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Hospices’ Collaboration with Discharge Planners Key to Effective Care Transitions

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Lissy Hu, president of connected networks, CarePort, a WellSky company Among the challenges associated with a hospice discharge is ensuring the timeliness of care — finding a hospice that can be with the patient in their home as soon as possible, according to Joan Carpenter, assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

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Summary Transcript Summary Last week we talked about a trial of a nurse and social worker outpatient palliative care intervention published in JAMA. So, when patients were identified as eligible through this EHR algorithm and some nurse EHR input, if needed, they were automatically enrolled. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Kate: Sure.