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Growth House News
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Resources for Grief Support Group Leaders
The Growth House bookstore has a selection of professional guides to help you run grief groups. Reprintable handouts and suggested group formats are available in workbook formats for both leaders and participants.
(Tuesday, 6 April 2010 18:55:00 GMT)
Advance Directives and Outcomes of Surrogate Decision Making before Death
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study that examined whether patients with advance directives who lacked the capacity to make decisions received their preferred care. Researchers reviewed 3,746 deaths and found that 42.5% of patients needed to make treatment decisions near the end of life. More than 70% of those people lacked the capacity to make choices and the majority, 67.6% had advance directives in place. Those instructions were almost always carried out by decision-making surrogates.
(Tuesday, 6 April 2010 18:55:00 GMT)
What Would Don Berwick Do About Delivery System Reform?
President Obama’s proposed nomination of Don Berwick to head CMS says a lot about the administration’s overarching plan for delivery system reform.
(Tuesday, 6 April 2010 18:55:00 GMT)
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"palliative medicine" - Google News
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Attn. Ms. Palin: Those "Death Panel" Lies May Have Cost The Lives Of Some Grannies - Huffington Post (blog)
(Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:50:49 GMT+00:00)
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Yahoo! News Search Results for hospice
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Hospice auction sets new records, despite tough times
Hospice of Lancaster County's 26th-annual Labor Day fundraising auction was one for the record books. A record number of bidders helped Hospice raise a record profit, despite the tough economic times. There were more than 1,500 bidders and more than 3,000 people attending the two-day auction, whic...
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:15:33 -0700)
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NYT > Money & Policy
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Health Care Wastefulness Is Detailed in Studies
More than a quarter of doctor visits each year for illnesses like coughs, fevers and stomachaches take place in hospital emergency rooms, a study has found.
 
(Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:50:06 GMT)
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BMC Palliative Care - Latest Articles
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Out-of-hours GPs and palliative care-
a qualitative study exploring information exchange and communication issues
Background:
Out-of-hours general practitioners (GPs) cover the community over a significant proportion of a given week, and palliative care patients are seen as a priority. Little is known about how well these GPs feel supported in their line of work and whether communication exchanges work well for the proportion of their patients who have palliative care needs. For this study, GPs who provide out-of-hours care were interviewed in order to explore factors that they identified as detrimental or beneficial for good communication between themselves, patients, relatives and other professionals, specifically to palliative care encounters.
Methods:
Nine GPs were interviewed using face-to-face semi-structured interviews. All nine GPs worked regular out-of-hours sessions. Data from transcripts was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.
Results:
A predominant theme expressed by GPs related to constraints within the system provided by the local private company owned out-of-hours provider. A strong feeling of 'being alone out there' emerged, with some GPs more willing to call for help than others, and others expressing their concern at access to pharmacies and medication being very inconsistent.Out-of-hours GPs felt left alone on occasion, unable to access daytime services and not knowing who to call for advice. Information hand-over systems from in-hours to out-of-hours with regard to palliative care were felt to be inadequate. Out-of-hours doctors interviewed felt left out of the care loop; handover sheets from specialist palliative care providers were a rarity.
Conclusions:
Out-of-hours services need to be mindful of the needs of the GPs they employ, in particular relating to the palliative care they provide in this setting. Other healthcare professionals should aim to keep their local out-of-hours service informed about palliative care patients they may be called to see.
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Medicare.gov Site Updates
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Medicare.gov Data Updates
This week data was updated on following Medicare.gov tools:
Medicare Options Compare
Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Finder
(Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:03:57 GMT)
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"united states" "health care policy" - Google News
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Medicare head pushes health care test sites - Boston Globe
(Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:55:43 GMT+00:00)
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James Hallenbeck, M.D.
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Palliative Care and the Cult of Cure
In 2003 the American National Consensus Guideline project defined palliative care as that aspect of Medicine that works to relieve suffering and promote quality of life. That’s fine, as far as it goes, although the definition includes a lot of...
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