Hospice News

APRIL 2, 2024

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has launched the Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program, a psychosocial oncology initiative focused on adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD). ” More than 1.3 billion people live with some form of disability.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Palliative and hospice care providers can be the linchpins in improving advance care planning disparity issues among African Americans, according to Karen Bullock, professor of social work at Boston College.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The company’s AI technology platform was developed by neuroscientists at Boston University and is designed to improve cognitive efficacy, speech and language function for individuals with neurological conditions and those recovering from stroke or traumatic brain injury.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently partnered with the tech company Jolly Good Inc. to develop a virtual reality training program aimed at improving communication skills among serious illness and end-of-life care professionals.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

McCaffrey is a retired clinical social worker, who most recently served patients at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). Caregiving can take a tremendous toll on a family’s well-being and their ability to provide sustainable support, according to Frank McCaffrey, support group facilitator at NVNA and Hospice.

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Hospice News

MARCH 5, 2024

The Massachusetts-based provider has a service region of roughly 27 towns along the state’s southern coast, including those in the greater Boston area. Its palliative program has an average daily census of roughly 145 patients.

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Hospice News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Enhabit executives recently discussed what these investments mean for the future of its hospice business segment at the recent Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference in Boston. Enhabit Home Health & Hospice (NYSE: EHAB) has honed its sights on hospice growth, with substantial investments into staffing and acquisitions.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

McPherson received her Bachelor of Science in International Business from the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, followed by her Master of Public Health (MPH) with a dual certificate in International Health and Pharmaceutical Assessment, Management, and Policy from Boston University in Boston, MA.

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Hospice News

MAY 16, 2023

The collaborative launched in 2017 as a combined effort of faculty, staff and students at UMass Chan Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine. It’s part of a growing movement across the U.S. to train more doctors in palliative care.

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Hospice News

JUNE 24, 2024

Collaborating with ACO Flex Model participants could enable palliative care operators to utilize their unique skill sets to reach more patients.

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Hospice News

JANUARY 18, 2024

While the health care system at large is not equipped to meet the demand for caregiver support, the GUIDE model features components that could drive improvement, according to Steven Lee, co-founder and CEO of ianacare, a Boston-based patient and caregiver resource company.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 23, 2025

And our next guest is Amy Linsky, who’s a physician and researcher at the VA Boston Healthcare System and associate professor at Boston University University. Emily, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Emily 00:23 Thanks for having me. Alex 00:24 Great. Amy, welcome to GeriPal. Amy 00:34 Excited to be here.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2024

. – Andrea Devoti, executive vice president, National Association for Home Care & Hospice Trauma-informed end-of-life care delivery also involves a deep focus on sensitivity training, according to Dr. Ross Cleveland, pediatric palliative care physician at Boston Children’s Hospital.

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Minority Nurse

JULY 13, 2023

We’ve seen an increase in nursing salaries, particularly since the pandemic,” says Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, director of nursing programs and co-lead for Project Firstline at the American Nurses Association (ANA). And, as you might expect, some of that has to do with the effects of the COVID pandemic.

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Hospice News

MAY 3, 2024

Lilley is a surgical oncologist and palliative care physician at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. But not all palliative surgeries result in beneficial outcomes for patients, according to researcher Dr. Elizabeth Lilley.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 21, 2022

MSN, MBA, FAAN went to a Boston hospital for hip replacement surgery, she was given a pale-pink bucket of toiletries issued to patients in many hospitals. Four years ago, when Karen Giuliano, Ph.D., Inside were tissues, bar soap, deodorant, toothpaste, and, without a doubt, the worst toothbrush she’d ever seen. “I I couldn’t believe it.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 21, 2023

Katie Boston-Leary, RN The ANA, along with the Central Virginia Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association, is organizing the Mary Eliza Mahoney Lecture Series to recognize the historical contributions of nurses of color, said Katie Boston-Leary, PHD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, Director of Nursing Programs for the ANA.

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GeriPal

JULY 28, 2022

Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome to the GeriPal podcast, Jennifer Temel, who’s a thoracic oncologist at MGH in Boston. And that visit was really transformative for me to kickstart my program here in Boston and at MGH. Eric: Alex, I am super excited for today. Who do we have with us? Jennifer: Thanks.

