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GeriPal
JANUARY 20, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. We have Alice Bonner, who’s Chair of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition.
Hospice News
MARCH 29, 2024
It also featured a series of requests for information (RFI) on issues like health equity, social determinants of health and future quality measures. “The hospice community should pay attention to the information request on high cost services as it may signal an emerging interest in payment model reform.”
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Hospice News
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
By the Bay Health now serves eight counties statewide and provides hospice, palliative and pediatric care, along with skilled nursing home health and grief support. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center and later joined NYC Health + Hospitals Corp. Prior to Calvary Hospital, he was COO at the Jacobi Medical Center.
Hospice News
MAY 18, 2023
In Accord’s production of “Lily,” a member of the local Rotary Club portrayed the title character with a hospice medical director in the role of Joe. Accord has staged other performances at nursing homes and senior living facilities, and in school buildings and other community spaces that have enough room for the actors and audience.
Hospice News
JANUARY 19, 2023
Another recent example came in December when Arizona-based Hospice of the Valley launched a community education program to help inform health care providers about dementia care support and patients’ changing needs as they age. Awareness of even the basic tools to address some of this will greatly empower our medical community.”
Hospice News
APRIL 17, 2023
Smith said Prospero’s global measure of success is providing more days for patients at home, rather than keeping them in hospitals, nursing homes or rehab facilities. We’re challenged by the lack of education about palliative care among physicians and nurses,” Sheehan said.
GeriPal
JUNE 22, 2023
We start off part one by interviewing Michele DiTomas, who has been the longstanding Medical Director of the Hospice unit and currently is also the Chief Medical Executive for the Palliative care Initiative with the California Correctional Healthcare Services. Michele: That was perfect. Alex: That was perfect. Michele: Yep.
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