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Hospice News
MARCH 15, 2024
Documentation errors and a fragmented health system pose the greatest risks for adverse drug events among hospices. Another key to reducing adverse events is increasing education around medication management at the end of life, McPherson stated. Nearly half (45.7%) of these patients had more than one adverse drug event.
Hospice News
JUNE 9, 2022
These teams provide medical assistance during catastrophic events, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods or human-caused disasters like the 9/11 attacks. Peitzer spoke with Hospice News to discuss the ways the field has changed since he entered in 1988, as well as the nation’s preparedness for pandemic-level events.
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Hospice News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Stroke is often thought of as an event that is over quickly, but that is not true, said Dr. Claire J. Additionally, the palliative care needs of patients and their families or care partners after a stroke fluctuate over the course of their illness based on events, symptoms, changes in function and stage of the illness.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Those workflows focused on three areas: hospice patients who come to the ED, seriously ill patients with multiple comorbidities and those who had experienced a catastrophic event and were likely to die within one or two days. and 6pm, which corresponded with most of the ED’s highest volume hours.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The hospice has participated in health fairs and hosts Senior Summits, which are community events designed to educate seniors about various aspects of medical, nonmedical, practical, financial and psychosocial support available to them as they age. We kind of piggyback on that to then engage as many people as possible.
Life & Death Matters
APRIL 11, 2024
That is […] The post My Journey to Making an ACP Day Event appeared first on Life and Death Matters. About Me My Idea An idea has been percolating in my head for a year or so now – to host an Advance Care Planning (ACP) Day, where I invite my family, friends, and local community to work on creating their own Advance Care Plan.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Hospice chaplains often lack formalized education in fostering goals-of-care discussions with patients and families, he said at the Annual Assembly of Hospice & Palliative Care , an event by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA).
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