A white van coursed through narrow roads along the monsoon-soaked coastline of Kerala, a state in southwestern India. Inside, Radha Upasarna, a volunteer, and two nurses looked over the roster of patients they would visit, most of whom had cancer or heart disease or were paraplegic. As they bumped along through the area’s villages, the
To help clinicians understand when palliative care orders might be most appropriate, Ascension Health is participating in an National Institutes of Health-funded study run by University of Pennsylvania researchers to evaluate electronic health record-prompted automation of palliative care consult orders in the acute care setting. The partnership will enable the Penn researchers and care teams
Approximately 2.5 million people will die in the United States in the new year. Of that number, over three-fourths will very likely be over the age of 65. This makes Medicare the largest insurer of health care during the last year of life for an extremely large number of individuals. In 2015, Medicare proposed payment
Patients with incurable cancer and numerous other serious health conditions who consulted with a palliative care team within two days of hospitalization had significant savings in hospital costs, according to a new study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Published today in the January issue of the journal Health
The state’s largest health insurer this week will begin offering some of the newest and most comprehensive end-of-life benefits in the nation, aiming to prod patients and health care providers to discuss death openly and expand services to help people live out their last days. The move by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts comes
About to board a flight back to his district, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., is downright effusive, calling a health care policy that takes effect Jan. 1 “profound” and nothing short of “revolutionary.” On that date, Medicare will greatly expand its reimbursement to health care providers who talk with their patients about end-of-life choices, also
When I tell people that I study palliative care for children, I usually hear something like, "You mean taking care of children who die?" It is hard for most people to fathom palliative care for children. The term palliative care often brings to mind images of sick and dying adults. It IS sad to see
Receipt of hospice care concurrently with chemotherapy or radiation therapy has increased among veterans dying from cancer without reduction in receipt of cancer therapy, according to a recent study published online ahead of print in Cancer.1 Researchers led by Vincent Mor, PhD, of the Providence Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Administration Medical Center in Rhode Island conducted
Scotland is recognised as providing world-leading palliative care. Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS), as the only hospice service in Scotland for babies, children and young people, is committed to providing the best standard of care to those who need it. The need for holistic palliative care for under-25s, that supports their health, social and emotional
I’ll be honest. When I started my fellowship in palliative care 4 short months ago, I had not seriously considered the possibility that one day I would have a patient ask me whether I would prescribe them a medication to end their life. Of course I was aware of the Oregon experience, but living in
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