Why Hospices Must Set the Stage for a Positive Patient Experience

Neonatologist Ricardo Rosenkranz, M.D., is on a mission to bring magic into medicine. As assistant professor in clinical pediatrics at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Rosenkranz has focused on the development of patient-centered, quality-driven health care delivery models for multiple settings. Informing these efforts is a link between performance art and medical practice […]

Demographics Impact Patient Perceptions of Palliative Care

Misconceptions about the nature of palliative care continue to proliferate among the U.S. population, with patient demographics among the factors that influence those beliefs, new research has found. Hospice providers nationwide are increasingly diversifying their service lines to include palliative care, but lack of awareness and poor understanding among prospective patients are a major barrier […]