Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

A group of seven nonprofit hospices has launched a palliative care organization branded as Integrity Care Partners. The founding organizations are each members of the Texas Nonprofit Hospice Alliance, a regional collaborative of which Integrity Care Partners is an extension. The partnerships’ seven initial members include Community Healthcare of Texas, Hospice Austin, Home Hospice of Grayson County, the Hospice of East Texas, Hospice of El Paso, Hospice in the Pines and Hospice of Wichita Falls.

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Together for Short Lives

MARCH 22, 2024

A new report from Together for Short Lives, the UK’s children’s palliative care charity, shows that in many places across the UK, families caring for seriously ill child cannot access the palliative and end of life care they need: Only a third of local areas in England are meeting the required standard for 24/7 end […] The post Seriously ill children not getting right care at the end of their life, new research finds appeared first on Together for Short Lives.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

Having an adaptable approach to compliance is key in an evolving hospice regulatory environment. The regulatory climate has seen an array of changes aimed at curbing fraud in the industry and improving quality. Heightening oversight has focused on hospice program integrity efforts, as well as increased auditing activity , changes in rules for hospice sales and financial penalties tied to quality reporting measures.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

MARCH 22, 2024

This week’s blog is part of the ‘Early Career Researchers'(ECRs) theme. Dr Gearóid Brennan is the Lead Psychiatric Liaison Nurse at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He is an early career researcher, having achieved his PhD in 2021. Gearóid reflects on his journey of being an ECR while maintaining a clinical career and offers some tips to others. It might be because I was a big fan of Barbie the movie, or that I find Billie Eilish’s talented voice piercingly haunting.

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Let's discuss the trusty pager—an old favorite that’s losing its shine in hospitals and clinics. While once a staple in hospitals and clinics, pagers now present significant limitations that hinder rather than facilitate communication among healthcare professionals. Healthcare professionals are constantly on the move, and they need communication tools that can keep up with their fast-paced lives.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

Hospice providers need to evolve with their changing patient populations and the larger health care system, according to Greg Hagfors, CEO of Partners In Care. The Oregon-based hospice, palliative care and home health provider recently celebrated the 45th anniversary of its founding, which preceded the establishment of the Medicare Hospice Benefit. A group of volunteers had brought the hospice concept from the United Kingdom to Oregon, according to Hagfors.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 22, 2024

Are you the tech-savvy nurse on the unit? Do your colleagues seek you out with questions about the quirks of your electronic health record (EHR)? If so, consider turning that know-how into a career in nursing informatics. Leveraging Bedside Experience Nursing informatics reads a definition from the ANA’s Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition , “ is the specialty that transforms data into needed information and leverages technologies to improve health and health

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Palliverse

MARCH 22, 2024

Photo by Edu Lauton on Unsplash Our patient was reviewed by the surgeon in our inpatient unit. It was kind of the doctor to see him at our hospice. Our patient and his wife were able to discuss everything with the surgeon and he left them to think about the proposed operation. They talked about this with a number of our staff and then discussed it with me.

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Comfort Home Care

MARCH 22, 2024

As our loved ones age, the question of how best to support their needs becomes increasingly important. Since most Rockville, MD, seniors prefer to age in place, companion care has never been more in demand. Companion in-home care provides non-medical support and companionship, helping seniors maintain a high quality of life. But how do you know when it’s the right time to consider companion senior care?

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Nurse Nacole

MARCH 22, 2024

Category: Fundamentals The excitation for cardiac contraction typically originates in the SA node, the intrinsic pacemaker of the heart. The pacemaker impulse traverses across and depolarizes the atria, which causes atrial contraction or systole.

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Changing Lives Podcast

MARCH 22, 2024

This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: 2024-03-25 – HQ Board Meeting appeared first on Hospice Quinte.

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