Hospices stand to benefit from bridging divides in the care continuum, including filling gaps between home health and end-of-life providers, according to Eddie Norris, managing partner at Canyon Home Care & Hospice. Hospice News recently connected with Norris to discuss how Canyon has been stretching its geographic footprint. The Utah-headquartered provider’s service region covers a […]
Moving Health Home is getting involved in hospice, having expanded to include providers Compassus, Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) and the community-based support company Contessa Health. Moving Health Home is a coalition of health care organizations that advocate for the expansion of home-based care. Moving Health Home was established in March by founding members […]
Utah-based health system Intermountain Healthcare is now providing hospital-level services in patient homes. Intermountain is a provider of hospice, palliative care and home health care as well as an operator of 24 hospitals. Though development of this program has been underway for several years, the company accelerated its implementation timeline to help address the needs […]
Clinicians at Salt Lake City-based health system Intermountain Healthcare have developed risk scores for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that can help health care providers identify which patients need hospice care versus curative treatments. While other risk stratification models to predict mortality exist, this is the first that allows for identification of […]
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