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Preventing Adverse Drug Events in Hospice Care

Hospice News

Documentation errors and a fragmented health system pose the greatest risks for adverse drug events among hospices. McPherson also serves on the board of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM). Nearly half (45.7%) of these patients had more than one adverse drug event. About 81.5%

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Trustbridge Physician: U.S. Underprepared for More Pandemic-Scale Events

Hospice News

In addition to caring for terminally ill patients on a daily basis, hospice and palliative care physician Dr. Jay Peitzer of Trustbridge Hospice Care is the chief medical officer on a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) for the U.S. What drew you to hospice and palliative care? I think there are.

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How Former President Carter Helped Shape Hospice Care

Hospice News

As Jimmy Carter marks his sixth month in hospice care, the provider community is raising awareness by saluting the former president. The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) convened a group of hospice leaders at Times Square in New York City to commemorate Carter’s hospice experience.

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HAP Foundation, NORC: Structural Racism Impedes Access to Hospice, Palliative Care

Hospice News

.” For the study, researchers conducted interviews and focus groups with Black Americans 18 and older who suffer from a serious illness and their caregivers, producing a number of key findings: Knowledge of palliative and hospice care varied among participants. Access to hospice and palliative care is perceived as lacking.

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Health Systems Leverage Philanthropy to Grow Hospice, Palliative Services

Hospice News

Bereavement programs are another area of hospice care that require ample funding to sustain, according to Melissa Ward, post-acute care executive at Adventist Health, and its Chief Mission and Philanthropy Officer Alex Bryan. Many of its palliative patients transition to hospice care when appropriate, they stated.

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New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs

NHPCO

For Immediate Release March 22, 2023 New Research Shows Hospice Care Reduces Medicare Costs Hospice Care Contributed to $3.5 billion less than it would have been had they not received hospice care. In the last year of life, the total costs of care to Medicare for beneficiaries who used hospice was 3.1

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Many Hospices Need to Step Up Disaster Planning

Hospice News

Many hospices may be unprepared to cope with a large-scale disaster or a future pandemic. Operators need to be prepared to deliver care and support their communities’ responses to catastrophic events. They were at best insufficiently supportive and at worst partially obstructive to provision of hospice care in disasters.”

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