Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Research by VNS Health has found that generative AI systems can help clinicians better assess and predict patients’ palliative care needs. The nonprofit recently conducted a case study of three individuals in which staff evaluated methods for using AI to generate a clinical decision support tool. The AI system, an open-source large language model, translated diagnostic and billing codes into a narrative format to identify patients’ needs.

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Traditions Health

AUGUST 5, 2024

Franklin, TN – Traditions Health is excited to announce the addition of Tom Moreland as senior vice president of hospice operations. With a wealth of experience and a long track record in the post-acute care industry, Moreland will play a crucial role in driving Traditions Health’s strategic initiatives and further strengthening hospice operations.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 5, 2024

Lawmakers have put forth bills in both the Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to foster greater utilization of advance care planning. The Compassionate Care Act would establish a nationwide public education campaign to educate the people in the United States about the importance of advance care planning, including grants and pilot initiatives to educate students in medical, nursing, social work and other related fields about end-of-life discussions and care.

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Caring Senior Service

AUGUST 5, 2024

As technology advances, artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in helping seniors age in place. AI offers numerous benefits, from improving safety and enhancing daily living to providing healthcare support.

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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

AUGUST 5, 2024

Regulators are sharpening their focus on several aspects of hospice quality data to help weed out fraud, waste and abuse. ‘ Hospice Quality Reporting Program requirements have seen an overhaul in recent years as the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) works to curb malfeasance in the industry. Program integrity concerns have been ignited in part by poor and negligent hospices that bill for services that were never provided or and in some cases enroll patients who were not el

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 5, 2024

Jackie’s back. Love or hate her, Nurse Jackie is being rebooted on Amazon Prime this year, with star Edie Falco to return. Join me, a practicing ER nurse, for a look back on the original series and its approach to its main character, the real-life job of being a nurse, and our healthcare system. Nurses have long struggled to own their leading character energy in media and pop culture.

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Nurse Nacole

AUGUST 5, 2024

Category: Critical Care Nursing Traditionally, the subclavian vein, internal jugular vein, and femoral vein have provided reliable and easily obtainable vascular access through the use of identifiable anatomic landmarks.

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