Access to palliative care for people with serious illness, i.e., those with serious medical conditions, functional impairment, and high health care utilization, has expanded greatly over the last ...

We’ve come a long way in the past 20 years, evidencing how the specialty of palliative care saves money, improves quality of life, produces quality outcomes, and enhances provider satisfaction—all key ...

For too long, many have talked about the need for community-based palliative care programs as both a precursor to hospice care and even as a stand-alone service. Sure, some have given it a go, but for ...

Here’s how to get relief from the nausea, anxiety, pain, and other symptoms of advanced prostate cancer and its treatments. Palliative care can make life more manageable during cancer treatment, but ...

Palliative care is an underutilized and powerful resource in the drive towards value. In the current article, we review published evidence and highlight how Medicare Advantage plans, accountable care ...

A home-based palliative care program involving primary care physicians, cardiologists, and palliative care specialists is associated with a lower likelihood of dying in the hospital for patients with ...

Ask the patient: (1) What is happening? (2) How do you (and I) feel? and (3) What is important? and then explain the information in a way understandable to that particular patient—taking into account ...