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Sangre de Cristo Taps New CEO, YoloCares Names Palliative Care Director

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New CEO Takes Reigns at Sangre de Cristo Community Care Colorado-based Sangre de Cristo Community Care named Melinda Egging as its new CEO. Egging will oversee operations of the hospice, home health and palliative care organization. This marks her return to the organization.

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From Sea to Shining Sea: State Palliative Care Laws Yield Mixed Results

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Stretching back more than a decade, a rising number of states have passed laws designed to raise awareness of hospice and palliative care, but to date, few if any have achieved measurable results. Palliative care does that. Five flavors of palliative care laws. The reasons for this run the gamut.

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Phoenix Children’s Pediatric Palliative Care Training Works to Bridge Access, Staffing Gaps

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Arizona-based Phoenix Children’s Hospital has developed a pediatric hospice and palliative care fellowship program that is positively impacting access to these services. Communication skills are among the most significant components of shaping a sustainable pediatric palliative care workforce, Shaw said. “A

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Phoenix Children’s Palliative Chief: Shift the Culture in Health Care

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Shaw rose to lead the Phoenix, Arizona-based hospital’s palliative care program in early October. For Shaw, the new position is familiar: She has been instrumental in building the hospital’s childhood palliative care program for the past 20 years. And that’s really palliative care.”

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Care Synergy Becomes National Center for Johns Hopkins’ CAPABLE Program

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The hospice, palliative care, and home health network Care Synergy has become the national center for the Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) program, developed by Johns Hopkins University. With this new agreement, Care Synergy will be taking over those management functions. “We

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CommuniCare Health Services Acquires Transitional Care Company Stonerise

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Stonerise provides hospice, home health, transitional and skilled nursing care, and therapy services to more than 2,000 patients across West Virginia and Southeast Ohio. The company was established in 2009. in 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.

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Hospices Leverage Technology to Improve Patient, Employee Satisfaction, Reduce Turnover 

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This can put a strain on employee’s home life, which can cause them to leave their jobs, Shelley Henry, president of The Amity Group said in a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Annual Leadership Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas. “We

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