Hospice Management Advisor Archives – September 1, 2009
September 1, 2009
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Medicare cuts for hospice care implemented over 7-year period, not 2
Choosing your battles wisely might be an essential rule for victory in war, but it also applies to efforts related to current health care reform proposals. -
'Hill Days' got the message across
Advocacy is more important than ever before, with the current health care reform proposals being considered by Congress. -
When planning care, don't forget the pets
Sometimes the best ideas for a new service come from a personal experience. -
Butterfly event raises awareness of hospice
This is the first of a two-part series that looks at different ways to reach and involve the community to increase awareness of hospice care. This month, we learn about an event that invites the entire community to participate and, next month, we learn how a television documentary about hospice care raised awareness in one community. -
Chaplains' mission: Address needs of specific patients
One of the most significant events in a person's life one often intertwined with his or her philosophies, values, and spiritual beliefs is the process of dying and death. -
What does it take to be a chaplain?
There is a difference between a minister or other religious leader and a trained chaplain, according to those in the profession. -
Pain society urges FDA to modify action
In a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the American Pain Society (APS) petitioned the agency, on behalf of the terminally ill and their families, to modify a restricted distribution program for the newly approved pain medication Onsolis, a short-acting product that delivers fentanyl through the mouth's mucous membranes. -
A national mandate for safe patient handling?
A new political climate and a growing roster of state laws have given new life to efforts to mandate safe patient handling in the nation's health care system. -
Proposed law prohibits most manual lifting
The Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2009 would require "the elimination of manual lifting of patients by direct care registered nurses and all other health care workers, through the use of mechanical devices to the greatest degree feasible except where the use of safe patient handling practices can be demonstrated to compromise patient care."