AlayaCare

MARCH 18, 2020

AlayaCare announced today that it has released a COVID-19 screener as part of its home care mobile platform. In following government and health officials’ recommendation to keep individuals healthy and safe in their home, the application gives front-line workers an electronic tool that they can use to assess risk before they provide home and community-based services to elderly and patients who are most vulnerable.

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Hope Hospice

MARCH 19, 2020

Hope Hospice is publishing a five-part monthly series about common family caregiver mistakes. Following is Part 1: Not Planning in Advance. This series is written by Debbie Emerson , MS, Hope Hospice Community Health Educator. An Introduction to the Family Caregiver Mistakes Blog Series. One of the most challenging tasks a family member will face is becoming a caregiver to an aging or chronically ill loved one.

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Hospice Law Blog

MARCH 18, 2020

Our healthcare system is in just the initial stages of the Coronavirus19 crisis. Hospices have a role to play. Let’s keep it short. Here is what we need to do: Telehealth. Many hospices report that nursing homes and assisted living facilities are on infection lockdown (perhaps rightly so) and will not admit hospice staff to see patients. And hospice staff, like all other healthcare professionals, should not be spreading the virus by unnecessary in person visits.

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Healthcare Law Insights podcast

MARCH 19, 2020

These are extraordinary times. COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, has disrupted the life of every American and every business. Hospices are no exception. In fact, they are on the frontlines, responsible for providing care to the elderly, a population extremely susceptible to COVID-19. The Husch Blackwell Hospice Team is fundamentally a group of problem solvers, who are here with and for you during these trying times, to provide support, guidance, ideas and strategies in the face of this unprece

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AlayaCare

MARCH 15, 2020

Today, nearly every industry is undergoing an evolution centered around data. In health care, it has long been discussed but only in recent years has true momentum built around how providers can glean the true value, the potential, that lays in da ta science. Many new startups claim they can help your organization reap that value – be it via shiny new business intelligence platforms, analytics engines, or artificial intelligence.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

MARCH 17, 2020

This episode features Emel Yorganci (Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, London, UK). Usual care provided to patients is rarely described in detail in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of a complex intervention in palliative care. To interpret the effectiveness of interventions tested within RCTs, the care provided in the comparison arm must be described.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

MARCH 16, 2020

This episode features Dr Catriona Mayland (University of Sheffield, UK). Few large studies describe initial disease trajectories and subsequent mortality in people with head and neck cancer. This is a necessary first step to identify the need for palliative care and associated services. This prospective cohort study recruited 5402 people with a new diagnosis of head and neck cancer from 76 UK cancer centres over 3 years.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

MARCH 16, 2020

This episode features Kim de Nooijer and Sophie van Dongen (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands). Self-management has predominantly been studied in the context of chronic diseases, where it has been defined as ‘the ability to manage the symptoms, treatment, physical and psychosocial consequences, and lifestyle changes inherent in living with the condition’.

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