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Medicare to cover advance care planning for older americans
(HealthDay)—On Friday, Medicare announced that it will begin reimbursing doctors who work with patients to plan end-of-life care.
Nov 3, 2015
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Penn bioethicist calls on researchers for more evidence-based end-of-life care programs
Although the public and private sectors are currently engaged in an unprecedented array of efforts to improve end-of-life care, too many of these programs are not evidence-based, according to a scholar from the Perelman School ...
Oct 14, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Older cancer patients heavily use health care services
(HealthDay)—Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are intense users of health care services and rarely use palliative care and hospice services, according to a study published in the August issue of Cancer.
Sep 2, 2015
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Is hospice use alone a good indicator of quality of end-of-life care?
Hospice use is commonly accepted as an indicator of quality of end-of-life care, however, when researchers in the U.S. studied variations in patterns of hospice use between states, they found troubling trends. They discuss ...
Aug 20, 2015
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Why Medicare should reimburse doctors for end-of-life care conversations
On July 8, Medicare announced plans to reimburse physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants for services to help their patients plan the care they would want if they were too ill to speak for themselves. If ...
Aug 5, 2015
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UB researcher explores first-responders' role in end-of-life calls
Paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are trained to save lives. But they sometimes enter situations where a dying patient's end-of-life wishes contradict their professional code.
Jul 13, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Studies focus on teens, adults at end of life
A related package of articles published online by JAMA Oncology focuses on end-of-life care for teens and young adults and advance care planning for patients with cancer. The package of articles includes two original investigations, ...
Jul 9, 2015
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Medicare's end-of-life counseling policy may find acceptance
Six years ago, a proposal for Medicare to cover end-of-life counseling touched off a political uproar that threatened to stall President Barack Obama's health care law in Congress. Wednesday, when Medicare finally announced ...
Jul 9, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Finding a pathway to better palliative care for kidney patients
For as long as she's been a physician, Sara Davison has been passionate about improving the lives of her patients. A trained nephrologist and professor in the University of Alberta's Department of Medicine, she says she's ...
Jun 29, 2015
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Australians with intellectual disability in the dark about death
Researchers from the University of Sydney have embarked on a landmark project to ensure Australians with intellectual disability understand the concept of death and their own mortality, and are appropriately supported to ...
Jun 29, 2015
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