Patients at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center can now take advantage of a new palliative care program that brings the care from the clinic or hospital into the patient’s home. The center, which covers 14 counties in the northeast corner of the state, began offering the in-home palliative care program during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier […]
A growing patient demand is fueling the emergence of integrative palliative care, a blend of traditional biomedical care for serious illness and a suite of complementary therapies aimed at improving patient quality of life. Dr. William Collinge, associate director of the Integrative Palliative Care Institute in Washington, said most palliative care organizations evolved as basic, […]
Palliative care providers in several states are finding the best way to connect to the community is through pre-existing, and in some cases, non-medical community groups. Sarah Kivett, director of strategic partnerships at Hospice & Palliative Care of Iredell County in North Carolina, said her organization has grown from 80 palliative care patients since its […]
Palliative care providers find themselves in a dilemma. Demand for the service they provide is growing, but that growth is hindered by a lack of industry-wide standards for palliative care. Experts in the field point to a dearth of standards that define exactly what effective palliative care is in the current environment, plus a contract-by-contract […]
This spring, Kansas launched a five-year plan to make palliative care more accessible to its nearly 3 million residents. The seeds of the plan were planted in 2018 when the legislature established the state’s Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. The group was charged with advising the state Department of Health on […]
In New Jersey, a partnership between a health services company and a nursing home is offering a new approach to long-term illness, tailoring palliative care treatment plans to individual patients. Samaritan Health Services Partners, a not-for-profit complex illnesses company, and Laurel Brook Rehab, a 220-bed facility in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, have joined together to […]
Most Americans know how they want their end-of-life care to be handled, but roughly 1 in 3 actually document those plans, a recent study indicates. The result often means a patient’s wishes are unknown or unmet. About nine months ago, Cigna Health Insurance entered a partnership with Koda Health to provide a platform for advance […]
Two years ago, CEO Jonathan Fluhart and COO Tiffany Hughes launched PalliCare to fill a need in the home-based care space. The company employs nurse practitioners and other clinicians to provide palliative care in the home. At the same time, PalliCare helps nurse practitioners interested in setting up their own palliative care practices. The provider’s […]
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