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Growth House News
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Clock Ticking To Stop Medicare Physician Cuts That Hurt Seniors
The American Medical Association (AMA) urged Congress to take immediate action to avert looming Medicare physician payment cuts that will harm seniors' access to care.
(Sun, 11 May 2008 18:16:00 GMT)
FDA approves Relistor for treatment of opioid-induced constipation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Relistor™ (methylnaltrexone bromide) subcutaneous injection for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation in patients with advanced illness who are receiving palliative care, when response to laxative therapy has not been sufficient.
(Tue, 6 May 2008 16:41:00 GMT)
Size of the Medicare funding shortfall exceeds that of the mortgage crisis
American Enterprise Institute study says that if Medicare is to pay all of its bills over the next seventy-five years, $36 trillion in general taxes, measured in today's dollars, must be transferred to the trust funds.
(Tue, 6 May 2008 20:50:00 GMT)
"Slow medicine" helps elderly be heard at life’s end
Grounded in research at the Dartmouth Medical School, slow medicine encourages physicians to put on the brakes when considering care that may have high risks and limited rewards for the elderly.
(Tue, 6 May 2008 18:34:00 GMT)
BMJ poll shows importance of palliative care
A British Medical Journal (BMJ) poll says palliative care is the area in which doctors can make the greatest difference to patient care.
(Tue, 6 May 2008 20:50:00 GMT)
Health care meets online social media
California Healthcare Foundation issues report on online social media and Health 2.0.
(Tue, 6 May 2008 18:16:00 GMT)
Healthcare for the Lucky
With 600,000 uninsured residents, Oregon will use a lottery to help ration limited resources in the Oregon Health Plan.
(Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:50:00 GMT)
New Guideline on Drug Treatment for Dementia
A new AAFP-ACP guideline on pharmacological therapy for dementia reports only modest evidence of clinically meaningful benefit for the average patient.
(Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:13:00 GMT)
Metta Institute End-of-Life Care Practitioner Training
Metta Institute will offer a six-day residential training July 18-23, 2008, featuring key elements of their year-long End-of-Life Care Practitioner Program.
(Fri, 7 Mar 2008 20:07:00 GMT)
The Power of Goodbyes
How will you say goodbye when you know that life is coming to an end? Debra Bradley Ruder has a new blog at Growth House sharing stories about how real people face farewells .
(Sat, 1 Mar 2008 17:54:00 GMT)
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"palliative medicine" - Google News
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New Analysis Shows Hospitals Continue to Implement Palliative Care ... - PR Web (press release)
(Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:51:07 GMT)
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Yahoo! News Search Results for hospice
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Students beautify area for Palm Bay hospice (Florida Today)
PALM BAY? — Exceptional education students at Bayside High School have completed a beautification project at the William Childs Hospice House in Palm Bay.
(Tue, 13 May 2008 17:59:33 GMT)
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NYT > Health Care Policy
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Insurer Signals Confidence in Criticized Cholesterol Drug
United Health Group said it will recommend patients continue using Vytorin, despite cardiologists’ caution that patients use the drug only if others have failed.
(Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:31:54 GMT)
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BMC Palliative Care - Latest articles
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A comparative analysis of computer based hospice palliative care datasets in Canada
Background:
To analyze how seven Canadian hospice palliative care (HPC) centres and one national surveillance dataset compare with respect to the collection of forty data elements. Research and service delivery implications of the findings are discussed.
Methods:
The data sources consisted of data elements and data definitions collected in a computer based format from seven HPC centres and one surveillance dataset. The data was structured into five themes: demographic, patient death, support, contact or informal caregiver; program/ consultations/service request, and clinical. Each theme contains a number of data elements with a total of 40 data elements included in the analysis. Comparative analysis was done on the data sets to compare the collection and data definitions.
Results:
Much variation exists in data collection around HPC delivery. Such variation prevents any timely and meaningful comparison of service and care delivery across HPC centres. Patient death data, service/program data and clinical data is particularly varied.
Conclusions:
Developing a common minimum data set is a logical starting point to help overcome data variations between care centres. Greater coordination is needed between care centres and the development of national standards and policies. Moving towards electronic data collection would help facilitate common policy and practice norms.
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Medicare.gov Site Updates
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Medicare.gov Data Updates
This week the data for the following tools was updated on Medicare.gov:
Helpful Contacts
Supplier Directory
Nursing Home Compare.
(Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:34:30 GMT)
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"united states" "health care policy" - Google News
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Finding remedy for health-care blues - Indianapolis Star
Finding remedy for health-care bluesIndianapolis Star, United States - 14 hours agoThe implication is that state health-care policy and specific ways local and regional health-care systems operate do make a difference. ... |
(Tue, 13 May 2008 06:49:23 GMT)
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James Hallenbeck, M.D.
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Improving the quality of palliative care
Joanne Lynn and colleagues have just come out with a great new book, The Common Sense Guide to Improving Palliative Care. (OxfordUniversity Press, 2007). Like their prior work in this area (Improving Care for the End of Life, now in...
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