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Top 5 Reasons Why Home Care Agencies Must Achieve Interoperability

AlayaCare

The need for electronic health record ( EHR ) interoperability within healthcare has been an accelerating area of focus for some time. The full spectrum of a client’s care team working in tandem generates better outcomes – and such visibility can only be achieved when all providers share the same real-time information about a cl ient’s status and needs.

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Hospice Care During COVID-19

Three Oaks Hospice

Hospice care during the COVID-19 pandemic is a tremendous support to families and patients. Following established safety and hygiene protocols helps keep everyone safe. It's possible to blend compassionate care with safe practices, and many terminally ill patients prefer being at home with loved ones instead of in a hospital setting.

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Confronting Stigma From Opioid Use Disorder in Cancer Care

Pallimed

by Fitzgerald Jones, Ho, Sager, Rosielle and Merlin Have you ever been so distressed by a perspective piece that it kept you up at night? The type of rumination that fills you with so much angst that you have no choice but to act. This is exactly how we felt when we read the AAHPM Quarterly Winter 2020 Let’s Think About It Again. 1 (member paywall) The column, which is structured as a sort of written debate in which two authors argue a clinical question, describes a case of a 45-year-old man wit

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Episode 31: Facing Our Fear of Death

Living With Hospice

Death is something that we all, sooner or later, have to face - especially when we or a loved one are on an end of life journey. To some extent, we are all scared of death – whether it be the thought of our own death or the fear that someone we love might pass away. But how do we respond to this fear of the inevitable? Why are some of us more afraid than others?

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The Ultimate Guide to Improving Caregiver Engagement & Retention

Want to learn how to retain your caregivers & improve caregiver retention X3? The home care industry is experiencing turnover rates of over 80%. How are you ensuring your agency is retaining caregivers? This FREE eBook from Smartcare Software is packed with industry secrets needed to keep your caregivers happy, engaged, and retained, unlocking the full potential of your agency.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Home Care Agencies Must Achieve Interoperability

AlayaCare

The need for electronic health record ( EHR ) interoperability within healthcare has been an accelerating area of focus for some time. The full spectrum of a client’s care team working in tandem generates better outcomes – and such visibility can only be achieved when all providers share the same real-time information about a cl ient’s status and needs.

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COVID-19 Hospice How-To Series: The Latest on Using and Reporting Your Provider Relief Funds

Healthcare Law Insights podcast

The “rules of the road” for Provider Relief Funds continue to evolve. Recent actions by Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provide further clarification in key areas that are helpful to hospices. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Meg Pekarske and Andrew Brenton analyze the latest developments and share insights on calculating lost revenue and preparing for compliance reporting when it arrives.

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“Hanging in a balance”: A qualitative study exploring clinicians’ experiences of providing care at the end of life in the burn unit

SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

This episode features Jonathan Bayuo (Presbyterian University College, Abetifi, Eastern, Ghana and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong). The immediacy of death in the burn unit is usually in the order of hours or days requiring the timely application of palliative care. Although the culture of burns/ critical care units is evolving the support the integration of palliative care, several barriers such as prognostication and lack of guidelines exist.