Issue Overview: Standardizing Hospice and Palliative Care

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In Focus: Sizing up Palliative Care for Children

Efforts to improve quality and access to palliative care services for children have been thwarted by a financing system that was designed for adults with different conditions and needs. To develop child-specific programs, hospices and hospitals have relied largely on philanthropy, which is often insufficient to provide necessary care. Read more »

Case Study: Proving and Then Improving the Value of Palliative Care Services at Mount Sinai Medical Center

Given the limited funding for palliative care services, such programs, to be sustainable, must demonstrate that they are benefiting patients through continuous measurement and review of their clinical and financial outcomes. Read more »

Increasing Access to Hospice and Palliative Care: An Audio Interview with Howard Tuch, M.D., Health Policy Director at The Hospice of Florida Suncoast in Clearwater

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News Briefs

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Recent Publications of Note

Selected articles on quality improvement from a number of journals, including the American Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, BMJ, Health Affairs, Health Services Research, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety, Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Patient Safety, Journal of Safety and Quality in Health Care, Medical Care, The Milbank Quarterly, The New England Journal of Medicine, and Pediatrics. The articles are nominated by Editorial Advisory Board members from a preselected list. Read more »

Editorial Advisory Board and Team

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