10.16.2017
Clinical Alerts
10.16.2017
Tips for Deprescribing in the Nursing Home
Nursing home residents are at increased risk of adverse drug reactions, falls, hospitalization, and mortality due to polypharmacy. It can be a challenge, however, to...
09.14.2017
Two New Fast Facts Topics Released
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) is an organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality palliative care services for people facing serious illness...
09.14.2017
Updates to NCCN Guidelines in Palliative Care
The NCCN Guidelines for Palliative Care provide interdisciplinary recommendations on palliative care for patients with cancer. These NCCN Guidelines Insights summarize and provide context for...
09.14.2017
Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Nephrology
Patients with advanced kidney disease (CKD, ESRD) use less palliative care and hospice services and more intensive and aggressive medical care compared to those with...
08.07.2017
Six New Fast Facts Topics Released
The Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin (PCNOW) is an organization dedicated to increasing the availability of quality palliative care services for people facing serious illness...
08.07.2017
More U.S. Veterans Are Using Hospice Care
In 2002, the Veterans Administration (VA) began work on a system-wide hospice and palliative care program including investment in new hospice inpatient units, palliative care...
08.07.2017
Acute Pain Management in Patients with Opioid Tolerance
Over the past two decades, there has been a global increase in prescription opioid use accompanied by an increase in patients who are tolerant to...
08.07.2017
Hospice Pharmacy Alert: Certain about Dying with Uncertainty
Many patients and their providers develop long-standing relationships that withstand decades. Although the care of chronic conditions may be objective, over time health care providers...