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Hospice News
JANUARY 16, 2023
Patients are more likely to receive palliative care if they can access social workers through their primary care providers, Veterans Health Administration (VA) research has found. These findings suggest that social workers may increase access to and/or use of palliative care.”.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Abuse and trauma experiences impact those delivering and receiving hospice care in many ways, some evident and some less apparent, according to Carole Fisher, president, National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI). We have a duty to look out for this in anyone, a social worker, physician, nurse or patient.
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Hospice News
MARCH 14, 2024
Hospices, in aggregate, are showing improvement on the quality measure for visits in the last days of life. The number of registered nurse and social worker visits during a patient’s final week is one of the seven quality measures that CMS uses to evaluate providers. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
VITAS Healthcare Expands Hospital-Based Inpatient Hospice Center Chemed Corp. NYSE: CHE) VITAS Healthcare recently expanded its inpatient hospice care unit at the Florida-based Broward Health Medical Center. Miami-based VITAS has provided community- and facility-based hospice care in the Broward County area since 1980.
Hospice News
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
The hospice program is designed to increase opportunities for self-development among incarcerated individuals and improve access to care, according to Lori Palik, director of nursing at the Reception and Treatment Center. This program truly brings humanity behind the walls of this prison,” Palik told Hospice News in an email.
Hospice News
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The following are the most-read Hospice News articles of 2022. #1 1 Social Workers Leaving Hospice, Health Care in Record Numbers (July 11). One seldom-discussed aspect of this year’s pervasive labor shortage was the number of social workers who had left the field. million hospice fraud scheme.
Hospice News
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Despite obstacles to expanding pediatric hospice care, Community Hospice & Palliative Care, has seen its program’s census and workforce grow. The Florida-based provider is an affiliate of Alivia Care Inc. As a result, we’ve been able to prove the need to grow the number of nurses that we have in this program.”
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