Palliative Care Programs news from FierceHealthcare
NewsPalliative care in the emergency department respects patients' wishes, saves money
Fewer than 50 emergency departments (ED) focus on palliative-care principles, according to David Weissman, an oncologist and professor emeritus at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Read more...
Hospital palliative care doubles in past decade
As one of the fastest growing specialties, palliative care in hospitals has increased 138 percent in the past decade, according to a Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) report released Read more...
Americans are using palliative care and want Medicare to cover it
More than 60 percent of people have had experiences with palliative care, although only 24 percent are "familiar" with what the tern actually means, according to national poll from the Regence Read more...
Docs emphasize importance of palliative care in the ER
A small but growing number of emergency physicians and nurses are emphasizing the importance of integrating palliative care into the ED to create a more patient-centered approach, Slate.com reports. Read more...
Study: Terminally ill put off talk of hospice
Even when they're clearly at death's door, patients tend to put off conversations about end-of-life decisions, according to a new Harvard Medical School study. The study found that only about half of Read more...
Survey says: Hospitals not treating pain sufficiently
Hospitals are not treating pain as well as they could, says a new survey out today from the New England Journal of Medicine. The survey, which was done in hospitals from 40 major metropolitan areas, Read more...
Report measures U.S. palliative care quality
Palliative care, which focuses on improving the quality of life for patients with serious illnesses, was first recognized as a specialty in Great Britain in the late 1980s. Since then, the discipline Read more...
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