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#Hospice and #PalliativeCare (#HaPC) Professionals covering #Palliative Medicine News, Research and Opinion. Acct managed by @pallimed team #hpm
United States
Joined December 2008
Since 2021, Medicare has been testing a pilot project (aka Medicare Carve-In) allowing some #hospice care to be administered by private insurance companies. Some of the goals are more flexible cost control and expanded acess. Must read for #hapc
https://t.co/uIrFmUfWqM
npr.org
The end-of-life benefit costs billions a year. A new approach aims to eliminate waste and weed out bad actors, while making the care more inviting to those who most need it.
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š THANK YOU to each of you who renewed, joined again, or joined the AMA for the 1st time. Your dual memberships help #HPM have a voice & allow us to bring our patientsā voices to the table. Looking forward to the ongoing work of our @AAHPM delegates with the @AmerMedicalAssn.
The results are in: We PASSED our review by @AmerMedicalAssn! THANK YOU to all AAHPM members who joined/renewed their AMA membership this year to ensure #HPM continues to have a voice in the House of Delegates & other AMA bodies. Weāll keep you updated on our delegatesā efforts.
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At the bedside of a dying personā¦ Family: doc, do you think he hears me? Me: likely yesš²šš Fascinating study ššshowing that āhearing may indeed be one of the last senses to lose function as humans die.ā The auditory systems of the dying persons just hours from end of life
Daily recommendation: #hpm #hapc Electrophysiological evidence of preserved hearing at the end of life - People keep hearing as they die. https://t.co/Zx9ogFRaFJ
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AAHPM has urged DEA not to finalize proposed rules for telemedicine prescribing of controlled substances after the COVID PHE expires, as its plans donāt account for the unique needs of patients w/ serious illness or team-based care. Read our letter: https://t.co/5UsTCXvySO
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Are you experiencing #hapc23 withdrawal? Want to spend a beautiful Friday at an Art Museum at a TRULY INTERDISCIPLINARY conference? Sign up here: https://t.co/RmiAU6dtSB
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OK, so our April 1 offering may have been a bit foolish, but this month's real episode should more than make up for it: We're thrilled to present a conversation about #hapc with three amazing parents from @CourageousCPN, including @BlythCPN. Listen now at https://t.co/26xAFCm9gH!
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Here is the moment when Dr. G held her own book and demonstrated its portability š @MourningDoveMed inaugural publication in paperbackā āDr. Gās H.O.S.P.I.C.E. Pocket Guide: 7 Things Hospice Physicians Need to Know to be Ready for Workā by Dr. Kaishauna Guidry, MD, HMDC #hapc
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HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Patients overwhelmingly prefer immediate access to their test results - even if that means getting bad news! Major props to @TheLizArmy and team for putting this great research together. To my health care peeps: this is a GOOD thing! And an opportunity...
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For more on tissues and social work specifically, see this video from @DrJRubenstein @VickieLeff and @PalliativClaire ā¦ https://t.co/rs67gO3Bx2
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As doctors, weāre often more comfortable seeing blood than tearsā¦ Lacrimation sends us scrambling. (1/3 - thread since Twitter only allows 4 photos per tweet.) #hapc
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Today in great articles from unexpected places, I present @mcsweeneys take on the battle metaphor in cancer: https://t.co/BZBzyJLB4I
#hapc #PalliativeCare #MedTwitter
mcsweeneys.net
Dear People Who Use the āBattleā Metaphor for Other People Who Have the Distinct Displeasure of Cancer, If I die of this relapsed, refractory Acute...
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1 thing I've learned: be honest with pts w/serious illness, but meet them where they are, not where you think they should be. #palliative
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Anyone able to share novel ways to engage, celebrate, and honor NOVEMBER as NATIONAL HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE MONTH??????? #HaPCchat
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Tx @ctsinclair š TONIGHT **is** the #HaPCchat š ā¦yet, minor clarification: 9pm EDT 8pm CDT 6pm PDT #HaPC #Hospice #Palliative
#PersonCentered #Interdisciplinary #Quality
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Hematologic Malignancies Patients Face High Symptom Burden and Are Lately Referred to Palliative Consultation: Analysis of a Single Center Experience (Brazil) - Raissa et al #CuidadosPaliativos #HAPC #PalHeme
#PalliativeCare #OutpatientPalliativeCare
https://t.co/QcQ1hhNPvt
journals.sagepub.com
Although hematologic neoplasms have been on the vanguard of cancer therapies that led to notable advances in therapeutic efficacy, many patients face significan...
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#HAPChistory: On October 7, 2014 "Being Mortal" by Dr. Atul Gawande was published. Read a review by a pediatric #PalliativeCare doctor @jennilinebarger #PedPC
https://t.co/vxPLArThDH
#HAPC #Hospice
pallimed.org
Pediatric palliative care doctor, Jenni Linebarger, reviews Atul Gawande's 2014 book, Being Mortal.
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