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Stamford Health Reinstates Palliative Care Program

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“Our expert palliative care providers create a layer of support to improve quality of life and help patients manage all facets of living with a serious illness,” Dr. Sherry Ng, medical director of palliative care at Stamford Health, said in a statement. Hospices provide most of the remaining 50%.

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Hospice as ‘Personalized Medicine’

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However, the concept of personalized medicine, also known as precision medicine, can extend beyond the realm of genetics, according to Dr. Howard McCleod, medical director for precision medicine and professor of medicine and biology at Utah Tech University. I take it beyond genetics. Between 2012 and 2019, only 6.8%

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PC for People Experiencing Homelessness: Naheed Dosani

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link] Toronto Star Feature [link] CityNews Toronto Feature [link] Psychosocial Interventions at PEACH In addition to medical care, PEACH also runs two key psychosocial interventions for our clients: PEACH Grief Circles Structured spaces for workers in the homelessness sector to process grief. See if you can pick out the moment. Homelessness?

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Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

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She covers topics on death, dying, and hospice from a hospice nurse perspective, and she also has a book coming out called “ Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully ,” which is now available for pre-order. He’s a palliative care doctor and he is Medical Director of Palliative Care at Ascension Illinois Palliative Care.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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So if it’s an absolutely emergency, you got a physician in the med, you know, the health center medical director, if it’s urgent, like in this particular case, we get the ethics committee involved. Tim 01:40 Wonderful to be here. Thanks for having me. Joe, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Joe 01:54 Thanks so much.

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

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Guidry also recently published a book to help guide doctors who are considering a career in hospice and palliative care called “Dr. Mourning Dove Medical Mourning Dove Medical Mourning Dove Medical CEO Dr. Kaishauna Guidry What drew you to the hospice and palliative care field? G’s H.O.S.P.I.C.E

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Palliative Care Conference: A Discussion with nVoq

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This article is based on a Q&A session with Jason Banks, Senior Director of Post Acute Sales at nVoq, during the Hospice News Palliative Care Conference. The Q&A took place on April 27, 2022. The discussion has been edited for length and clarity. Banks: I ran a hospice and palliative care. We had two palliative care clinics.