Hospice Management Advisor articles from August 2007

Hospice Management Advisor archives from August 2007

Trends in Hospice: Palliative Care Growth.
August 1, 2007... Trends in Hospice: Palliative Care Growth [Editor's note: In this issue of Hospice Management Advisor, there are several stories, including the cover story, about the recent growth of palliative care programs in the hospice industry....

Large hospice converted to palliative care philosophy.
August 1, 2007... Large hospice converted to palliative care philosophy Continuum of care from home care to hospice Heartland Home Health Care and Hospice, based in Toledo, OH, began to look seriously at palliative care in 1999, starting with research...

Palliative care program is passion for smaller hospice.
August 1, 2007... Palliative care program is passion for smaller hospice Hospice makes it work for community's sake When leaders at Coastal Hospice in Salisbury, MD, decided to move toward a palliative care philosophy, one of their first actions was to...

How to evaluate a new service: Will it work?
August 1, 2007... How to evaluate a new service: Will it work? Look at market, staff, and management to predict success As hospice agencies prepare for success within a pay-for-performance environment, ideas for new services or redesigned existing...

NC nurses examining policy on assisting in executions.(North Carolina)
August 1, 2007... NC nurses examining policy on assisting in executions Some nurses want license penalties for participation Physician groups' opposition to doctors participating in death penalty executions has put a moratorium on prisoner executions in...

Hospice as continuation of care not just end of the road.
August 1, 2007... Hospice as continuation of care not just end of the road Open access could help patients avoid 'terrible choice' Hospice evolved from the need to provide medical and social support to terminally ill patients in the last weeks of their...