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Unique Aspects of Palliative Care Recruitment

Hospice News

Palliative care clinical recruitment involves some unique elements compared to other health care settings. Among the challenges is a general lack of awareness of palliative care and its distinctions from hospice among the public, clinicians in other settings and payers. Palliative care is relatively a new field.

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Fostering Palliative Care-Pain Medicine Specialist Coordination

Hospice News

Collaborations between palliative care specialists and pain medicine physicians can help optimize care for seriously ill patients, new research has found. Chronic pain can be debilitating and often accompanies serious conditions that can warrant palliative care, such as cancer. to 7.8%, according to the U.S.

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Why Palliative Care Providers Are Adopting the GUIDE Model

Hospice News

Bethany Snider of Pallitus Health Partners and Hosparus Health, the GUIDE model addresses something that was missing in dementia care both in the health care continuum and across the country: high quality, interdisciplinary palliative care which can be provided at home. “We

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Startup Tuesday Health Unveils Palliative Care Partnership with CareSource

Hospice News

Palliative care provider Tuesday Health has penned an agreement with the Medicare Advantage organization CareSource to offer services to its beneficiaries. Tuesday Health’s supportive care services operate on hybrid in-person and virtual models, according to Dr. Mihir Kamdar, head of care delivery of Tuesday Health.

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Garnet Health Shutters Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

New York state-based Garnet Health has announced a restructuring plan that spells the demise of its inpatient palliative care services. In addition to ending palliative care, Garnet is transferring physicians from its outpatient services business to its infectious disease practice. This is estimated to save Garnett $4.6

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AHA Research: Heart Disease Patients Need More Palliative Care

Hospice News

Multidisciplinary palliative care offers clear benefits to patients with cardiovascular disease. Di Palo, senior director of Transitional Care Excellence at Montefiore Medical Center, in a press release. Involving palliative care clinicians in medication management for heart disease patients benefits patients.

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Congress Earmarks $12.5 Million for Palliative Care Research

Hospice News

Federal lawmakers recently allocated millions of dollars to fuel palliative care research efforts. The move is anticipated to expand palliative education and career development opportunities as demand rises in coming years. Sean Morrison, director at the National Palliative Care Research Center (NPCRC).