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Oncologists: Palliative Care Plays ‘Critical Role’ in Improving Quality, Health Equity

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Interdisciplinary palliative care delivery can help to improve quality and health disparities among underserved cancer patient populations, according to oncology specialists. Barrett is also the associate director of community outreach and engagement at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptists Office of Cancer Health Equity. Theres a huge gap there.

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Palliative Care Could See ‘Enormous Growth’ in Hospice M&A Landscape

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Hospices that have palliative care service lines may be better poised for growth in the merger and acquisition landscape compared to others. But the ability to demonstrate sustainability and scalability of these services will be crucial to manifesting a return on investment. Thats dramatically different than even five years ago.

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Defining Palliative Care Quality in Murky Regulatory Waters

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Calls are growing louder for a federally established set of standardized palliative guidelines. Capturing real-time quality data is an important part of effectively managing patients symptoms and needs, according to Dr. Monisha Pujari, medical director of Georgia-based Longleaf Hospice & Palliative Care.

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Advocacy Program Pushes for Improved Pediatric Hospice, Respite, Palliative Care

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Serious and terminally ill children and their families often have limited options when it comes to pediatric hospice, respite and palliative care. A national public awareness program is seeking to change this trend. The campaign has since grown to include 40 palliative and hospice programs across 27 states. The third area is community building.

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5 ‘Hidden Gem’ Palliative Care News Stories in 2024

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Palliative care providers have explored diverse routes to improve quality and access to their services in 2024. Below are five under-the-radar stories that, while important, didnt make our most read this year. SMI patients with serious physical illnesses often have less access to appropriate medical care and mental health services.

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Value-Based Research Has ‘Dramatic Impact’ in Palliative Services

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Sometimes I think we tend to focus on outcomes that are more narrow in definition or more aligned with traditional definitions of health, like the absence of physical disease, when in reality theres so much more to the context in which the patient exists.

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The Most Significant Palliative Care Research Trends in 2024

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Palliative care has been at the forefront of several research efforts in 2024, with findings increasingly pointing to the value proposition of these services when it comes to cost savings and quality. Were living in a world of data analytics and artificial intelligence [that] is growing daily, Fleece told Palliative Care News during the webinar.