Outcomes of Inpatient Hospice and Palliative Care Unit, and Role of Physician Assistants as Emerging Work Force in Upstream Inpatient Palliative Care (RP523)

The models for inpatient palliative care units tend to evolve based on institutional settings, funding mechanisms or professional backgrounds of clinician champions. The palliative care unit at the Montefiore Medical Center as few other units distinguishes itself from the traditional inpatient hospice and palliative care units by employing physician assistants since 2007, with the same administrative regulation and standard of clinical competence.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research