Overburdened with patients suffering from chronic conditions not yet ready for hospice care, an increasing number of hospitals are investing in an alternative: palliative care, according to a report ...
Ordering a palliative care consultation by "default" – via an automatic order programmed into the electronic medical record that doctors may cancel if they choose – is an effective strategy to give ...
In response to these growing clinical and economic concerns, CAPC today released The Case for Caregiver Support: Better Outcomes for People and Organizations , which calls on health care organizations ...
"It's the economy, stupid!" is an aphorism coined by James Carvill during Bill Clinton's 1992 U.S. presidential campaign to keep workers focused on a key message. It has since been adapted countless ...
Increasing the uptake of palliative care may decrease the aggressiveness of end-of-life care, an analysis of ovarian cancer decedents suggested. Palliative care initiated earlier than 3 months before ...
Nearly all the world's 10.6 million children experiencing serious health-related suffering (SHS) live in low- and ...
The cure for the traditional, fractured approach to treating polychronic conditions is bringing multi-specialty care to the patient—in their own home. The disease burden of chronic conditions has been ...
Nearly all the world's 10.6 million children experiencing serious health-related suffering (SHS) live in low- and ...
Adopting an emerging model, a Pennsylvania skilled nursing provider is expanding its reach to include palliative and other support services for chronically ill residents. Exton Post Acute, a 120-bed ...
It’s one of the only universal facts of life: everybody dies. That’s where palliative care, which aims to improve patients’ quality of life and relieve pain from serious and often incurable illnesses, ...
Only 14% of people who need palliative care actually receive it. You may receive palliative care alongside treatments designed to cure your illness. It is possible to be eligible for palliative care ...