Eagle Telemedicine Announces Solution to Counter Lack of Palliative Care
Eagle Telemedicine adds new specialty to increase access to life-saving palliative care in underserved communities ATLANTA, April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Eagle Telemedicine, the leader in technology-enabled inpatient and outpatient care for sustainable healthcare resilience, today... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 25, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Writing Therapy Provides Solace for Advanced Cancer Patients Facing Their Fears
A clinical study focusing on writing therapy demonstrates its potential to alleviate trauma, depression, anxiety, and feelings of hopelessness associated with cancer (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 22, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: End-of-Life - Palliative Care Source Type: news
I'm an end of care doctor who's studied 1,000 people on their death beds - this is what patients see before they die
According to palliative care physician Dr Christopher Kerr, from New York, who has been studying end-of-life events for years, patients are usually taken back to poignant moment in their life. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
InHome Connect and Vertedge Health Analytics announce a data-driven partnership to enhance the delivery of palliative care.
This partnership between Vertedge Health Analytics and InHome Connect utilizes data analytics to align patients in value-based care plans with palliative care services, aiming to improve patient care experiences, minimize unnecessary care utilization, and ultimately lower the total cost... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 19, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: LIC Source Type: news
CMS: Medicare Program; FY 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update, Hospice Conditions of Participation Updates, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
Notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year 2025. Includes proposals regarding changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program; the adoption of the most recent Office of Management and Budget statistical area delineations, which would change the hospice wage index; clarifications to current policy related to the "election statement" and the
"notice of election;" and clarifying language regarding hospice certification. Among other things, this rule seeks comments regarding the potential implementat...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 4, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Screening Tool Can Streamline Palliative Care Consults in the ICU
WEDNESDAY, April 3, 2024 -- Integrating a simple screening tool upon intensive care unit (ICU) admission can streamline requests for palliative care consultations, according to a study published online April 1 in Critical Care Nurse.Traci N.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Public Inspection: CMS: Medicare Program: Fiscal Year 2025 Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate, Hospice Conditions of Participation, and Hospice Quality Reporting Program Requirements
Pre-publication notice of a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) updating the hospice wage index, payment rates, and aggregate cap amount for fiscal year 2025. Includes proposals regarding changes to the Hospice Quality Reporting Program; the adoption of the most recent Office of Management and Budget statistical area delineations, which would change the hospice wage index; clarifications to current policy related to the "election statement" and the
"notice of election;" and clarifying language regarding hospice certification. Among other things, this rule seeks comments regarding the poten...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 1, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
'Life is short, eat the chocolate': NHS chief who urged Brits not to eat a whole Easter egg in one go faces backlash... from fellow medics!
Oxford based palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke agrees that life is too short to not eat an Easter egg after Dr Andrew Kelso, an NHS medical director told people to limit their chocolate consumption. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Telehealth study on reimbursements for rural healthcare delivery
A recent Mayo Clinic study investigated how telehealth in palliative care may provide value for rural caregivers, healthcare teams and their patients. (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 14, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Primary Care Physician's Next Frontier: Palliative Care Primary Care Physician's Next Frontier: Palliative Care
Hospice and palliative care providers are adding primary care at home as a way to manage frail elders who can no longer visit their doctor ' s office.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
Many Older Adults Don't Receive Palliative Care Before Death Many Older Adults Don't Receive Palliative Care Before Death
A tool that estimates mortality risk could help clinicians determine which patients receiving home care are close to death and might benefit from palliative care.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Critical Care Source Type: news
Palliative Care Has a Branding Problem
(MedPage Today) -- Most people with a diagnosis impacting their quality of life intuitively understand how they could use "an extra layer of support." Loved ones need it too. Chronic and terminal disease reverberates through families like the stressors... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - February 22, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
The real doctor behind ITV's latest Covid drama: How Oxford-educated journalist-turned-medic behind Breathtaking led criticism of the Government's handling of the pandemic with scathing tweets while on the NHS frontline
Events in the script are heavily based around the pandemic memoirs of Dr Rachel Clarke, a palliative care doctor in Oxford who was seconded onto virus-riddled wards. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CAPC Announces the Winners of its New York City Tipping Point Challenge
NYC health care organizations competed to catalyze the spread of skills that will improve health care delivery for people in NYC living with a serious illness. NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has proudly announced the winners in... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 8, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD PDT Source Type: news
CAPC Announces the Winners of its Third The John A. Hartford Foundation Tipping Point Challenge
National competition to catalyze the spread of skills that will improve health care delivery for all people living with a serious illness. NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has proudly announced the winners in the "Clinical Training"... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 7, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: NPT AWD Source Type: news
