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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. Another key to reducing adverse events is increasing education around medication management at the end of life, McPherson stated. Nearly half (45.7%) of these patients had more than one adverse drug event.

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

Hospice News

The observance is now recognized on the second Saturday of every October and features educational and fundraising events in nearly 70 countries. Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea.

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How Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Built an Award-Winning Palliative Program

Hospice News

A powerful theme to emerge from these conversations has been Black community members in particular underscoring the importance of having an advocate present in family meetings, Wu said. Now we’re trying to understand how to integrate that into our training and in our workflow so that we’re thinking about that,” he said. “Now

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The Future of Palliative Care: The AAHPM Next Gen Scholars for Equity in HPM Program

AAHPM (American Academy of Hospice and Palliative)

AAHPM will: Present an award to the scholar judged to have produced the most outstanding project Host quarterly Zoom meetings with all scholars and sponsors Provide organizational support and resources What’s Included? Scholar candidates from historically marginalized groups will be given priority for this program. Who Should Apply?

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APPM Paediatric Palliative Care Conference: Call for Abstracts

EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

More information: Events – APPM Study Day – The Association for Paediatric Palliative Medicine This year’s meeting will feature a poster session on the second day at which attendees can present their audits, research, or quality improvement projects. We welcome abstracts related to all aspects of care.

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Physician, Legislator Morhaim: Hospices Should Be Vocal About Advance Care Plans

Hospice News

This is by nature an unplanned event. Families are often unaware that they need to present the documents in order for health providers to honor them, or they forget to bring their paperwork in the heat of the moment. I think everybody in hospice and palliative care has to be really vocal about this. That’s hard to do.

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A Human Rights based approach to Palliative Care: Towards Solutions for Public Health Palliative Care

EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

The theme of the seminar ‘A Human Rights based approach to Palliative Care: Towards Solutions for Public Health Palliative Care’ is highly relevant as 2023 marks 75 years since the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed by the United Nationals General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948.