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Dr. Andrew Mayo: Hospice Leaders Face ‘Delicate Balance’ in Today’s Regulatory, Workforce Climate

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Today’s hospice leaders need to take a wide view into the range of challenges facing their interdisciplinary care teams, according to Dr. Andrew Mayo, chief medical officer at St. Croix Hospice in 2014 as an associate medical director. Croix Hospice. Mayo joined St. Paul, Minnesota and going on to practice in St.

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2 Innovative Drivers ‘Reimaging’ Hospice Care

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Virtual care delivery processes are playing a key role in hospices’ ability to support both patients and staff as end-of-life care expands further upstream. End-of-life care truly needs to be reimagined,” Hamilton Fried told Hospice News at the ELEVATE conference in Chicago. “We

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New Executives Tapped At Hospice Organizations Across Country

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During his tenure, he has helped to develop and oversee the launch of the NPHI Innovation Lab, which focuses on designing systematic approaches to improve advanced illness care by examining trends in population health, claims analytics and practice optimization. 3HC Announces New CEO 3HC Home Health & Hospice Care Inc.

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Study: Asian Americans Most Open to Receive Emotional Support Near End of Life, Less Likely to Have Advance Care Plan

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Views on pain and discomfort at the end of life can differ among various demographics. Understanding these perspectives can drive conversations about management of these symptoms, according to VITAS Medical Director Robert Nguyen, who worked on the study.

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How Hospices Are Innovating Clinical Onboarding

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Onboarding processes have an important role in preparing hospice clinicians for the nuances of providing end-of-life care. For example, some clinicians may lack the communication skills needed to discuss goals of care at the end of life, she said. There’s no one special sauce in what we’re doing.

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High Peaks Hospice celebrates National Doctors Day with a Spotlight on our Medical Director

High Peaks Hospice

High Peaks Hospice would like to honor our Medical Director, Dr. Curt Gedney for National Doctors Day by sharing information about him with the team. He fulfilled his commitment plus more by working six years full-time in family medicine and adding on working part-time as a hospice Medical Director.

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Non-Clinical Staff Shortages Cause Hospices ‘Sleepless Nights’

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Widespread workforce shortages of hospice and palliative care providers are expected to worsen during the next 25 years. Recent research has indicated that supply of trained clinicians will be outpaced by demand for serious illness and end-of-life care as the country’s aging population swells.

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