Patient Privacy, Confidentiality, and HIPAA Regulations
As a member of the hospice healthcare team, you play an important role in caring for your patients. Because of this, you will often learn private information about them - not just about their health, but also about their personal relationships, their financial...
Understanding Advanced Directives
What are advanced directives? Advanced directives give patients the ability to direct their medical care in advance. Advanced directives are legal documents that tell doctors and caregivers what a patient wants for their healthcare if the patient becomes too sick to...