Hospice Management Advisor Archives – September 1, 2010
September 1, 2010
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Adult day services relieve caregiver stress, boost outcomes
This is the first of a two-part series that looks at the benefits of partnering with adult day service programs. This month, we look at the opportunities, benefits, and challenges of collaboration. Next month, we will learn about a hospice that started its own adult day service program. -
Vigils and flower visits provide extra support
This is the second of a two-part series that looks at the increasing importance of volunteers to hospice programs. Last month, we looked at how volunteer programs can positively affect hospice outcomes with innovations such as a Tuck-in Program and attention to volunteer expertise. This month, we'll examine 11th hour volunteer programs and further examine a community-based flower delivery and visitation program. -
Program to combat 'compassion fatigue'
The Woman's Hospital of Texas, based in Houston, is offering caregivers in several units a "compassion fatigue" program, designed to target a little-known stress disorder that its proponents say prevents providers from giving their patients optimal care. -
Aiding transition from hospital to hospice
Hospitalized patients with terminal illnesses often feel abandoned by their physicians at the end of their lives. Their physicians might experience a lack of closure that is unsettling. -
FDA issues requirements for infusion pump recall
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today required Baxter Healthcare Corp. to take specific steps to carry out the April 2010 recall of all Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps (CVIPs) and to provide customers with a refund, a replacement pump, or lease termination. -
Oncology case managers guide patient treatment
Capital BlueCross members who have been diagnosed with cancer are getting support during all phases of treatment through a new oncology case management program launched in the spring of 2010 by the Harrisburg, PA-based health plan. -
Emergency medications produce good results
Emergency medication kits, which are used by many hospices, produce positive results in patient satisfaction, reduction of unscheduled visits, and cost savings, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. -
CMS proposes rules that will impact you
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the final rule on wage index changes and two proposed rules that affect hospice reimbursement. -
United Kingdom leads in end-of-life care
The United Kingdom leads the world in the quality of care it provides dying people, and it leaves many other developed nations behind, according to a new study.