When it comes to advance care planning literacy, there are often misconceptions about which steps patients and their families should take, and when such decisions should be made. While the…
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COVID-19 has truly highlighted the importance of advance care planning. Amidst the pandemic, the risk of requiring life support increases dramatically with age and chronic illness, and these individuals are…
Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of doctors, hospitals, and other providers who voluntarily come together to provide high-quality care. The goal is to provide coordinated care to ensure…
In June I wrote about how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) vowed to expand telehealth services for all Medicare beneficiaries. Although CMS Administrator Seema Verma acknowledged the effectiveness…
In just the past few months, you may have been hearing more and more about palliative care. Whether as a consumer who is reading about or seeing this in the…
As the country continues to fight this pandemic, we thought it would be valuable to look back over the past few months to see how healthcare organizations are leveraging Vynca….
As the US passed 3 million Coronavirus cases, a single day record high of more than 66,000 new cases, and over 134,000 deaths, this disease is looking different. While previous…
Last week, the federal government indicated that telehealth should be embraced and possibly expanded permanently after the COVID-19 pandemic. In a June 8th live virtual town hall with STAT News,…
This is a trying time in our country. Just a few weeks ago, all talk and thought was focused on COVID-19, the economy opening up, and the possibility of a…
We do almost everything from our smart devices or computers – banking, meetings, bill pay, including paying our medical bills. So why has it taken so long to recognize telehealth…
Today marks the end of Patient Experience Week – a week dedicated to healthcare professionals and organizations across the country who have positively impacted the patient experience. Founded by the…
Today is National Healthcare Decisions Day, a day dedicated to inspire and educate individuals and care providers about the importance of advance care planning. We are once again supporting this…
At Vynca, our goal is and has always been to ensure appropriate end-of-life care for every individual. Although this is an extremely crazy time in healthcare, our team is celebrating…
In light of the impact that COVID-19 has on our most vulnerable patients, clarifying goals of care is essential to providing the highest quality care and avoiding medical errors of…
How did you get into the healthcare industry? It actually started with my reading of three books in my mid-20s: On Death and Dying by Elizabeth Kubler Ross, Gezundheit by Patch Adams,…
