Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2024

Aggressive treatment to terminally ill advanced cancer patients did not increase their lifespan, a recent study found. Researchers from the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston conducted the study , which appeared in JAMA Oncology. They found no significant differences in the length of survival between those who underwent aggressive treatment at the end of life and those who did not.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 21, 2024

Magnet recognition is the highest honor for nursing excellence. It reflects exemplary professional nursing practice, interprofessional teamwork, and preeminent patient care. The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program ® credits this honor with distinguishing organizations that meet rigorous standards for nursing excellence.

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2024

Bristol Hospice has acquired Mississippi-based Mid-Delta Hospice, a move that marked its entry into the state. The decision to launch services in a new state came with growing recognition around rising demand for home health and hospice care, according to Bristol Hospice CEO and President Alex Mauricio. The acquisition helps pave the way for expanded hospice access and future sustainable growth of these services across communities in Mississippi, Mauricio stated.

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EAPC (European Association of Palliative Care)

JUNE 21, 2024

21 th June 2024 Population ageing and increasing rates of cancer-related disability are challenges to European health services. The INSPIRE project is piloting a new model of rehabilitation for adults living with advanced cancer across Europe to improve function and quality of life. INSPIRE (Integrated Short-term Palliative Rehabilitation) is a four-year project funded by Horizon Europe that seeks to address disability, declining mobility, and related palliative care needs for individuals with

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Hospice News

JUNE 21, 2024

Anti-kickback and health care fraud cases have recently cropped up in two southern states, with hospice personnel facing millions in fines and one owner facing imprisonment for their involvement. Tapestry Hospice Executives Settle in FCA Case A federal court in Georgia recently announced that executives at Tapestry Hospice of Northwest Georgia LLC have agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle alleged anti-kickback statute violations of the False Claims Act (FCA).

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Nurse Nacole

JUNE 21, 2024

Category: Fundamentals Nitrates provide an exogenous source of vasodilator nitric oxide, a very short-lived free radical, thereby inducing coronary vasodilation even when endogenous production of nitric oxide is impaired by coronary artery disease.

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