08.13.2019
Clinical Alerts
07.17.2019
Improving Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Palliative care has been shown to improve quality of life and reduce symptom burden and healthcare costs for patients with cancer, yet it is underused...
07.17.2019
Potentially Avoidable Hospital Readmissions in Patients with Advanced Cancer
Avoiding time in the hospital is a goal of patients with advanced cancer and health systems alike. However advanced cancer is associated with symptom burden...
06.13.2019
New “Fast Facts and Concepts” Topics Available
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). PCNOW recently released 2 new Fast Facts:...
06.13.2019
In Hospice, Time is an Illusion
Lizzy Miles, hospice social worker in Columbus, Ohio and regular contributor to articles on Pallimed.org, writes about the perception of time and how it affects...
06.13.2019
Providing EOL Care in the Hospital Setting Through Use of the CARES Tools
Although most individuals prefer to die at home, approximately 60% of Americans die in the hospital setting. Nurses are inadequately prepared to provide end-of-life (EOL)...
05.10.2019
Low Glucose on Last Day in Hospital Link to Death in Diabetes
Patients with diabetes who have hypoglycemia in the 24 hours prior to hospital discharge have a significantly increased risk of readmission within 30 days and...
05.10.2019
New “Fast Facts and Concepts” Topics Available
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) provides peer-reviewed, evidence-based summaries of key palliative care topics (“Fast Facts”). PCNOW recently released 3 new Fast Facts:...
05.10.2019