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…
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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,…
“We have to shift our mindset to what are those little things that made that experience exceptional in another industry and another part of life, and how do we bring…
By Ryan Van Wert, MD For many the beginning of the year represents an opportunity to share big visions for future impacts. For those of us in the healthcare trenches,…
For years I put off completing an advance directive. Even after 30 years in the social work field, I would discuss the importance of this with individuals and their family…
The Triple Aim framework came about in 2007. The goal – improve the health of a population, enhance the patient experience, and reduce per capita health care costs. The Triple Aim was…
Patient Safety Issues with End-of-life Care Patient safety is too often an issue in end-of-life care. This is in part due to the high intensity care delivered towards the end…
