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Palliative Care as ‘Personalized Medicine’

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The term “personalized medicine” is often used to describe health needs based on a patient’s genetics. However, more stakeholders are applying the term to palliative care. Personalized medicine is a step away from a “one-size-fits-all” approach to health care. We can personalize people right down to their genome.

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Telemedicine Linked to Health Care Cost Savings, Improved Quality

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Clinicians in the health systems in the highest quartile of telemedicine use may have had limited capacity to provide additional visits,” researchers wrote. A major impediment to long-term coverage of telemedicine has been concerns that it will increase spending or hurt quality,” researchers stated. Researchers examined more than 5.5

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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In doing so, it seems to give the impression that pain seen in cancer is inherently different than pain seen in other conditions and that those with cancer may not have the same risk for opioid use disorder as compared to other conditions. Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose.

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Legacy Care Partners Acquires Superior Home Health, Hospice

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Financial terms were undisclosed. “This strategic acquisition positions us to broaden our impact in Texas, ensuring that more communities have access to the high-quality health care services they deserve.” Wisconsin-headquartered Legacy Care Partners Inc. has acquired Superior Home Health and Superior Hospice of Texas.

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Virtual Reality Palliative Care Improves Pain, Symptom Management Among Cancer Patients

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We found that VR-assisted relaxation outperforms traditional relaxation in terms of physical and psychological symptom management in palliative care,” Woo told Palliative Care News in an email. The VR study’s results were recently unveiled in the Frontiers Medical Technology journal.

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‘Adaptability’ Hospices’ Anchor Amid Regulatory Headwinds

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The reality is more is going to come, the government will ‘use a cannon to kill a mosquito.’ We started identifying and naming the areas we thought we could be vulnerable in terms of compliance or some of the regulatory shifts related to quality,” Dresang said during the webinar. “We It’s not a static issue. There’s a different way.

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Patients, Providers Embrace Integrative Palliative Care

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Patients and family members hear about all these, what used to be called alternative therapies or complementary therapies, and say, ‘come on, can we get some massage from my mother, or can we get acupuncture? Bell said she is among a scarce handful of providers using the integrative model. Would that help my loved one?’