Search results for "Palliative Care"
App-based palliative care intervention no better than usual care at addressing family needs
Palliative care consultations and family meetings were more common among intervention participants but did not translate into reductions in unmet palliative care needs or psychological distress, trial results show.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/01/app-based-palliative-care-intervention-no-better-than-usual-care-at-addressing-family-needs.htm
1 Jan 2025
Hospital-based palliative care may reduce ICU use
Implementation of palliative care services versus no implementation was associated with a 10% reduction in ICU use during terminal hospitalizations, a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/01/15/4.htm
15 Jan 2020
Perspectives Examples
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Improving palliative care in cirrhosis
Educating patients and acknowledging their existential distress are just two ways hospitalists can better meet the needs of patients with decompensated cirrhosis.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/12/11/improving-palliative-care-in-cirrhosis.htm
11 Dec 2024
Patients increasingly discharged alive from inpatient palliative care, referred to home or outpatient programs
Cancer was still the most common primary diagnosis in those receiving inpatient palliative care, but other diagnoses are becoming more common, according to a retrospective analysis from 2013 to 2017.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/12/11/4.htm
11 Dec 2019
GLP-1 receptor agonists get expanded indication, new generic
The FDA approved tirzepatide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor agonist, for obstructive sleep apnea in some patients, as well as a generic for liraglutide, among other actions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2025/01/08/glp-1-receptor-agonists-get-expanded-indication-new-generic.htm
8 Jan 2025
EHR-based mortality prediction model may help identify patients for palliative care
One hospital's electronic health record (EHR) automatically calculated a score predicting risk for death within six months for medical patients on a hospitalist service, and those with a score of 0.30 or greater were deemed eligible for a palliative care consult.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/24/2.htm
24 Jul 2019
January 1, 2025
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Palliative care guidelines updated with increased focus on collaboration, communication
The guidelines from the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care focus on two main concepts: that palliative care is inclusive of all people with serious illness and that timely consideration of palliative care is the responsibility of all who care for the seriously ill.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/07/4.htm
7 Nov 2018
February 2020
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