Tag Archives: Palliative

This week’s STEEEP Huddle topic—submitted by Joanne Glusman, BMH Palliative Care Social Worker, Family Practice Residency Faculty and member, DR&I Work Education Group – focuses on Main Line Health’s efforts to improve equitable care for all patients. To help provide … Continue reading →

  Main Line Health, along with the Delaware County Community Coalition (DC3), Community Care Coalition of Chester County (C5) and the Tri-County Community Care Coalition (TC4), and other national, state and community organizations, are leading an effort to highlight the … Continue reading →

Submitted by Barbara Wadsworth, Chief Nursing Officer Situation: Need for universal symbol to indicate that a patient is on In-patient Hospice or Comfort Care. Background: The dying process can be a highly charged and emotional time for patients and families. … Continue reading →

  Submitted by Jennifer Burke, DO   Whenever a patient is placed on comfort or hospice care, the care does not stop. Often these patients need more care, but it’s different from the curative care that we as clinicians are … Continue reading →

  Submitted by Joanne B. Glusman, MSW, LSW, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Palliative Care Team Social Worker, and Faculty, Bryn Mawr Family Practice Residency Program   There are all sorts of “difficult conversations” clinicians have with patients. For some, it may … Continue reading →

Submitted by Mary O’Hare, MSN, CRNP, ACHPN, Board-Certified Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner   In keeping with the MLH Strategic Plan goal of “standardizing the delivery of palliative services for hospitalized patients,” processes are being developed to help implement evidence-based Palliative … Continue reading →

Submitted by Kelly Henry, Director, Performance Improvement and Regulatory Affairs The Hospital and Healthcare Association of Pennsylvania has provided the following information: Opioid abuse is considered a national epidemic, and Pennsylvania ranks in the top ten of states experiencing overdose … Continue reading →

Submitted by Cynthia Wagner, MSN, CRNP, ACHPN, CHPCA, System Director, Palliative Care   One of the main goals of the MLH Strategic Plan (2012-2016) is to provide a standardized model for the delivery of palliative and hospice services for acute … Continue reading →

Submitted by Karl Ahlswede, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Palliative Care   Palliative Care has a very wide scope of focus and, because of this, it is difficult to provide a concise definition. It is often said that palliative care is … Continue reading →