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Preventing Adverse Drug Events in Hospice Care

Hospice News

Documentation errors and a fragmented health system pose the greatest risks for adverse drug events among hospices. Another key to reducing adverse events is increasing education around medication management at the end of life, McPherson stated. Nearly half (45.7%) of these patients had more than one adverse drug event.

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How Trained CPR Coaches Are Transforming Pediatric ICU Response Teams

Daily Nurse

Taking CPR to the Next Level in the PICU The CPR coach is at the heart of this innovation: a trained team member who provides real-time, verbal feedback on chest compression quality during cardiac arrest events. “We took it one step further by studying their impact during real compression events.

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Better Outcomes 2019: Highlights from our biggest conference yet!

AlayaCare

Just as the home care industry grows – and AlayaCare itself grows to now more than 200 employees – so too does our signature annual event: Better Outcomes. On behalf of everyone at AlayaCare, thank you for making Better Outcomes 2019 a huge success. The post Better Outcomes 2019: Highlights from our biggest conference yet!

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How Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Built an Award-Winning Palliative Program

Hospice News

In 2019, leaders set up a collaborative with researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and the Bloomberg School of Public Health to diversify patient-care perspectives. To help combat the issue of burnout, Wu and his team met with a facilitator in 2019 and co-designed a wellness program called Thrive by Design.

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Hospice of the Chesapeake Achieves 145% Census Growth Since 2020 Charles County Acquisition

Hospice News

The hospice recently updated local communities on its progress at a local event hosted by Mac Middleton, a former state senator from Charles County. Discussions of a possible acquisition began late in 2019 when the organizations were considering the launch of a joint palliative/supportive care program.

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Hospices Hone In On Improving Board Engagement

Hospice News

To develop an engaged board that adds value to an organization, hospices are taking governance activity beyond the standard, periodic meetings and fundraising events. California-based consulting firm Integriti3D in 2019 launched its Hospice Governance Academy, a program designed to help providers improve board operations.

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Health Care Orgs Face Liability If End-of-Life Wishes Not Upheld

Hospice News

For example, if a patient who decided to forgo life-extending treatment or resuscitation due to terminal cancer is brought to the emergency department for a different reason, like a cardiac event, staff may assume that their documented wishes do not apply in this other circumstance, Pope told Hospice News.