Some hospices have found success employing more community-based methodologies in their health equity improvement efforts. Forging deeper relationships with other providers and organizations has been integral to reaching underserved patient populations. Hospices need culturally-informed approaches that respect and understand values across a diverse range of belief systems, said Dr. Kimberly Curseen, the new board of […]
Hospices are exploring the multiple ways they can use artificial intelligence (AI) by carefully considering the technology’s potentially unknown and unintended impacts. Some providers have used AI tools to reduce errors in clinical and billing documentation. Others have used AI tools to improve operational efficiency and clinical decision making. These quickly evolving AI technologies will […]
Hospices need a trauma-informed spiritual care model to improve veterans’ end-of-life outcomes. This is according to Darrell Robinson, clinical director of SpirituWell, which provides virtual spiritual care and telehealth chaplain staffing support. Robinson is also the department director of spiritual health at Emory Healthcare, part of the Emory University Hospital system. He is a veteran […]
Hospices’ diversity and inclusion efforts have hit several barriers in recent years. Policy reform and more person-centered care integration represent two significant propellants toward improvement. Today’s providers often lack sufficient resources to improve health equity in substantial and sustainable ways, said Dr. Kimberly Curseen, board president for the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine […]
Health care disparities across a swelling aging population are driving a need for evolutionary change in hospice quality standards. Patient-centered, inclusive care models hold the key to unlocking a better quality of life for terminally ill individuals and their families, said Dr. Kimberly Curseen, board of directors president of the American Academy of Hospice and […]
Applying the principles of interdisciplinary hospice care to an organization’s staffing strategies can strengthen clinical leadership retention. Addressing clinicians’ physical and emotional health needs, as well as social determinants, are key to both patient and provider satisfaction. This is according to Dr. Kimberly Curseen, the new board of directors president at the American Academy of […]
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been working health equity components into new alternative payment models. Much movement has taken place in the payment and policy realms towards closing disparities among underserved populations, according to Hope Glassberg, senior policy advisor at the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC) and president of […]
