Hospice & Palliative Medicine
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Medical Research Highlights Palliative Care Contributions
Studies reveal cost savings, lower rate of rehospitalizations, longer survival among patients receiving palliative care
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Benefits of a Palliative Care Consultation
Palliative care physicians help patients balance quality-of-life needs with disease-fighting treatment
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Palliative Care Can Be Incredibly Intense, Richly Rewarding for Hospitalists
Comfort-focused treatment approach maximizes patients' quality of life, gives physicians an emotional lift, reduces hospital costs
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Hospital-Based Palliative Care Reduces Length of Stay, Charges, Invasive Procedures, ICU Deaths
Hospitalized children who received PC in the ICU had reduced lengths of stay, charges, invasive procedures, mortality rate
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Rising Medicare Spending for End-of-Life Care Brings Patients’ Wishes into Focus
Patients increasingly use hospice services over hospitalization in their last days, study shows
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Record Number of Physicians Pass Hospice and Palliative Medicine Exam
A total of 3212 mid-career physicians certified in October 2012
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Multidisciplinary Palliative-Care Consults Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions
Research shows lower readmission rates for seriously ill, hospitalized, Medicare-age inpatients who received consults from a palliative-care team...
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End-of-Life Care Can Bring on Challenges for Hospitalists
Dealing with families of seriously ill patients raises questions, concerns for hospitalists
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Palliative Care Teams in 65% of Hospitals
Some 65.7% of hospitals nationwide have palliative-care teams, up 148% from 2000
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Medical Coding: Hospice Care vs. Palliative Care
Knowing how to appropriately code for each of these costly services will ensure reimbursement