In this episode, Hospice News Senior Editor Jim Parker speaks with Marianne Muzic-Lucenti, manager of one of the oldest pediatric palliative care programs in the nation, at St. Mary’s Healthcare System in Queens, New York City. The discussion profiles the program and looks at the outlook for palliative care for 2025.
St. Mary’s Health System
Wisconsin-based Aspirus Health System has expanded its hospice and palliative care programs to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The services will operate under the nonprofit system’s Aspirus at Home Brand. Aspirus’ 11,000 employees provide care through four hospitals in Michigan and 13 in Wisconsin, in addition to 75 clinics, home health and hospice agencies, pharmacies nursing homes, […]
California-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has launched a home care and hospice venture. Branded as Hoag at Home, the company will offer preventive medicine, diagnostics, treatment and recovery services throughout Orange County in its home state. Hoag cited the rapidly rising aging population as a factor in its decision to bring care into patients’ residences. By […]
New York state-based Saratoga Hospice has launched a community-based palliative care program, citing increased demand for those services. This continues a trend in recent years of acute care providers moving into home-based care. Saratoga Hospital for many years has provided palliative care to their inpatients. This expanded program will extend their reach into patient homes […]
At a time when more health care stakeholders are recognizing the value of home-based care, a rising number of hospitals and health systems are expanding their services into the community, particularly when it comes to palliative care. Home-based palliative care could reduce societal health care costs by $103 billion nationwide within two decades, according to […]
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