Patient Experience Week (PX Week), happens annually in April, and is a time to honor and celebrate healthcare staff that impact the patient experience daily. Good or bad, the patient…
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National Healthcare Decisions Day happens annually on April 16th. This is a day to inspire, educate, and empower both clinicians and individuals about advance care planning. It is a day…
Roughly $345 billion is spent annually on wasteful, low-value health care. The goal of the Value-based Insurance Design (VBID) Model is to reduce this spend while promoting services which offer…
Palliative care is a type of care that should be made available to you if you are living with a serious illness. This type of care is focused on making...
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Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 14-20) is a chance to highlight important discussions and inspire action to improve the safety of the healthcare system. It is also an opportune time…
End-of-life care is challenging on many levels. For many, death is a taboo subject as they try not to think about the notion that life can abruptly end. In their…
In a survey of more than 1,900 hospitals across all 50 states, 73 percent of respondents rated the patient experience as a “10” priority on a 10-point scale. At the…
If you’re confused about the differences between palliative care and hospice, you’re not alone. Many people struggle to understand how one differs from the other. In fact, the two terms…
Research shows that just one in three U.S. adults completes any type of advance directive for end-of-life care. However, stories of severely ill individuals in hospitals without their loved ones…
The past year has demonstrated that advance care planning conversations are more important than ever. As the infection rate and the death toll of COVID-19 continue to rise, it is…
As we enter the new year, end-of-life care continues to be at the center of healthcare reform and public policy discussion. Tragically, COVID-related deaths continue to rise and many Americans…
While most of us are thankful this year is coming to a close, it’s important to look back at all we have learned. This year has been the most challenging…
This is time of year that we (and others) remind everyone to have an advance care planning conversation when sitting around the holiday table. While this is arguably the most…
The theme for this year’s National Hospice and Palliative Care Month is “It’s About How You Live.” The goal of the observance is to raise awareness for how hospice and…
The Bundled Payments Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced Model rewards healthcare providers for delivering care more efficiently, supports care coordination, and demonstrates the delivery of high-quality care. This creates an incentive,…
