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How April Anthony, Investors Built New Home Health and Hospice Company VitalCaring

Hospice News

He joined the company as a financial analyst in 2004 and was president of its home-based care segment by the time he left the company in August of 2021. We’ll definitely see expansion. James is also a veteran of Encompass Health, where he worked for more than 17 years. Palliative care is a great example.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

Hospice News

providers In 2004, FHSSA came under the auspices of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), and it successfully facilitated partnerships across many states and countries in sub-Saharan Africa for 10 years.

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Happy Canada Day to Our Home Healthcare Community!

AlayaCare

This group helped identify the need to compare definitions and data, to share outcomes and best practices, and to implant home care into the broader continuum of care. In 2004, the Health Council of Canada begins to focus on public reporting on health status and health outcomes, including home care. A working group on home care forms.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest by Physicians Creating the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines: An Epilogue

Pallimed

Dr. Kollas provided testimony at a 2004 Congressional Hearing on OxyContin. Complex Persistent Opioid Dependence with Long-term Opioids: aGray Area That Needs Definition, Better Understanding, Treatment Guidance, and Policy Changes. 2019 Dec;160(12):2655-2660. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001680. 0000000000001680. PMID: 31408053.

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The Key to Living a Long and Happy Life

Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

Psychiatrist George Vaillant who spearheaded the study between 1972 – 2004, shared in his book “Aging Well: Surprising Guideposts to a Happier Life from the Landmark Harvard Study of Adult Development,” the contributing factors that forecast healthy aging: The absence of smoking and alcohol abuse. Loneliness kills.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

She was actually the one who wrote the 2001 or 2004 ACP article, which also there was a series of articles lamenting there won’t be enough geriatricians. I definitely do. ” But then Rebecca, I think it’s Ellen, I may not be pronouncing that name right. How do we train primary care doctors to do geriatrics?

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Sleep deprivation and its relationship with the development of postpartum psychosis

Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

Despite being a credible hypothesis, the limited availability of contemporary research on this subject matter presents challenges in determining whether a history of sleep loss is a clinically meaningful predictor of developing postpartum psychosis and highlights the need for further research before reaching definitive conclusions.

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