Education, Care Coordination Essential to Expanding Pediatric Palliative Care

Pediatric patients are among the most underserved seriously ill population in hospice and palliative care. Hospices have worked to expand their scope of pediatric services, with a focus on increasing access to palliative care and opening up referral streams. Compared to adults on hospice, children represent a smaller but crucial group of patients, according to […]

University of Maryland Medical School Creates Palliative Care Division

As hospice and palliative care providers work to prevent staff shortages from reaching crisis levels, institutions like the University of Maryland are expanding educational opportunities for clinicians seeking hospice and palliative care training. The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has established a new Division of Palliative Medicine to help bolster the palliative care […]