main reason for bridging care gaps with the unit’s establishment, according to Kris Marks, administrative director of palliative care at U

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Minority Nurse

AUGUST 2, 2023

Crystal Beckford is an accomplished healthcare executive with extensive experience in health systems in Maryland and Florida. She has a proven track record in hospital, health plan, long-term care, and health insurance leadership. In her current role as chief nursing officer (CNO) and vice president of patient care services at Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center (LHDCMC), Beckford collaborates with the clinical team, medical staff, and executive team to develop nursing and clinical s

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

Both innovative opportunities and cost challenges underly quality and health equity components of the the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) recently finalized hospice payment rule. The final rule included some key updates — and raised important questions — in the agency’s planned changes to quality measures and data collection, including those related to health equity.

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Today's Caregiver

AUGUST 2, 2023

Allow me to share my favorite things with my favorite people: 1. Making babies smile 2. The breathtaking feeling of creating something original 3. Honest conversation 4.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a once impoverished teen mom in rural North Carolina, Dr. Dorothy Miller watched with great pride as her eldest daughter graduated 13 years to the day she received her nursing degree from a nursing program she created at St. Andrews University in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Dr. Miller, the St. Andrews University Department Chair of Health Services, credits her mom, Ruby Bandy, for prioritizing education.

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Caregiver Support Services

AUGUST 2, 2023

If you or someone you care about is currently facing a terminal illness, feeling overwhelmed and scared of the prospect of saying goodbye can be normal. Anticipatory grief—experiencing pain associated with a death that has yet to happen—is something that many have had to grapple with in one way or another. Although no two people will experience this process in the same way, there are some tips for working through anticipatory grief that can help.

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Nurse Nacole

AUGUST 2, 2023

Category: Psychiatric Nursing Owing to its virtual absence of sexual adverse effects, bupropion is frequently used in patients who cannot tolerate the sexual adverse effects of SSRIs and SNRIs or may be used adjunctively with these drugs to diminish sexual dysfunction.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 2, 2023

California-based Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest integrated health systems, has opened a hospice de novo on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The new location is the most recent of a series of investments that Kaiser has made in the home setting, including hospice and palliative care. Two years ago Kaiser united its home-based services in Southern California and Hawaii under a single division — Care at Home — led by Vice President Angel Vargas.

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