Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

Hospices are leveraging expanded telehealth options to maximize access for hard-to-reach rural patients despite lingering regulatory uncertainties. Case in point, the Providence Institute for Human Caring last year launched a tele-palliative care program aimed at addressing rural patients’ unmet needs. Thus far, the initiative has yielded positive results, but the process hasn’t always been easy, according to Dr.

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Nurse.com

JUNE 8, 2022

Many people are surprised to learn how often workplace violence in nursing occurs. Several factors increase a nurse’s risk of facing workplace violence, including directly dealing with patients who have a history of violence or who may be delirious or under the influence of drugs. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Labor, the rate of serious workplace violence incidents was, on average, more than four times higher in healthcare than in private industry between 2002 and 2013.

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Hospice News

JUNE 8, 2022

As Addus HomeCare Corp (NASDAQ: ADUS) gears up for expansion, the company is focused on ensuring its workforce can absorb the growing capacity. . Addus has not been immune to the labor headwinds plaguing the industry. This includes shortages tied to the COVID-19 variant surge that persisted through the first half of the year, as well as rising inflation.

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Today's Caregiver

JUNE 8, 2022

Now that a summer is upon us where we feel at ease about traveling once again (except, of course, when standing at the gas pump), it is time to put on our deerstalker hat and reflectively puff on an empty Calabash pipe ala Sherlock Holmes.

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Healthy Workforce Institute

JUNE 8, 2022

With the Great Resignation still upon us, it’s easy to understand why healthcare organizations are making hiring and retaining their existing staff their number one priority, while culture is once again placed on the back burner. However, current studies show that culture is still the most important determinant of whether someone stays or leaves their organization.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 8, 2022

When they hear “ding, dong!” at their door, many of Nicole Bock’s patients are old enough that they might expect to see a cosmetic salesperson or vacuum huckster cooling her heels on their doorstep, but having a Nurse make house calls sounds like a blast from an even more distant past. In fact, while “working […].

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Palliverse

JUNE 8, 2022

Hi folks, I’ve been a bit quiet on Palliverse in recent weeks as I have been finishing off my book which I started in October last year. Some of the previous versions of some chapters had been published on Palliverse in the past. Available on Kindle now, Print version to follow soon. The Introduction and the first nine chapters can be read via Amazon’s Look Inside button on the above web-page.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 8, 2022

Hospice Audit Series. Audits are a fact of life for hospices—it’s not a matter of “if” a hospice will be audited, but “when.” The alphabet soup of audits has expanded, from UPICs to SMRCs, CPIs, TPEs and more. With the hospice carve-in to Medicare Advantage, MAO audits will join the list. The recent pause in audits as a result of the COVID pandemic hints at increased activity as the pandemic wanes.

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Hospice Promise

JUNE 8, 2022

Talking about death is a difficult conversation to have with your loved ones. Ana Rogers, one of our fantastic Social Workers, shares a few questions she likes to ask patients at the start of their end-of-life journey. These discussions are a great way to ensure our loved ones leave this earth feeling at peace and fulfilled. The post End of Life Questions to Ask – Part 1 appeared first on Hospice Promise.

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Nurse Nacole

JUNE 8, 2022

Category: Fundamentals Verapamil has a pronounced effect on cardiac conduction, reducing the rate of electrical conduction through the AV node. It also exerts negative inotropic and chronotropic effects, suppressing contractility and reducing heart rate.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

JUNE 8, 2022

The core of most hospice audits has been, and continues to be, whether the medical record supports the patient’s hospice eligibility. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske talks with Bryan Nowicki and Zaina Niles about strategies for showing how a medical record supports a patient’s six-month prognosis. The core of most hospice audits has been, and continues to be, whether the medical record supports the patient’s hospice eligibility.

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