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Specialized Palliative Pharmacists Have Key Role in Interdisciplinary Teams

Hospice News

Earlier research , published in 2011, indicated that recommendations from palliative pharmacists were widely accepted by clinical teams and improved patient outcomes at a higher rate than generalists. Integrating pharmacists who specialize in palliative care can improve the quality of cancer care, research has found.

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How Palliative Care Could Help Break the SNF-to-Hospital Cycle

Hospice News

Additionally, among beneficiaries who died between 2006 and 2011, one in eight toggled between a hospital and an SNF during their final year of life, the study found. These results appeared in a 2019 New England Journal of Medicine study titled “Rehabbed to Death.”

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Partners In Care, Summit Health Join Forces on Palliative Care

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Hagfors previously served as CEO of the Bend Memorial Clinic – now known as Summit Health – from 2011 to 2016. Partners In Care has formed a strategic partnership with the primary and urgent care provider Summit Health aimed at increasing access to palliative care in Central Oregon.

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Global Partners in Care Program Fosters International Collaboration on Palliative Care

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The Indiana-based palliative care provider Center for Hospice Care (CHC) is looking beyond its immediate community and has developed networks that impact palliative care on a global scale. Historic run Getting the Global Partners in Care program to this level has been quite the journey for CHC. So, these U.S.

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NorthShore–Edward-Elmhurst Health Expands Partnership with Residential Home Health and Hospice

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As early as 2011, more than 90% of U.S. But now, Residential Hospice will act as a preferred provider of hospice services at the health system, NorthShore indicated in a press release. By 2050, adults 65 and older in the United States will comprise an estimated 88 million, representing 22.1%

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Angela Hospice’s New Inpatient Facility; Hosparus Opens PACE Center

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Constructed in 2006 as the Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia, the facility was renovated after its closure in 2011. To be able to support even more people going through one of life’s most difficult times will be so meaningful for our team, and we hope, the community too.” has opened a new inpatient center in Illinois.

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Palliative Care in A Conflict Zone: Help Us Support Our Hospice and Palliative Care Colleagues in Ukraine

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The All-Ukrainian Associate of Palliative and Hospice Care was founded in 2011 and is currently working to provide support and direct supplies to hospices and palliative care wards in the country. Families are unable to visit their loved ones and patients suffer from limited access to care and medications.