There’s a story Donnette Threats likes to tell when she thinks about hospice care and the meaning of time. It’s a story about helping clinicians spend more time bedside. As the Director of Product Management – Hospice at Homecare Homebase, Threats thinks often about what drives clinician satisfaction in hospice, and what innovations hospice providers […]
The business of hospice is changing daily. Melynda Lee sees it. As consulting director for tech-enabled post-acute and behavioral health solutions provider SimiTree, Lee saw the industry’s expansion in both the non-profit and for-profit sectors prior to the pandemic, and has seen its regression since. The way out, she says, and the way up, is […]
This article is sponsored by HCP. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Todd Austin, President of HCP, to learn the strategies that hospice providers can use right now to improve staff engagement, not just with the aim of keeping staff members in their own hospice agencies, but more broadly in the industry […]
When Catherine Sapp took the role as executive director of Avita Home Health & Hospice in September 2019, one of the first areas of improvement that she identified was communication. The Galion, Ohio-based non-profit provider serves eight counties throughout central and northern Ohio, with staff members who are often on the move, working out of […]
This article is sponsored by Enclara. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Ealia Washington, Sr. Director of IPU Operations at Enclara Pharmacia, to learn the ins and outs of the inpatient unit hospice, or IPU. Washington shares her experiences leading Enclara’s round-the-clock IPU support team and notes how Enclara is helping IPU […]
This article is sponsored by CitusHealth. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Melissa Kozak, Co-founder and President of CitusHealth, to learn the next level of family engagement through technology in hospice care. She also shares why, now more than ever, the care staff must be connected — and how technology can help. […]
This article is sponsored by Enclara. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Karen Bergenholtz, Senior Director, Implementation & Education at Enclara Pharmacia, to learn about the top challenges facing hospice leaders and nurses in the year ahead and what facilities are doing to overcome them. She also discusses the impact of the […]
This article is sponsored by Cardinal Health™ at-Home. In this interview, Hospice News sits down with Cardinal Health™ at-Home Director of National Accounts Robert Goodsell to learn how supply chain issues are disrupting the hospice industry — and what hospice agencies are doing to overcome them. Goodsell also discusses the power of data analytics in […]
This article is sponsored by MatrixCare. In this interview, Hospice News sits down with ResMed Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Nick Knowlton to learn why one of his driving mottos is “Do right,” how interoperability is helping hospice operators provide better patient care during COVID-19 and how the pandemic has changed the industry’s need for […]
This article is sponsored by Enclara Pharmacia. In this Voices interview, Hospice News sits down with Natasha M.S. Jackson, PharmD, Director of Training and Education at Enclara, to learn about the disparities and inequality in hospice access and other challenges providers face. She explains how providers can help push for greater health equity and also […]