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The Obama administration acted last year to rescind the so-called "Bush rule" regarding the rights of health care providers related to conscientious refusal.
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Establishing a relationship with a nursing home is not an easy task, especially because the staff members of both organizations don't necessarily understand how the other works.
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Of the 1.4 million Americans receiving hospice care, 319,200 reside in nursing homes.
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One of the challenges to providing hospice care in a nursing home is identifying all of the regulations that govern each organization and, in some cases, might conflict with each other.
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At the most recent annual conference of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, advanced care directives, access to investigational drugs, and parental nonconsent to medical treatment were considered some of the top legal developments in bioethics in 2009.
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The Joint Commission H1N1 forum, a web-based discussion forum, is designed to allow health care organizations to exchange information about the pandemic, innovative solutions, and suggestions that can help other organizations manage patient care during the H1N1 pandemic more effectively.
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More than 550,000 individuals give more than 2.5 million hours of service as trained hospice volunteers each year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
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Time and budget pressures can sometimes make attending conferences difficult, so Joint Commission Resources (JCR) now offers conferences and seminars via live video streaming as well as on demand over the Internet.
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Starting next month, hospices will have to report to Medicare all nursing, hospice aide, and social worker visits made for patients. Then a few months later, the new conditions of participation (COPs) will be finalized, which will require greater attention to documentation of services and quality.