Hospice News

JANUARY 31, 2025

Todays hospice leaders need a firm understanding of the varying and rapidly changing advances in technology that can impact their business lines and ability to support patients and staff, said Bivek Pathek, chief information officer at Empath Health.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2024

This article is sponsored by OnePoint Patient Care. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Kenny Judd, Vice President — Client Relations, OnePoint Patient Care, to talk about the key pharmacy challenges in today’s hospice environment, and how providers can overcome them.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This article is sponsored by OnePoint Patient Care. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Michael Porpora, President – Hospice Division, OnePoint Patient Care, to talk about the current state of hospice pharmacy, technology and staffing. For more information on Voices, please contact sales@agingmedia.com.

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Hospice News

JUNE 20, 2023

Hospices are also facing the growing risk of cybersecurity threats that have included incidents of exposed private health information belonging to patients. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has established HIPAA rules aimed at protecting sensitive health information.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2024

This article is sponsored by OnePoint Patient Care. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Kenny Judd, Vice President – Client Services, OnePoint Patient Care, to talk about the key pharmacy challenges in today’s hospice environment, and how providers can overcome them.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Healthcare workers need to be informed on how to recognize the symptoms of infantile spasms and the necessary workup and treatment after an initial diagnosis. Staying Educated and Informed All healthcare workers are required to complete continuing medical education regularly.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 19, 2023

Compassion is more than being kind to patients or checking in regularly with folks with acute illnesses. Genuine compassion requires forward-thinking and careful planning. However, pursuing specialized credentials and further education is an excellent way for healthcare professionals to improve patient care quality.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

“While HOPE contains some original HIS items, HOPE intends to help hospices better understand patient care needs and contribute to the patient’s plan of care at additional timepoints, not just at admission and discharge.” As many as three of these visits may be necessary during a patient’s time in hospice.

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AlayaCare

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Centralizing home infusion operations Home infusion is an information-intensive industry. And many subcontracting nursing agencies spend hours per day transcribing information between phone calls, emails, and a patchwork of software applications to track critical patient and provider details.

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AlayaCare

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Home infusion is an information-intensive industry. And many subcontracting nursing agencies spend hours per day transcribing information between phone calls, emails and a patchwork of software applications to track critical patient and provider details. Centralizing home infusion operations.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Unfortunately, this approach fails to consider the long-term impact on patient care and the loss of invaluable experience and expertise that seasoned nurses possess, which is critical to the success of novice nurses. Impact on Patient Care The consequences of laying off seasoned nurses can have a negative impact on patient care.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So it defines unrepresented as someone who lacks decisional capacity to provide informed consent to a particular medical treatment. And that can really inform what your own institutional policy is. This is Eric Widera. Alex 01:24 This is Alex Smith. But we always talk about capacity being decision specific. Eric 20:31 Yeah.

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

These boards, often displayed prominently in patient rooms, allow quick access to critical information like care plans, daily goals, and key contacts. In other words, when patients are informed, they tend to feel more involved in their treatment process, which can reduce anxiety and confusion.

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Hospice News

JUNE 17, 2024

Blue Ridge Hospice Welcomes New VP of IT Virginia-based Blue Ridge Hospice has named Mohamad Hamad as its new vice president of information technology. His IT experience and dedication to leveraging technology to improve patient care and optimizing operations make him an ideal fit for our organization.

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AJN Off the Charts

JANUARY 10, 2025

Given this background about norovirus, there are specific actions that nurses can take to improve prevention and response: Promptly report gastrointestinal symptoms experienced by patients to the infection prevention and control department and partner to minimize risk to other patients and health care personnel.

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Traditions Health

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organizations commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. The Joint Commissions standards are developed in consultation with healthcare experts and providers, measurement experts, and patients.

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Hospice News

MARCH 21, 2025

Prior to joining Family Hospice, Hall most recently served as chief operating officer at Rezolut LLC, where he led a high-growth health care platform, spearheading initiatives that enhanced efficiency, profitability and patient care. My priority is to take care of people who take care of people.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

When evaluating any predictive analytic tool, Enclara always ensures that a clinical expert makes the final determination when predictive data are involved to help mitigate bias and verify the accuracy of information. There is a myriad of opportunities to positively impact patient care and the nurse experience.

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Traditions Health

OCTOBER 27, 2024

The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. The Joint Commission’s standards are developed in consultation with healthcare experts and providers, measurement experts, and patients.

