The majority of surveyed Americans had an inadequate understanding of palliative care, and frequency of health care utilization was one determinant of knowledge...

Major hospital systems are betting big money that the future of hospital care looks a lot like the inside of patients’ homes...

Public policy intended to reduce opioid abuse and addiction appear to have the unintended consequence of limiting hospice patients’ access to these often necessary pain management drugs. Misapplication of current U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) guidelines for opioid prescribing is a likely contributor to this problem...

The majority of hospice patients are seniors by far, but providers are recognizing and responding to a growing need for pediatric services. As more families learn about the nature of hospice — and as more health care moves into the home setting — demand is escalating...

The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine this week launched a new initiative to cut down on over-prescribing in post-acute and long-term care settings...

In summer 2018, I was a fourth-year pharmacy student sifting through medication lists of my surgical patients at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital when I noticed a common theme on medication lists: CBD oil...

As the Biden administration reviews value-based programs put forth during the Trump years, hospice and palliative care providers have had to recalibrate as the new payment models they were expecting hang in limbo, including the direct contracting program and the Primary Care First Serious Illness Population (SIP) model...

Potentially inappropriate prescribing is significantly associated with a range of health-related and system-related outcomes, according to a recent meta-analysis published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology...

What does it take to live independently—today and in the future—as we grow older? The recent pandemic forced everyone, including older adults, to think about how we live and what we need to remain safely in place…from help with daily living to healthcare...