11.09.2016
Clinical Alerts
11.09.2016
First Cases of Candida Auris Infection Emerge in U.S.
The Candida auris infection was first identified in Japan in 2009, and since 2013 there have been 13 cases in the U.S. Candida is a...
10.14.2016
The Growth of Palliative Care in U.S. Hospitals: A Status Report
Hospital-based palliative care programs have demonstrated their value for the seriously ill and growth in their development have been described in published reports in 2001,...
10.14.2016
The Effect of Treatment with SSRIs in Comparison to Placebo in the Progression of Dementia
Patients with dementia experience both cognitive and behavioral and psychological symptoms. Cognitive symptoms affect memory, language, judgment, planning, focus and other thought processes. The class...
09.13.2016
Interventions for Reducing Hospital Readmission Rates: The Role of Hospice and Palliative Care
The State Action on Avoidable Readmissions (STAAR) initiative is a quality improvement collaborative whose primary goal is to reduce unplanned readmissions. In this article, published...
09.13.2016
Risk Factors for Hospitalization of Home Hospice Enrollees: Development and Validation of a Predictive Tool
Despite a focus on preventing hospitalizations, over 10% of the hospice population will experience one transition of care during their last 6 months of life,...
09.13.2016
Toward Safer Transitions: A Curriculum to Teach and Assess Hospital to Hospice Handoffs
The hospital-to-hospice handoff is a unique opportunity to teach patient safety in a palliative medicine context. Published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom management, through...
08.23.2016
Quality of End-Of-Life Care Provided to Patients with Different Serious Illnesses
Many initiatives to improve the quality of end-of-life care focus on cancer as the terminal diagnosis while other illnesses receive little attention. In June, JAMA...
08.23.2016