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AJN Off the Charts

MAY 21, 2024

By Jo Anne Foley, DNP, RN, CNE, CNEcl, CCRN, is a professor of nursing at Labouré College, Milton, MA, and a nursing professional development specialist/medical-surgical unit at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA The post The ‘World’s Meanest’ Clinical Nursing Instructor appeared first on Off the Charts.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The findings were presented at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in Boston. Those who dwell in socioeconomically deprived areas, the South, or who receive care being treated at community facilities had less to palliative care physicians than their counterparts in other areas.

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Diversity Nursing

JULY 5, 2022

MFA Artful Healing offers art-making activities for children, teens, young adults, and their families in Boston-area hospitals and healthcare centers. The MFA currently provides off-site workshops at Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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Diversity Nursing

APRIL 3, 2023

Boston Children's Hospital is among the first health systems to leverage Instacart Health provider products for its patients, establishing new food as medicine programs to help them get the nourishment they need to manage and maintain their health. "At

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GeriPal

APRIL 14, 2022

Our experts include Katie Fitzgerald Jones (palliative nurse practitioner and doctoral student at Boston College), Zachary Sager (palliative care physician at the Boston VA and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), and Janet Ho (physician at UCSF in addiction medicine and palliative care). Welcome to the GeriPal Podcast, Katie.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 20, 2022

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MARCH 13, 2025

But what might be helpful is, I think it was 2008, in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Balfour Mount, with Pat Boston and Robin Cohen, published a paper called Healing Connections. Michael 29:30 Well, yeah, Gosh, there’s so many ways I could respond to that. And I can’t remember the subtitle.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The last few years in particular carried exacerbated pressures on palliative care workers, according to Beth Lown, chief medical officer at the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare based in Boston. Lown is also an associate professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School.

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Daily Nurse

JANUARY 24, 2024

It’s no surprise that the JTCC joins the ranks of outstanding institutions and past recipients, including the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, MA. The recognition shows that JTCC’s compassionate nurses like Hopkins feel as appreciated for their work as their patients feel cared for. Nominate a Nurse of the Week!

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Katie Boston-Leary, PhD, MBA, MHA, RN, NEA-BC, CCTP, ANA Director of Nursing Programs, said now that the think tank’s recommendations have been finalized, the task force is working to set the course forward. We’re looking at making the work environment healthier for nurses and also improving staffing standards,” Boston-Leary said.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 7, 2024

Mahoney’s Legacy to Nurses For the next four decades, Mahoney worked as a private nurse to wealthy white families in the Boston area due to discrimination against Black women in hospitals and other professional settings.

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Daily Nurse

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Lisa O’Connor , RN, BSN, former chief nursing officer at Boston Medical Cente r and senior managing director at FTI Consulting, says that learning from mistakes is how nurses grow in the profession. Nurses can also expect to make mistakes as part of their nursing experience. “There is no perfection.

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AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 21, 2022

This month’s Cultivating Quality article, “ Improving Accuracy in Documenting Cardiopulmonary Arrest Events ,” describes the use at one hospital (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston) of a handheld electronic device for code documentation that makes it simpler and more organized to capture this information.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Don: Thanks for having me, Alex: And we’re delighted to welcome back Abby Rosenberg, who’s Chief of Pediatric Palliative Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Director of Palliative Care at Boston Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Welcome back, Abby.

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Nurse.com

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Organizations are being very creative with all sorts of out-of-the-box solutions,” said Carol Boston-Fleischhauer, Managing Director and Chief Nursing Officer for Research at The Advisory Board Company. In-house staffing agencies “For larger systems, this is a growing trend,” said Boston-Fleischhauer.

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Daily Nurse

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In January, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced an initiative to pair public education systems and hospitals in ten communities nationwide, ranging from Boston, MA, to Demopolis, AL. “By

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2024

There are several exciting locations currently, including Minneapolis, which we launched earlier this month, and upcoming expansions in Dallas, Connecticut, Washington, DC, Baltimore, and Boston. We are committed to establishing a strong local hospice pharmacy presence, because that’s what hospices are asking for.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Alex: Today, we are truly honored to welcome Susan Block, who is the founder of the department of psychosocial oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Susan: This was at a well known Boston teaching hospital that I love and is a great institution. Kind of flabbergasting.

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GeriPal

MAY 4, 2023

We talk about why it’s so hard with Abby Rosenberg (chief of PC at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Nick Purol (clinical social worker at DFCI and Boston Childrens), Daniel Eison (pediatric PC doc and co-host of PediPal). But when I have, I find that they’re often some of the hardest patients to care for. Abby: Thank you. Happy to be here.

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