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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

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8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea. Globally, the need for hospice and palliative care has been growing faster than people can access them. This was the impetus behind the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA), which emerged from an Oct. Case in point, as many as 71% of the U.S.

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State Palliative Care Laws Impact Where Patients Die

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The cohort study analyzed site-of-death data from 2005 through 2017, including more than 7.5 The cohort study analyzed site-of-death data from 2005 through 2017, including more than 7.5 Recent research has found that varying state laws around palliative care can impact cancer patients’ place of death.

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New Executives Take the Helm at AccentCare, Blue Ridge, Androscoggin, Good Samaritan

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Natarajan’s role expanded after previously serving as the post-acute company’s chief medical officer for hospice since 2005. Balu Natarajan has become AccentCare’s new executive vice president and chief medical officer. Prior to joining AccentCare, Natarajan founded Chicago Primary Care Sports Medicine.

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Community Collaborates to Support Reopening of Allina Health’s Hospice House

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Minneapolis-based Allina Health built the Homestead Hospice House in 2005, which served both Owatonna and Steele county communities in the state before recently shuttering. Communities in southern Minnesota are working to help Allina Health find a sustainable path forward following the recent closure of its inpatient hospice facility.

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Hospice in a Hurricane: How Empath Health Responded to Back-to-Back Disasters

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mainland since Katrina in 2005. Hospice providers in the southeastern United States are reeling from the impacts of two massive hurricanes that have occurred during the past two weeks. The first, Hurricane Helene, was the deadliest storm to hit the U.S. The death toll as of Oct. 25 reached 225, the Associated Press reported.

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Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry: Physicians Need a Framework for Understanding Hospice

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That was in 2005. The mobile practice is focused on caring for patients who have been discharged alive from hospice until they once again are deemed eligible. Guidry also recently published a book to help guide doctors who are considering a career in hospice and palliative care called “Dr. G’s H.O.S.P.I.C.E G at the Heart of Healthcare.”

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Celebrating Hospice and Palliative Medicine as the Fifth Largest Medical Subspecialty

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Additionally, we are still quite a young specialty, with the birth of HPM as an official specialty being announced in 2005 , and getting started in 2008. by Christian Sinclair ( @ctsinclair ) We have entered a new age! Spread the word! Hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) is the fifth largest medical subspecialty!

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