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Enhabit Appoints General Counsel; The Denver Hospice Gets New Medical Director

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The Denver Hospice Appoints New Medical Director. The Denver Hospice recently tapped Dr. Robert Howe as its new medical director following the retirement of Dr. Shirlee Turner after 11 years of service at the company. Hiranandani earned his medical degree from St.

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Stillwater Hospice CFO: A Winning Recipe for Improving Rural Hospice Care

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For example, we try to buy vehicles for our nurses, home health aides, social workers and chaplains. Allowing social workers and chaplains to do check in with telehealth, that would allow for more mid-level association with patients beyond the physicians involved in their care. That saves us a little bit versus paying for mileage.

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How Northeast Georgia Medical Center Rebuilt Its Community-Based Palliative Program

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Dr. Leena Dutta, medical director of hospice and in-home palliative care for the center, joined the program in May, 2022 and oversaw the initiative. Patients can also access chaplain services and complementary therapies such as massage, among others, Dutta said. That’s when we started to revamp the program.

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Adventist Health Expands Hospice Footprint, Services in California

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The program now is staffed by one full-time and one part-time hospice nurse, as well as a chaplain, home health aides, and a medical social worker. Hospice utilization reached 46.1% in California during 2018, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO). “It

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More Medical Schools Investing in Palliative Care Education

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The interdisciplinary program is open to all New Mexico primary care and specialty care providers, chaplains, social workers, and virtually “anyone involved in palliative and end-of-life care,” said university representatives. Piromalli is also co-medical director of Project ECHO.

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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

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Gross is also a medical director at ANX Hospice Care. These are usually chaplains or social workers providing bereavement services, and some hospices also have clinical psychologists or therapists as part of that team. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.

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Providers Leverage Efficiency to Boost Palliative Care ROI

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Over time, Unity’s palliative care team began serving more patients in their homes, including those with other diagnoses such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder or advanced dementia, according to Medical Director Dr. Amy James.