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VITAS Appoints Three New Executives; Chemed CFO to Retire

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VITAS Healthcare, a subsidiary of of Chemed Corp. Chemed’s board named Williams the parent company’s vice president and CFO in March 2004. NYSE: CHE), has brought up from its ranks three new executive leaders. Meanwhile, its parent company Chemed has named a new CFO.

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Breast Cancer Patients Often Lack Access to Palliative Care

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Non-Hispanic Black, Latino, American Indian and Asian or Pacific Islander patients with metastatic breast cancer were less likely to receive this care than white patients from 2004 to 2020, the study found. Additionally, palliative care utilization can reduce family caregiver burnout and burden. “It’s

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Trinity Health at Home Acquires Above & Beyond Home Health Care and Hospice

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Above & Beyond has provided home health and hospice care across eastern Iowa since 2004. For example, HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) plans to aggressively grow its home health and hospice business following its 2021 acquisition of an 80% stake in Brookdale Senior Living for $400 million.

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

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Just six years later, she became owner and CEO of Liberty Healthcare Services. 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. Anthony has come a long way since entering the space in 1992.

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Happy Canada Day to Our Home Healthcare Community!

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In 2004, the Health Council of Canada begins to focus on public reporting on health status and health outcomes, including home care. In 2004, Canada’s first ministers agreed to provide first-dollar (100%) coverage for specific home care services. The post Happy Canada Day to Our Home Healthcare Community!

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Agape Care’s New M&A VP, New CEO Takes Helm at Community Hospice

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Ferguson has held corporate and strategic development roles in a number of health care organizations since 2004, including his most recent position as vice president of business development at Guardian Pharmacy. Mission Healthcare Make Clinical Leadership Moves. He also served as director at CHMG Capital, LLC.

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Developing cultural humility in CYP nurses through decolonisation of the curriculum

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This can be accomplished through family-centred care (Department of Health, 2004), an initiative originally focused on children and young people’s nursing that emphasises building partnerships with patients and their families. Department of Health (2004) National Service Framework: Children, Young People and Maternity Services.

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