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Inside agilon health’s Palliative Care Game Plan

Hospice News

The senior care company agilon health (NYSE: AGL) will more than double the size of its palliative care program this year, with plans to leverage its robust suite of data to optimize care. We can bring powerful data and care pathways. But as agilon, we don’t provide the care ourselves.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary One marker of the distance we’ve traveled in palliative care is the blossoming evidence base for the field. They study palliative care. She’s pulmonary critical care and palliative medicine trained. These are big trials in palliative care. Kate: Thank you.

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In the Nick of Time: Advance Care Planning in the ICU

AJN Off the Charts

Marian Grant, palliative care NP. I’m a health policy consultant for national palliative care organizations and often advocate for advance care planning, a process that helps people with serious illness prepare for future decision-making. The NP was called to help assess the patient’s new-onset dizziness.

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Influence of Hospital Culture on Intensity of Care: Liz Dzeng

GeriPal

More recently Sharon Kaufman ‘s book And a Time to Die described the ways in which physicians, nurses, hospital systems, and payment mechanisms influenced the hour and manner of patient’s deaths. Eric and I are joined today on this podcast by Anne Kelly palliative care social worker to discuss these issues with Liz.