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

We saw a dire need to quickly collect data, investigate it and identify opportunities to increase efficiency, allowing hospice leaders to ultimately focus their attention on enhancing patient care. For more information on Voices, please contact sales@agingmedia.com. To learn more, visit hospicedynamix.com.

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Evidence-Based Nursing - BMJ blogs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

For instance, Estonias centralised EHR system allows seamless data sharing across healthcare providers, ensuring continuity of care and empowering patients to take control of their health information (Rissanen, 2023).

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Hospice News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Georgia in 2020 passed legislation that requires the state’s health department to provide palliative care consumer and professional information and education programs. Additionally, the regulation requires the health department to include continuing education opportunities for health care providers in these services.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 4, 2025

To lessen hospital nurses’ administrative burden and give them more time for meaningful patient care, Cedars-Sinai is testing an artificial intelligence (AI) mobile app called Aiva Nurse Assistant. The app allows nurses to use a mobile phone to document patient information in real-time through voice dictation.

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Daily Nurse

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Day in the Life of a Family Nurse Practitioner An FNP undertakes diverse tasks daily, from patient care in the office to addressing triage questions, interpreting results, arranging additional tests or referrals, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals.

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Hospice News

JUNE 4, 2024

Patient care is at the bedside, and I believe, as a clinician myself, that the more your bedside staff know and understand the ‘why’ — the expectations, metrics, and requirements of their role — the more they can buy in and support the process, which ultimately means providing the best possible care for their patients,” True says.

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Hospice News

JULY 19, 2022

“The unique nature of working from your home — our settings [and] our beloved companion animals — invites similar sharing from the people we care for as they let us into the things that matter most of them [and] that make the most difference.”. Yoda began to show a lot of interest in talking and interacting with patients early on, said Mize.

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 9, 2025

How can I make a broader impact on patient care? Keep you informed about industry trends and job opportunities. You may miss direct patient care, but remember: Your leadership will influence the care of countless patients through staff empowerment and improved systems.

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AJN Off the Charts

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Our patients, families and community members continue to recognize nurses as the most trusted and ethical profession. That means they may rely upon us for timely and accurate information regarding H5N1, so we should be ready to answer questions and help clarify or correct inaccurate information or perceptions.

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 2, 2025

The field of Nursing continues to evolve rapidly, driven by advancements in technology, shifting healthcare needs, and a focus on specialized patient care. As we look toward 2025, certain Nursing specialties stand out for their growth potential, earning opportunities, and capacity to make a meaningful impact on patient outcomes.

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Hospice News

MAY 9, 2023

Data collection and analysis are becoming increasingly important to palliative care providers’ clinical and business processes. This trend has led to many new partnerships that have helped companies make better-informed decisions for patients. Recently, Sharon S. he said. Recently, Sharon S.

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Hospice News

MARCH 22, 2024

Partners In Care has done that well with home health care. Our home health care census is actually larger than our hospice census at this time. We measure the score at Partners In Care by how well we do with patient care, and we call it a victory when we were rated five-stars by [the U.S.

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AlayaCare

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Using artificial intelligence and robotic process automation (AI and RPA), home care software can streamline processes, automate tedious tasks and save time and money in the long run. Along with process integration, easy data exchange helps to ensure information is accurate and up to date across multiple departments or teams.

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Hospice News

APRIL 23, 2024

“There is a very small, but increasing, number of fellowship trainings that are specialized in neuropalliative care,” Daly said. Also, as more people want to increase their palliative knowledge without formal training, the INPCS is working to be the place for the information.”

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Diversity Nursing

JANUARY 16, 2025

Addressing Linguistic and Cultural Barriers With their close patient interactions, Nurses are well-positioned to address linguistic and cultural barriers in healthcare. Many bilingual Nurses provide essential interpretation services, ensuring language does not become a barrier to care.

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Hospice News

MAY 23, 2024

That means hospice providers listen to what their patients need and want to make them comfortable and give them dignity at the end of life. Compassus uses its clinical assessment not just to capture a patient’s health information but also to inform their goals, hopes and fears. “In To learn more, visit hchb.com.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By managing these time-consuming processes, AI allows caregivers to focus more on direct patient care — the cornerstone of hospice services. It analyzes patterns in patient needs and staff availability, optimizing schedules to assign the right caregivers, to the right patients, at the right time.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Other hospices have leveraged remote patient monitoring systems, integrated electronic health records (EHR), and predictive analytics. This type of actionable information also assists hospices in driving top-of-license practice so that we can optimize caregivers when appropriate, which keeps the cost of care down.”.

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