A home-based palliative care (HBPC) program tested within an accountable care organization (ACO) demonstrated substantial cost savings and reduced hospital admissions for patients near the end of life ...

Easton Hospital announced the addition of a palliative care program to its list of services. Palliative care provides specialized medical care for people of any age during any stage of serious or ...

Established by the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Palliative Care Leadership Centers TM (PCLC) have trained almost half of the nation′s hospital palliative ...

AMGA presenters shared advice on finding the right candidates for palliative care, at the right time, for the right reasons. In a value-based environment, palliative care programs can translate to ...

Americans live in one of the most medically advanced societies in human history. But sometimes, there is no cure for what ails us. Turner West, director of Education and Community Programs at ...

A decade ago, a team of researchers showed clearly that a new treatment for advanced lung cancer significantly improved patients’ quality of life, reduced symptoms of depression, lowered the ...