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Awareness, Education Keys to Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

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The third is moving away from a very medicalized approach and focusing on what conversations help us get informed on trauma in the past and present.” The impacts of trauma and abuse are important to include in staff training and education, as well as patient care delivery approaches and employee policies, Fisher stated.

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Why Practitioners Need to be More Informed About Infantile Spasms

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Healthcare workers need to be informed on how to recognize the symptoms of infantile spasms and the necessary workup and treatment after an initial diagnosis. Staying Educated and Informed All healthcare workers are required to complete continuing medical education regularly.

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Compassionate Care: 4 Ways Nurses Can Improve Patient Care

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Compassion is more than being kind to patients or checking in regularly with folks with acute illnesses. Genuine compassion requires forward-thinking and careful planning. However, pursuing specialized credentials and further education is an excellent way for healthcare professionals to improve patient care quality.

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Growing Neuropalliative Care: Overcoming Barriers to Scale

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“We had family care partner representatives who told us their stories and why it’s important to include them in our research. We were able to fund 13 junior investigators to come to Denver to present research into neuropalliative care.” To increase the number of specialists in the field, Daly said.

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NHPCO: Proposed 2.8% Hospice Payment Hike Insufficient 

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is insufficient to support hospice patientscare needs, a major industry group said. The proposed rule would require physicians to be enrolled in Medicare to certify and recertify patients for hospice care,” the organization indicated. “ In addition to a 2.8%

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Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC

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** Claim your CME credit for EP308 “Palliative Care Nursing: Podcast with Betty Ferrell about ELNEC” [link] Note : If you have not already registered for the annual CME subscription ( cost is $100 for a year’s worth of CME podcasts ), you can register here [link] For more info on the CME credit, go to [link] Disclosures: Moderators Drs.

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How the 4 Largest Hospice Industry Groups Work Together to Support Program Integrity

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The four largest hospice industry organizations have been working to present a united front to address widespread program integrity issues. A large contingent of these companies were established with the purpose of selling the license at a profit, with little concern for patient care. We all want to be involved.

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