HOSPICE KEYS
Opening the doors to professional hospice care
What are Hospice Keys?
Hospice Keys are educational resources, metrics, key performance indicators, and recent developments designed to help you improve operational efficiency and deliver improved quality of care to your patients.
Hospice Keys open the doors to your professional growth in hospice and help your team to stay current and informed.
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Hospice Keys
Educational resources for the hospice team. We open the doors to professional hospice care!
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Opinion | Dying With Dignity: A Look at the Advantages of the Medicare Hospice Benefit
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The program is both cost-effective and compassionate2 weeks ago
Former President Jimmy Carter remains in hospice care
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The CEO of Empath Health says longer stays in hospice are not that unusual.3 weeks ago
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In the last days of life, many patients with cancer develop delirium and become restless/agitated; this can be highly distressing. Caregivers and physicians alike are often concerned about the use of ...3 weeks ago
MASCC antiemetics in advanced cancer updated guideline - PubMed
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First-line antiemetics for nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer are metoclopramide and haloperidol, and second-line medications are methotrimeprazine and olanzapine.4 weeks ago
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Best Case/Worst Case Framework
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This pre- and postintervention study evaluates the association of the Best Case/Worst Case framework with surgical communication when communicating to older patients about treament options in high-sta...1 month ago
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The secret to living longer may be your social life
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The Italian island of Sardinia has more than six times as many centenarians as the mainland and ten times as many as North America. Why? According to psychologist Susan Pinker, it's not a sunny dispos...1 month ago
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Background The accuracy of prognostication has important implications for patients, families, and health services since it may be linked to clinical decision-making, patient experience and outcomes an...2 months ago
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WEβRE THE EYES AND THE EARS, BUT WE DONβT HAVE A VOICE: PERSPECTIVES OF HOSPICE AIDES
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Hospice aides are integral to the delivery of home hospice care and play an essential role in the effective communication and collaboration of the hospice interdisciplinary team. Despite their critica...2 months ago
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The purpose of this multicenter study was to characterize the association between spirituality, religiosity, spiritual pain, symptom distress, coping, and quality of life (QOL) among Latin American ad...2 months ago
CMS Seeks Answers on Hospice Utilization Trends, 'Unrelated' Spending
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is seeking answers from the hospice community β including some around utilization patterns and2 months ago
MASCC antiemetics in advanced cancer updated guideline - PubMed
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
First-line antiemetics for nausea and vomiting in advanced cancer are metoclopramide and haloperidol, and second-line medications are methotrimeprazine and olanzapine.2 months ago
Take Off the Mask: Getting Real About Depression, Trauma,... : AJN The American Journal of Nursing
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A nurse and mother learns to be present, not perfect.2 months ago
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LeadingAge to Congress: Reform Hospice Benefit, Fund Palliative Care
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The Medicare Hospice Benefit should allow some concurrent care, and Congress should support greater access to palliative care, among other reforms,2 months ago
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Findings of this cross-sectional study suggest that medical marijuana legalization implemented from 2012 to 2017 was associated with a lower rate of opioid dispensing and pain-related hospital events ...No feed found with the ID 1. Go to the All Feeds page and select an ID from an existing feed.

Educational Information
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Metrics and KPIs
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Recent Developments
The latest in regulatory updates as well as hospice news stories and articles.