Defining Palliative Care Quality in Murky Regulatory Waters

The wide range of palliative care services available nationwide can present obstacles around consistent quality measurement. Calls are growing louder for a federally established set of standardized palliative guidelines. Capturing real-time quality data is an important part of effectively managing patients’ symptoms and needs, according to Dr. Monisha Pujari, medical director of Georgia-based Longleaf Hospice […]

New Palliative Care Providers Face Turbulence at Take Off

Financial and logistical challenges can stop the launch of a new palliative care program dead in its tracks. Demonstrating strong quality and cost-saving outcomes is a significant part of building and sustaining these services. Patient data collection play an important role in examining an organization’s potential capacity for a palliative care service line, said Keith […]