Hospice & Palliative Medicine
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Palliative Care and Last-Minute Heroics
4/8/15 Session: Last-Minute Heroics and Palliative Care – Do They Meet in the Middle? HM15 Presenter: Tammie Quest, MD Summation: Heroics- a...
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HM15 Session Analysis: End-of-Life Discussions
HM15 Session: Facilitating End-of-Life Discussions: Prognosis in Advanced Illness Presenter: Julia Ragland, MD, FHM Summation: Discussion of...
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UpToDate Adds Palliative Care
UpToDate, a leading clinical decision support resource for physicians, in July added palliative care as the newest of its 22 medical specialties...
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LISTEN NOW: Steve Pantilat, MD, SFHM, explains hospitalists' role in palliative care
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Palliative Care Patient Transitions Challenging For Hospitalists, Oncologists
When should treating a cancer patient become more about controlling symptoms and making the patient comfortable than about trying to slow the...
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Prediction Tool for Readmissions Due to End-of-Life Care
Factors used in prediction model can help identify end-of-life patients at high risk of readmissions, prioritize resources to minimize risk
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Home Hospice Providers Offer Best Practices for End-of-Life Care
Hospice care techniques improved outcomes, comfort for dying patients
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Hospitalist Group Tackles Palliative Care; National Chain Explores Opportunities
If you’re not embracing palliative care as a hospitalist—you lose part of your practice, California hospitalist says
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American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine EVP Explains Hospitalists' Important Role in End-of-Life Planning
Listen to more of our interview with Porter Storey, MD, executive vice president of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
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SHM Backs Medicare Reimbursement for End-of-Life Care Counseling
Proposed legislation would cover advance-care planning consultations between patients, healthcare providers