Hospitals are increasing paying more attention to how palliative care can be incorporated into the delivery of healthcare, according to a Washington Post news report.
According to the Center to Advance Palliative Care, 63 percent of hospitals with at least 50 beds integrated a palliative care program. An earlier study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed palliative care could reduce per-patient cost of care by $1,696-4,908, according to the report.
Emory University in Georgia is one provider attempting to launch a palliative care program, in which emergency providers are trained to intimately understand pain and symptom management and utilize checklists and other end-of-life documents.
Read the report about palliative care in emergency departments.
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According to the Center to Advance Palliative Care, 63 percent of hospitals with at least 50 beds integrated a palliative care program. An earlier study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed palliative care could reduce per-patient cost of care by $1,696-4,908, according to the report.
Emory University in Georgia is one provider attempting to launch a palliative care program, in which emergency providers are trained to intimately understand pain and symptom management and utilize checklists and other end-of-life documents.
Read the report about palliative care in emergency departments.
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