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Hospices Stepping Up Performance on Visits-in-Last-Days-of-Life Measure

Hospice News

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. Social worker visits in the last days of life also rose to 9% in 2021, up from 7% in 2020. In 2019, for example, the percentage was 66%.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

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He also found gaps, including very few studies of patients with lung disease, and little impact of trials on quality of life. David Bekelman conducted a RCT of a nurse and social worker telephone intervention (ADAPT intervention) for people with heart failure and lung disease (COPD or ILD). Welcome to GeriPal, David.

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Patients, Providers Embrace Integrative Palliative Care

Hospice News

William Collinge, associate director of the Integrative Palliative Care Institute in Washington, said most palliative care organizations evolved as basic, mainstream medical care provided by doctors, nurses and social workers. The integrative model highlights an ongoing evolution.

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Earlier Palliative Care Yields Higher ROI

Hospice News

The system includes 220 patient care locations, eight hospitals, a regional behavioral health organization and a regional home-based care agency. The cost-benefit analysis of WellSpan’s palliative care programs found that, at the system level, palliative care reduced costs per patient by 6%.

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Preventing Burnout Among Palliative Care Employees

Hospice News

For palliative care clinicians, that apathy can lead to the depersonalization of patients, negatively affecting patient care. Nursing is not the same kind of work it used to be. The risks of burnout When a nurse or support provider becomes burned out, their patients and the organization suffer.

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How the Right Investments Can Help Hospices Reduce Turnover

Hospice News

The Dallas-based home health and hospice provider has placed retention among its top three priorities, behind patient care and quality, he said. Retaining your clinical workforce is really important in that patient relationship and the type of dying experience they have.

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The Care Team Steps into Indiana with 1st Care Acquisition

Hospice News

“The Care Team and 1st Care share similar cultures and a strong commitment to quality patient care,” Shoemaker said in an announcement. “‘We We see a tremendous growth opportunity by expanding into Indiana and are excited to partner with organizations focused on clinical quality and patient experience.”.